

People’s Party is a weekly interview show hosted by Talib Kweli with big-name guests exploring hip-hop, culture, and politics. Watch the latest, full-length episode of Apple’s No. I think he was using it for a marketing tool for that album.” While Jada attributes the hype to fans “putting the gasoline on it,” he doubts that 50 ever really had it out for The Lox or Jadakiss himself, the way he did for some of his other targets. The people kind of blew it up more than it was. Sat down, kicked it for a few hours… He actually had a song for me and a song for P to get on, on whatever album he was working on and it’s been good ever since. He called to say, ‘Yo, I’m coming through.’ He came through by himself. The reason the beef was squashed so quickly, according to Jadakiss, is that 50 approached the group with humility. My single favorite Jada verse came out the same year as Why, though it wasn’t on Kiss of Death. “We knew that he really meant that… He didn’t have to say that… Just saying that one bar, we knew what that was.” Jadakiss exists outside of those rubrics, has no need for a formalized résumé. His story is one of the greatest stories.” Kiss shows appreciation for 50’s line “all of the other hard n****s, they come from Yonkers,” which was a tacit shout-out to The Lox, one of the only prominent rap groups to hail from the blue-collar New York neighborhood.

Within the clip, Eric is keen to bond together with his and Naomi’s daughter JoJo however a meetup with a former foe (Jadakiss) doesn’t pass as he’d was hoping. Over the course of the interview, Kweli and Jada discuss Jada’s legacy, his role in penning some of hip-hop’s most iconic verses, and his various industry beef with rap superstars like Beanie Sigel and 50 Cent.Īfter Kweli jokes that 50 Cent’s beef with Jadakiss turned out to be one of his shortest-lived feuds, Jada offers a possible explanation: “I think Fif was really a fan… We was rocking with him, rooting for him - always rooting for the underdog. Jadakiss performs Eric’s archnemesis on this night’s episode and we’ve were given an unique first search for your viewing excitement. As for Jadakiss, the Yonkers legend recently featured on the Jay-Z single “King Kong Riddim” with Conway the Machine and Backroad Gee.This week’s guest on People’s Party With Talib Kweli is Jadakiss, the iconic ’90s-era mixtape rapper who went from signing with Bad Boy Records alongside his group The Lox to becoming a New York rap elder statesman whose album Ignatius recently dropped on Def Jam. Gibbs stars as the rapper Mercury “Money Merc” Maxwell in Down with the King, the Diego Ongaro film that recently signed a distribution deal with Sony Pictures. Following the 2020 release of Alfredo, Gibbs’ Grammy-nominated album with The Alchemist, the Indiana rapper released the single “Big Boss Rabbit” and ventured into acting. Gibbs and Jadakiss last worked together on “Krazy,” a cut from Gibbs’ 2012 album Baby Face Killa. A lot has happened since then. The duo rap in a lavish mansion in the song’s music video, further confirmation of their recent gains. “They want to take me out this game like Sha’Carri/ Black Illuminati, touch big rabbits, streets need a body,” Gibbs spits in the minimal track. “Black Illuminati” celebrates the rappers’ growing success with healthy skepticism - having money is great, but it’s become all the more clear these days that the hip-hop game comes with certain dangers. The single is out now via Warner Records. The pizzeria Cuts & Slices NYC in Brooklyn, New York, posted a picture of the order and told INSIDER they made the specialty pie for the rapper because Jadakiss is a 'friend and frequent customer.' The picture shows a crust-only pizza with the entire center cut out and. Freddie Gibbs and Jadakiss have shared “Black Illuminati,” their first song together in nearly a decade. After Kweli jokes that 50 Cent’s beef with Jadakiss turned out to be one of his shortest-lived feuds, Jada offers a possible explanation: I think Fif was really a fan. Rapper Jadakiss ordered a crust-only pizza and the internet is losing it.
