Jim Jones Hits Back At Nas Backlash

Jim Jones has admitted that he was surprised by the amount of backlash he received for saying he was a better and more successful rapper than Nas.
Speaking to Angie Martinez for her IRL podcast, the controversial former Dipset member was asked if he had been trolling with his comments.


Jones replied: "I mean you're definitely correct. But I didn't start it. There was a young gentleman that they asked a question to and his clip went viral. He was on a podcast and they asked him who's more relevant: Jim Jones or Nas? That went super viral and that led to all these people with platforms to ask that question."
He added: "I gave people a prerequisite. I know how to go viral, this is easy. We're in a community where everything goes viral... and turns into a revenue stream. I'm on everybody's Explore page, I'm at the top of this page, the top of that page. You like me, don't like me, know who I was... one click away from making me some money. I also have a record label, I have artists, I have music out. It makes it that much easier to know who Jim Jones is. I'm worried about myself when I make these moves. I know how to turn my negatives into a positive."

Jones then addressed the Nas comparisons directly: "Man, I didn't know how many people loved Nas, though. I'm watching people go absolutely batshit crazy, like goddamn. But that's hip-hop. There's people that I adored as a fan too that I'll probably go batshit crazy for in the same situation, I love it, that's what the game was built on. Let's not make no mistake, I put in a lot of work and I did a lot of incredible things that a lot of people have not gotten to do in this industry."
Last month, Jones said of Nas: "Check my track record, then check everybody else track record. Then go to Billboard and check all my entries then check all them n-ggas entries. I been spanking a lot of this shit. Pull up Nas' Billboard entries, then pull up my Billboard entries."
Nas is still yet to reply to Jones' comments.

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