On Saturday, May 30, Jay-Z understood the assignment when he stepped on stage as the headliner for the first night of the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.
Fans in attendance knew they were in for a treat when Hov appeared rocking a fluffy afro, the dreads he’d started growing after the release of 4:44 in 2017 now a part of history. A fresh Caesar usually indicates new album, so the afr has people debating, but that’s another discussion for another time.
What has the people chatting right now is the new freestyle the Brooklyn rapper delivered that aimed fire at his alleged opps include Drake, Dame Dash and even Tory Lanez. The TK rapper was in his bag as he dropped not so sublte bars aimed at his detractors.
For example, the Iceman recently rapped, “We know how you OGs rockin’ already…the jig is up,” on the fast-growing hit “Janice STFU” off Iceman.
Hova responded in kind when he spit, “The jig is up, n*gga I’m up 10, wrong chart champ, n*ggas looked up to Hov, I never looked up to them.” The crowd got it right away, and knew exactly who he was talking about.
If you’ve been paying attention, fellow Roc-a-fella founder Damon Dash has been talking particularly reckless about his old friend, so he caught fire, too. “That chatty patty down on his luck again,” he rapped, referencing Dash’s well-documented financial troubles, and love for interviews. And that was after bar about teeth tumbling out of his mouth. Cold.
