Few things in life are guaranteed: death, taxes, and Jay-Z taking over from Nas’ release date. At the end of this week, the two rappers will release new music as part of the Judas and the Black Messiah soundtrack. Nas’ new song “EPMD” will be released, and Jay-Z is also releasing a track with the late Nipsey Hussle. Of course, given the timing of their outings, many believe that Hov is once again trying to outdo Nas.


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Recently, there has been a lot of excitement around Nas’ upcoming album, which has been teased on social media. Much of that noise was silenced when the full song list was revealed for the upcoming film, which also features a song by Jay-Z and Nipsey Hussle. Of course, theories that Jigga is still trying to distract from longtime rival Nas have picked up because of this, despite being on the same soundtrack.

What started as a joke on Hip Hop Twitter that Jay-Z would be releasing new music soon after Nas announced his return came true when his name was also put on the tracklist, causing laughter among people who made the joke in the first one. in law.

At this point, it feels like Jay-Z is definitely trying to sabotage Nas. Despite the shadow of rumors, Nas doesn’t seem to agree that Hov is messing him up. “It’s quite a coincidence,” he said last year, not believing their shared release dates were intentional. “I think there’s maybe an energy that we both have where we’re working maybe at about the same time.”

Do you think Jay-Z goes out of his way to fall on the same days as Nas?