Kanye West’s camp is denying claims made by Damon Dash suggesting that Jay-Z’s refusal to give his Roc-A-Fella chain to West at a 2003 concert sparked a longstanding beef between the two rappers.
Dash tells Complex that in 2003, the then-up-and-coming West expected ruling Roc-A-Fella artist Jay to “knight” him by presenting him with the diamond chain as a sign of acceptance into the label’s family. But, according to Dash, Jay didn’t want to give it up.
“This ni**a [Kanye] was like, ‘Wow. [Jay-Z] ain’t going to give me the chain,’” Dash says. “I had to take off my chain and give it to him, and I was heated. I had the real canary diamonds. That sh** cost $40,000! I told Kanye, ‘Yo, you got to give that back when we get off this stage!’”
I don’t know if this is true or not, but if it is true…why bring it up now. I think we’ll be hearing more about this in the near future..
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