Jay-Z vs. Lil Wayne?

Do we have a legendary battle on the horizon, or will these just remain whispers? Last year Weezy caused a lot of chatter in the hip-hop world after his interview with Complex came out. He came out and dissed all sorts of people in the rap game, including Jay-Z, Pharrell and the Clipse. Things cooled down, though, and just when you thought things were deaded, there is speculation that the self-proclaimed best rapper alive and Hov are taking shots at one another. Compare the verses below that have people wondering. What do you think? Are Jay-Z and Lil Wayne going at each other?
"You old ass rappers better stay on tour/ You like 44/ I got a 44/ I'm 24/ I could murk you and come out when I'm 44." - from Lil Wayne's verse from "Beat Without Bass" by Freekey Zekey
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"I hear you baiting me lately / I've been doing my best just to stay hater free / Still... watch what you say to me / Sooner or later I take you up on your offering / Put you all in your place / Like I'm replacing your father / You're talking to the author / The architect of the Blueprint/ MY DNA IN YOUR MUSIC / Muthafucka... watch what you say to me." - from Jay-Z's verse from "Watch What You Say" by T.I.

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June 27, 2007 at 9:19 a.m.

I know everybody sweats Lil Wayne but he's out of bounds trying to go after Jay or Clipse lyrically. Bad move...

June 27, 2007 at 10:18 a.m.

I noticed Beyonnce didnt say hello to Weezy when she won an award at the BET Awards show, until Weezy literally grabbed her and kissed her on the cheek.

June 28, 2007 at 12:35 a.m.

I think Wayne goes a bit overboard, but right now I'd pick him over Hov.

June 30, 2007 at 10:54 a.m.

LIL WAYNE WILL LYRICALLY SLAUGHTER JAY-Z

July 1, 2007 at 4:13 a.m.

Jay all day he wud own wayne 4 sure. The best rapper alive is slim shady in my opinion but jay all day over wayne

July 1, 2007 at 6:14 p.m.

EVERYONE LETS BE REAL! WAYNE TAKING ON THE JIGGA MAN, HOV WILL KILL HIM,RETIRE AND KILL HIM AGAIN."WEEZY SIT DOWN"

July 2, 2007 at 9 a.m.

Tell Jay-Z to go to school, cause Lil Wayne could,can,and will crush him.

July 7, 2007 at 3:52 a.m.

Da truth is that Wayne is from New Orleans we dont respect nobody to the point where its like he Jay-Z is a god. He is human and he is old. Nothing last forever. Nobody in the history of this world ever stayed on top. All u can do is hope ur dayz on top is long and profitable. Every great gets his style from someone don't matter who it is. Hip-Hop is really like a jungle and the lion who is on top today may not be on top tomorrow. Jay-Z should remember that there is always somebody better out there. And that out there might be lil Wayne. So i dont think Jay-Z should battle this guy i mean he is young hungry and stays in da booth! This guy wants Jay-Z head. I don't kno if anybody heard Jay-Z's Kingdom Come album but that shat was Whack. N.O 4 life

July 10, 2007 at 2:06 p.m.

on word - WAYNE!

July 11, 2007 at 2:14 a.m.

Word to the man BD, who knows what he's talking about. There hasn't been a rapper yet that wasn't influenced by his predecessors, and Jay-Z's shit is becoming old and not nearly as original/groundbreaking as his first couple albums. Kingdom Come sucked balls and every mixtape that Wayne's put out lately has been fire. Not to mention that there's been like 4 mixtapes within the past 6 months. Dedication, Dedication 2, Drought 3, Carter 3 Sessions, he pretty much can't go wrong when he steps in the booth. He's just like HOV, only he's still in his prime.

July 13, 2007 at 2:50 p.m.

WTF? JAY REIGNS SUPREME OVER WAYNE ALL ****** DAY EVEN THO THE WU BETTA THEN HIM. I STILL SEE WAYNE AS THA SAME WOBBLY WOBBLY DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT/ BLINGY BLING ****** WHEN HE STARTED... ONLY THING IS THE PEOPLE OF HIP-HOP JUS GOT DUMBER BY ********** & BELEIVING EVERYTHING O' DIS ***. WAYNE KILLED HIP-HOP BOTTOM LINE.

July 17, 2007 at 2:22 p.m.

I can feel both sides of this argument. Been a Jay fan, but I'm from N.O. and gots to feel Wayne. However, there are a couple of big differences between the two. Wayne is only a rapper, Jay is much much more. Wayne is cute, but Baby put him on. Jay really put a dynasty together, Wayne couldn't put a ******** jigsaw puzzle together. In addition, Jay really represents the people in his music and the pain of the struggle is in his voice. You can hear in Wayne's music that he ain't really struggled in his life, he's pop music, all flash no substance. Wayne is as deep as a puddle, Jay is like the ocean. All of Wayne's music has an expiration date, that sh** gets old quick. Even if Wayne comes up with some rhyme to out battle Jay at this point, he will never be more than Jay. And in case ya'll missed it, Jay had to address the Katrina situation on Kingdom Come and really represented for the people on it. I guess Wayne was busy running his mouth. Wayne is good but the only thing ya'll leavin out he's a candle in the sun that sh** don't even out.

July 17, 2007 at 2:35 p.m.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Wayne has really made his mark remaking other people's songs. Although he does it very well, that is a lot easier than making your own music. All of Wayne's solo albums are fairly sub-par and definitely pale in comparison to his mixtape remakes. Wayne didn't really make a splash until he started redoing other people's sh**, all of his best stuff is on mixtapes. And Wayne has already said, that he is the hottest Carter next to Shawn!And, "The best rapper alive since the best rapper retired". He can't try to diss HOV now, Like HOV said "Damn ni**a, at leat keep it consistent"

July 23, 2007 at 2:50 p.m.

we all know jayz is far from his prime, but lets be foreal.Wayne is not versitile. no matter what song he is on he is going to rap about the same ass thing. And thats nothing but alot of stunting.everybody knows wayne aint did nothing he has rapped about anyway.His rapsheet is blank. to me he is one of the fakest but he damn sho aint the best rapper alive.Jayz has proven his self to be considered one of the best. wayne just proved he can fool alot of people who dont really liston to rap that he is the best. Jayz just showing these new comers to the game that really dont respect hip hop he can drop a album anytime he feels and top records sell.lil wayne will never accomplish what jigga has. he still 20 levels away.

July 27, 2007 at 7:46 a.m.

Did some people actually compared those bars together... i mean wayne is hot with some of the shit he says... jay-z is way over some peoples head and he is consistent with challenging his listeners with sick metaphors and smilies and word play.. Waynes says **** it takes me less than a second to get it, some times predictable.. jay-z says some shit makes you think a lot and has several different meanings... same reason why people say nas won with ether, coz ether had elementary rhymes and punchlines that appeals to the masses, just like weezy..so tell weezy to ask nas he don't want it with HOV.

July 28, 2007 at 1:33 p.m.

Face it jay z is the past wayn is the present and future

July 29, 2007 at 7:13 p.m.

Jay-z is the best Lil Wayne just talks about the same thing in every song Jay-Z can Rap about anything. HOV is the best Rapper Alive

August 2, 2007 at 6:03 a.m.

Everybody quit playin wit yourselfs. If you really know hip hop you would know Jay=Z is ****** Wayne. How is this even an arguement. If yall dudes really pay attention to hip hop instead of following the next man you would notice that wayne didnt blow up until using other peoples beats. Like my man said earlier in this its alot easier to use someone elses beats and rap to then making your own and writing anybody knows that shit. The sceme is already lyed out so wayne jsut has to adjust alittle to fit his style. Listen to the lil wayne show me what you got and similar dont you see the difference. Listen to the upgrade and everything else. So if you copying jays sceme how the fuck are you gonna be better when the way j rapped it is making you better.

August 4, 2007 at 10:45 p.m.

This is like comparing TI & Luda. Apples & Oranges, East & West is now North & South. Jay had a great coach, & respects that. Wayne is super hungry, they are both talented, I think Wayne would beat (not destroy) Jigga in an all out battle. Fuck the drama, either would take out 50 cent for using their brain. Maybe they should write together, & start a record label with Common, TI, & NAS. You know, make people think

August 7, 2007 at 5:34 p.m.

I think its funny that people even arguing about this ****. I think Lil Wayne is fire but he making a big mistake. You cant compare wayne to Jay-Z. Jay-Z is a living legend. Jay is on another level Wayne aint **** compared to him thats it. period

August 9, 2007 at 11:17 p.m.

Jay-z and wayne are the best, but jay z is doin it, look at his cash flow and bussiness and rocafela making $20,000 suits, jay is doin it. can hate on jay.

August 16, 2007 at 10:28 p.m.

***** ani't ****** with wayne

August 26, 2007 at 2:09 p.m.

Be real every body no Jay Z is the realest or else they wouldnt even speak his name. If jayZ was nothin nobody would mention him but they all know hes the best thats why they trying to go after him lets be real. When lil wayne on the track hes hot when jigga on the track its hotter. But when lil wayne talk all he talk about is the same stuff jigga came rap or talk about anything any beat wack or hot. Jiggas the best. Thats way aint nobody even try to go after lil wayne cause they know the top spot is Jigga. And if you dont agree,,,,,, these are facts and you just can't handle the truth!!!!!! jigga my nigga

August 27, 2007 at 1:46 p.m.

DID WE 4GET GILLIE DA KID WROTE WAYNE'S RAP'S AND THAT WACK NIGGA BABY'S. HOV THE BOSS

August 29, 2007 at 4:10 p.m.

Frankly we are talking about Hov against Lil Wayne....please Weezy used to be on J's **** hard. Lil weezy need to stop faking and bag his daddy to put him in time out b/c he has lost his last mind....and besides Weezy need not to draw attention to hisself looking like the long lost child of Whoopi Goldberg

September 7, 2007 at 7:40 p.m.

Tell me ya'll aren't serious? Are we really trying to compare late 90s, early 2000s Jay-Z to Lil Wayne right now? Really? Hands down Wayne is killing everybody out there right now. Wayne ain't been out with a cd in like 2-3 years but still get crowned the best rapper because he makes alot of quality music. I ain't hear nobody saying Jordan was the BEST playing when he came back. Although people still know he the best to ever play he don't automatically get that title when he step back on the court. Neither do Jay.Plus Lil Wayne say "Best Rapper Alive". Last time I checked there was a clear difference between rap and hip hop. If we grouping both together than there might be arguement here but Lil Wayne is rapping the best right now. Also, I agree you can't knock Jay-Z's hustle and business ventures but are we talking about rap or entreprising? Wayne ain't deep either? Really? Listen to "Amen" on Lil Weezyana or "Get Over" or the Carter II. It's easy to say things when you only focusing on radio joints. Speaking of which I do believe that it is Jay-Z who was known for making bullshit, as clever as the maybe, singles. If you a lyric god should you really have to go this route to sell records? You should be able to make something dope and deep at the same time, right? On the Carter, Lil Wayne said he was the "Best rapper alive since the best rapper retired." Ain't that come out like 6-7 years ago? I take it things haven't changed in that time. If we wanna go back to early lyrics I'm sure we can find a couple of Jay-Z's that put Tupac and Biggie or a higher pedestal, but it's cool if Jay change and say he the best ever now? Why? Cause he Jay-Z? Quit it. It look to me like everybody just trying to stick to what they know: Jay-Z the best rapper out, the South is only about bling and the world is flat. I got all respect for the classics and the history of hip hop, but are we not living in the present? If you won a Oscar in '92 does that guarentee you gigs in Hollywood now? No. Same with music. You don't make hot music you can't stay on top. Jay-Z got his place in hip hop. That's set in stone. Lil Wayne is making his push to be the best rapper alive. Lil Wayne is making hotter music RIGHT NOW thus he gets it.

September 26, 2007 at 7:47 p.m.

mkay;;real tawkk...lil wayne would murkk jay z._&;anyone who things other wise.your dumb.lil wayne is raww..

September 30, 2007 at 7:16 a.m.

wezzy got nuttin on jay if hov could take nas he would sloughter wezzy and wyane has enough to deal wit hes gettin murdaed by gillie da kid jay s going to assassinate that nigga wyane dont stand a chance

October 2, 2007 at 6:31 p.m.

LIL WAYNE DESTROYES JAY-Z NO MATTER WAT YALL MUST LOST YALL MINDS IF YALL SAY JAY IS BETTER THAN WEEZY HE'S 24 YEARS OLD HE STARTED RAPPING AT THA AGE OF 12 (talkin bout on stage)NO ONE CAN DO THAT AND HIS FREESTYLES KILL ANYBODY

October 10, 2007 at 1:33 a.m.

I think Lil Wayne is getting a little too cocky... Jay Z aint even trying to waste his time on Lil Wayne. He just looks over Lil Wayne as if Lil Wayne was just some little chiwawa barking... HAHAHA! no competition what so ever... THE END

October 23, 2007 at 6:25 p.m.

Everybody really need to stop hatn on lil wayne. Ok he may be saying he the best rapper alive, you cant hate on that he just have high confidence in himself. Aint nobody else disagreeing but jzee and he he can rap but he is not better than lil wayne. At the hip hop awards how many awards did jzee win...Sh** jzee big but stop being in denial lil wayne is coming up in the game and yes he is THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE!

October 24, 2007 at 1:12 p.m.

Lil' Wayne is the best rapper out here today. When Tupac left he took over

October 27, 2007 at 10:45 p.m.

this bbeef was alredy won by jay-z lil wayne kan run around al day long and diss jay like krazy all jay has to do is look in his direktion and wayne will drop to the floor like a bbag of f**kin patatos fi i was jay i would just sit bback and relax and if any one asks abbout wayne and his stupid ass beef jus laff in there face for waistin his time

October 28, 2007 at 11:50 a.m.

LIL WAYNE IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE !!!!YEAH HE USED OTHER PPLS SONGS BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT THE POINT IS WHAT HE SAID HE DIDN'T STRUGGLE GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE WHEN HE STARTED HE WASN'T THE BEST NEITHER WAS JAY NO ONE STARTS AND BECOMES THE BEST RAPPERBACK AT THAT TIME HIP HOP WAS DIFFERENT YOU HAD PPL LIKE 2PAC...BIGGIE...MASE...ICE CUBE...SNOOP....DR DRE...EMINEM THESE GUYS ARE LEGENDS NO ONE CAN BE COMPARED TO THEM JAY Z IS TALENTED AND HE'S NOT THE SAME WHEN HE RAPS ANYMORE HE TALKS TO THE PPL ABOUT THE PPL WEEZY JUST TALKS ABOUT WHAT HE IS AND WHAT HE'S DOIN AND WHAT HE'S GOT JAY Z V.S WEEZY F. BABYCAN'T COMPARE TWO DIFFERENT ARTIST DIFFRERENT PRIME

November 2, 2007 at 12:22 a.m.

its cool if all ya'll wanna get on lil wayne's nuts cause you don't know no different. Jay would crush him. He don't even right **** down. the dude runs the music business... that is as far as it matters. lil wayne can't spit his own **** or make his own beats. Ask gillie da kid... he's the one that wrote lil waynes ****.. he just read it of the paper. do your research before you hop on lil waynes nuts. Hov's been goin strong longer than any of you been listenin to rap.

November 2, 2007 at 12:24 a.m.

and for all u skeptics... jay z got his style off B.I.G... lil wayne spits fake **** that he got from bird man. Go back the suburbs and blast your lil wayne drought mix.. Jay got the title and aint gonna lose it to some bitch as wit a screachy voice

November 27, 2007 at 3:36 p.m.

there is no doubt in my mind that lil wayne can really beat jay-z in any type of fight. lil wayne is just all around better at everything he does.lil wayne really is the best rapper alive.

November 27, 2007 at 3:41 p.m.

and also some of yous are sayinn that jay is making the cash .... well wtf do you guysz expect lil wayne hasnt been around as long as jay. jays classic and always will be in his own way but everyone knows that people today love lil wayne because of how he raps and how he says it it dont matter who maeks the lyrics for him he can write it himself and still be amazing

December 30, 2007 at 12:21 a.m.

Lil wayne is the best rapper alive, jay z is gettin old and hes played out and lyrically jay z will get demolished by weezy cuz weezy str8 freestyle. jay z dont want it, cuz if he did, he wudnt hide it in his lyrics, he would come str8 out w/ it and say weezy u want beef u got it, kno im sayin, lil wayne vs jay z isnt even a match up.

January 6, 2008 at 9:53 p.m.

it doesnt matter who would win a battle rap between them cause eminem would kill both of them standing right next to each other taking turns even though jay z and eminem have no beef. lil wayne is good but not thatttttt good

January 8, 2008 at 6:14 p.m.

Lil Wayne Will Murder Hov!!

January 11, 2008 at 12:53 a.m.

this is all im gonna say i heard some f****n retard say that all wayne do is get on other peoples s**t and remake it but the only thing is he murders other peoples beats f****n murders them ive never been a big hov fan but i got respect for dat nigga my room mate in college was a huge jay z fan so we had this argument on numerous occasions and even he says lil wayne is the hottest s**t out right now yall bitches need to get off weezy's dick jay was the best but everyone fades to black i dont kno who would win in a battle and we will proly never find out weezy is the s**t and until someone puts out s**t that everyone jumps to get he will remain the best

January 18, 2008 at 6:41 p.m.

LIL WAYNE IS BEETER THAN HATER OF OFF JAY-Z

February 20, 2008 at 7:45 p.m.

Lil wayne is the master,jay z is dead as far as rap is concern,i mean,he knows how to use the right words at the right time and at the right places, yeah its true he raps better in a mixtape but thats his own style,have you listen to jay z lately?He Sucks,i think he should be compared to ppl like Plies and 50 cent, those are low class rappers, weezy is the best rapper alive

March 2, 2008 at 9:50 a.m.

i love jay-z and lil wayne. and i know why weezy took shots at jay
-because weezy is good friends with juelz santana,but juelz's record label owner cam'ron has been beffin with jay-z for awhile. so what side do you think wayne would take. either his idol(jay-z) or his good friend(dipset).
I've been noticing lil Wayne has been controlled and dictated by Birdman and other people around him, so wayne does what other people tell him.

p.s. weezy and jay are both one of the few good quality artist in hip-hop of our decade, but dipset are terrible hip-hop artist and they hate jay-z

March 5, 2008 at 10:27 a.m.

Yall all Knw Dat Lil Wayne is da best rapper alive and yall knw dat jay z cant mess wit wayne wayne is da realist so 4get all yall hater

March 5, 2008 at 10:45 p.m.

WEEZY F BABY DA MUTHA EFFIN CARTER

March 11, 2008 at 7:02 p.m.

this beef was a 15 minute battle,because it is official that Jay-Z is going to be on Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III"

March 12, 2008 at 9:24 a.m.

Dont clap at him Jay, we all know you are the best rapper alive. Its not even self-proclaimed. Lil Wayne, you do your thing well to, but you are 24 and Jay is all grown up. Get on his level

March 12, 2008 at 2:50 p.m.

All you people saying Lil' wayne could crush Jay clearly don't know. Why don't you do your research and look at his early stuff, and ALL of his interviews. He ALWAYS says Jay-z is his idol and his role model.

Not only that, but come on. The kid has some words here and there, but his show on Barry Bonds with Kanye was PATHETIC.

Tell him to run back to

March 24, 2008 at 11:10 p.m.

main fuk JZ

April 1, 2008 at 8:45 p.m.

waynes got some deep/intense ***t. i like this guy. although i cant wait for gillie to crush him. (if it ever happens, cmon gillie throw down!) ive never really like Jay Z. although i do respect his talent and what hes done for the bizz.

let me school u ppl to some ****. real rap and hiphop is dead. its a ****in fact mang. there will never be another wu tang. EVER. its sad.

if you all want to hear some REAL s***. check out my boys from t dot called S.U.S.P.E.C.T. soldiers. man these mother f****rs are like ti-chi. power and energy (talent) just waiting to explode.

April 7, 2008 at 6:20 p.m.

All i gotta say is that Lil Wayne kissed another nigga who wasn't his Daddy........ Tell me what (Straight Man) is gonna kiss anotha man. And this nigga was talkin 2 Karrine Steffans a.k.a Supahead. Tell me how many D!@#@ has dat nigga had in his mouf. When Jay was sellin records Wayne was talkin bout tha

April 9, 2008 at 5:22 p.m.

COME ON NOW...IF U PUT A WAYNE MIXTAPE IN...THEN PUT A JAYZ ALBUM IN...U WOULD TAKE TAKE JAYZ ***T OUT AND ROCK THAT WAYNE...WAYNE IS THE ****N BEST RIGHT NOW JUST ADMIT IT....REPRESENT THAT BOOT WEEZY

April 20, 2008 at 12:20 p.m.

jay s agod mc ljk it o not. . .tak a look at a list of dis mc"s favrite mcs,nas,50,eminem,ice cube,dre,snoop,rakim,slick rick,methman,joey crak,the roots etc,~all em has Jay in their list nd he da onli nigga on evri nigga list bsdes Pac nd Biggie which makes him numba 3 afta Pac nd Biggie nd whr z weezy on dis lists?.nwhr

April 20, 2008 at 8:58 p.m.

I think I speak on behalf of ALL REAL NIGGAS when I say that Jay-Z is a better rapper/mc/artist than Lil Wayne.

Any thing Wayne has done, Jay did waaay back..only better.

April 21, 2008 at 6:55 p.m.

WAYNE IS HOT JAY Z IS OLD BUT WAYNE GOT HIM NOT JUST BY HIS LYRICS BUT HIS TALENT OF CRTICAL THINKING SOMETIMES I EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE HELL HE BE SAYING SOMETIMES. BUT THAT JUST HOW TIGHT HIS LYRICS BE JAY Z CANT HANG NO MORE HE IS OLD AND RETIRE AND HIS FLOW IS ON A DIET YADIGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 25, 2008 at 3:41 p.m.

Jay-Z is past his prime... Weezy has surpassed him as of late... And Jay left while on top. He shoulda stayed out of rap... Time to hand over the crown Jay

May 6, 2008 at 4:12 p.m.

for real i never understood why everyone thinks Jay z is so good. his LYRICS are mediocore and he has some wack azz beats too.

May 9, 2008 at 2:26 p.m.

what the fucc man,wizzy got his 15 minutes of fame n jay z on top of the game,

May 10, 2008 at 10:04 a.m.

Eminem's the best rapper alive today,No matter the fall off he still could murder almost anyone in the rap game. Biggie's the best hardcore rapper to ever hit the sene,He could murk anyone nowadayz still if he was alive. 2pac's the best poet/rapper, if you want truth and meaning behind the sh*t bein' spoken pac definitly the best for having depth in his songs. weezy,good for actin' hard another 50 cent he'll do it big for a couple years and fall off with no chance of returning, if he continues to diss jay-z or anybody thats been a livin' legend, Jay-z, Is better then nas anyday, jay-z is very smart when it comes to writing sh*t for battles and songs,Nas, was great like 5 years ago, still good but has fallen off a wee tad bit.

May 12, 2008 at 11:04 p.m.

No offense but jay-z is wack.. he only has a couple good songs... I don't even know how he became so famouse... look at wayne, hes blowing up... jaz z is just too old....

May 13, 2008 at 9:49 p.m.

jay-z is that $#!T...and whoever dont know it is confused about hip hop and rap. the biggest thing that jay-z is got on wayne is that he knows how to perform and entertain the people. On stage jay-z tears up wayne....look at his black album performances and when he switched over and referenced to BIG....wayne would never do $#!T like that....dont get me wrong wayne is hott but he has no clue what hes doin compared to jay-z

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