Jay-Z recently made an appearance on ‘The Shop’ where he spoke candidly about various topics. One of the topics that were brought up was DMX, who Jay-Z spent a large amount of time with during the early parts of his storied career.
Jay-Z noted his respect for X was deeper than what was shown, pointing out that he actually boycotted the Grammys because of the late rapper. Hov said, “By the way, the first time I boycotted the Grammys was for him. We both came out that year. He didn't get nominated. He dropped two albums, had two No. 1 albums in the same year. They didn't even nominate him."
Jay-Z continued saying, “I won that year for Rap album, so my first Grammy win, I wasn't there. I wasn't even in the building because I boycotted it for him. So, there was a competitive thing but it was big love. He was so competitive with me. I never met a human being more competitive with me. Ever. Not even my big brother. No one." Watch above.
