In 2017, Carmen Bryan opened up to VladTV about being at the center of Jay-Z and Nas' legendary beef. She explained that after breaking up with Nas, she started dating Jay-Z after first becoming friends. Carmen shut down rumors that she was the cause of Jay-Z and Nas' feud and also revealed that she confronted both Jay-Z and Nas about the beef. Most recently, Carmen reacted to recent allegations against Jay-Z, causing details of their past affair from her book to resurface.