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                       THE JAY-Z-NAS BEEF

The begining:
The Jay-Z-Nas rivalry began after the death of Notorious B.I.G. in 1997,because two of them were candidates for the new ''King of New York''.The two were friends at the begining of their careers,but the friendship broke up when Nas and his groupmate AZ,didn't appear,as planned,on the Jay-Z song ''Bring it On''.Also,Jay-Z didn't pay Nas for using a vocal sample from his song ''The World is Yours'',as the chorus to his song ''Dead Presidents''.

Beef:
The actual beef started after Memphis Bleek made a reference to Nas,in his song ''My Mind Right''.The line ''your lifestyle's written'',was taken as a diss to the tittle of Nas' album ''It was written'', by Nas' friends and associates,the rap duo Mobb Deep.
Nas initially didn't want to respond,but Mobb Deep's Prodigy,and his friend now deceased rapper E-Money Bags (more about him,soon*) did,in some of his songs and interviews.
After that,beef officially started.







Jay-Z was first to make a diss song.He started with ''The Takeover''.

After the freestyle,''H to the Omo'',on the New York hip hop station Hot'97,Nas responded with his famous diss song,''Ether''.

Finally,Jay-Z responded with ''Supa Ugly''.

Aftermath:
The radio station Hot'97,issued a poll,asking their listeners which rapper made a better diss song,Nas with ''Ether'',or Jay-Z with ''Supa Ugly''.Nas won with 52%-48% ratio,also his song ''Ether'',was declared by the hip hop fans worldwide as one of the best diss songs ever.

Jay-Z and Nas discontinued their beef after 2002,making the beef  last,from 2001 to 2003,even though official beef ending was on Jay-Z's concert ''I Declare War''.in 2005,in which Nas was the guest artist.Also Nas signed for Def Jam Records in 2006,while Jay-Z was still a president of it,making this beef over for good.

Also:
Jay-Z and Nas are now friends,but who really won the beef?Fans did chose Nas as the winner,by declaring his song Ether as the best,but then again Nas signed for Jay-Z's label.

Tell us your opinion,who really won the beef,
JAY-Z or NAS?

Comment below.