Jay Z, Robert De Niro, Nas: 'Picasso Bay' Rapper has Grudge with Actor and Queens Emcee? [VIDEO]
Jay-Z revealed in an interview with New York radio station Power 105.1 that he still hasn't addressed his issues with actor Robert De Niro and the rapper may even have reservations about Nas.
The Brooklyn emcee visited The Breakfast Club radio show on Wednesday and fielded question about his alleged fallout with De Niro and whether he would ever make a joint album with Nas, who Jay-Z once famously feuded withbefore the two put their differences aside.
Mr. Carter and De Niro allegedly crossed paths at Leonardo DiCaprio's 38th birthday party in November. When Jay-Z approached De Niro's table to exchange pleasantries, the actor reportedly chided the rapper for failing to honor an agreement to record a song for the Tribeca Film Festival, according to The Evening Standard.
Jay-Z didn't go into detail, regarding his supposed run in with De Niro, but said the actor's celebrity wasn't an issue.
"I treat people based on who they are, who they really are. Not their name, like Robert De Niro. Who they are as a person," he said. "It doesn't matter who you are, everyone has to be respectful, we're all human beings and we're supposed to be respectful to one another."
Later in the interview, the rapper was asked about collaborating with fellow veteran rapper Nas. The two New York emcees sparred on record in 2001 after Jay-Z called out the Queens native at New York's Hot 97 Summer Jam concert. Since then, Nas and Jay-Z have resolved their issues and have even performed and made songs together. Nas is featured on the song BBC off Mr. Cater's Magna Carta Holy Grail album.
From Jay-Z's comments during the interview, one can gather that although he's willing to perform and record the occasional song with Nas, the Brooklyn native only makes full albums with true friends.
"Any other collaboration album would have to be with Kanye, because there's chemistry there and we already know how we work," he said. "I don't really have the time to really figure out those situations and how a person works. That's hard to do, especially if you're gonna make something great."
