Yikes! JAY-Z pulled up to the 2026 Roots Picnic with a whole new look and brand new freestyle — on which social media believes he seemingly came for Kanye West, Drake, Dame Dash, Nicki Minaj, Tory Lanez, Jaguar Wright, Tony Buzbee, and more!
On Saturday evening (May 30), JAY-Z, born Shawn Carter, hit the stage as he co-headlined with The Roots for the group’s annual music and arts festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ahead of playing some of his biggest hits, Hov — who ditched his wicks/locs for an afro — began to freestyle for the crowd.
Upon listening to Hov’s freestyle, social media accused him of taking several shots at several people in the industry and beyond. Some of those people included JAY’s former Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon “Dame” Dash.
Social users believe Hov came for Dame and his viral teeth malfunction. Some users also believe JAY’s “chatty patty” line could’ve been for Dame, or DJ Akademiks, who speaks on Hov while supporting Drake. And speaking of Drizzy, social users said Hov replied to his ‘ICEMAN’ album shots.
JAY-Z Seemingly Comes For ‘Ambulance Chaser’ Tony Buzbee
“Hattie’s turning 100. If she would’ve transition before I cleared my name, I would’ve hunted them. Every one of them. Playing these silly games. That 1-800-ambulance chaser would’ve wished one came.”
JAY-Z Seemingly Comes For Tory Lanez And His Father, Sonstar Peterson
“But 9-1-1 is a joke. Public enemy number one I’ve been ranked. The ROC’s not crumbling. The leprechauns have magically run out of pranks. Your son on a federal jail line mumbling something about having too much in his drink. You know how dumb that is?”
JAY-Z Seemingly Comes For Dame Dash
“Another one fumbled his wonder how I get the blame? N***as teeth is tumbling out their mouth and somehow I’m the one who done it. It’s a murder mystery, gang. You had the cash cow and thunk… I’m the one who strummed the pain. That hill you can die on. It’s way too much flat that comes from those plains. I’m killing them softly. What’s understood, don’t need to be explained.”
JAY-Z Seemingly Comes For Kanye West
For everybody: “The price of the brick’s going up. It’s gon’ cost you a B to even say my name.”
“You ever heard of wonder-kin? My children are some of them, have you n****s no shame? Y’all trying to get under skin? I really get under skin. Ask Un how I’m playing.”
“Y’all thugs with y’all thumb again, everybody thinks they’re the ones insane, you’re no maniac, watch how he sane he acts in my presence, n****s shrink. I need a new therapist, this sh*t is not working. I’m truly on the brink. Y’all better not encourage him. Y’all don’t want me to think these thoughts that I think.”
JAY-Z Addresses Jaguar Wright And Seemingly Comes For Nicki Minaj And Drake
He then raps, “That nut a** n***a still stuttering. That chatty patty down on his luck again.” JAY then directly addressed Jaguar Wright. For years, she’s been accusing him of wrongdoings against others. Hov rapped, “Quest[love] introduce me to Jaguar, I don’t know why I still f**k with him.”
When it came to Nicki, social users accused him of sending shots and referencing her ties to President Donald Trump and MAGA, her alleged drug use, her sex offender-registered husband Kenneth Petty, and more. Users said he rapped:
“That lady back on that stuff, she sounds like she in love with him. Her Ken can’t even pick—take they kid—enough of them. A rapper can’t be my opp, I got MAGA Republicans. Them shots came from the very top of the government, good luck with them.”
Social media users then claimed his next bars were for Drake:
“I’m governed by God. You tryna break the covenant. I prayed for 40 days, my neck get flooded again, my wrist get flooded again. My net worth went up again. My next update, the jig is up. I’m up 10, wrong chart, champ. You gotta look up again. N***as look up to Hov. I never look up to them.
Them crackers got your publishing, gangster, go talk tough to them. Don’t talk success to me. You n***as is workers. In perpetuity is how your contract is worded.”
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