Jay-Z Talks Credit For Kanye, Ne-Yo & Rihanna

Jay-Z will cover the new XXL Magazine and in the interview for the issue, Jigga discussed not getting credit for signing Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Rihanna and Young Jeezy. "Let’s first clear this thing about Dame and Kanye and all of us," Jay starts. "We all had a conversation about Kanye and whether to sign him. No one knew what would become of Kanye. Not Dame, not me not Biggs. So we all sat down and said, "Let’s at least sign so we can keep the tracks in-house. It’s only good business."

Jay defended himself. "I wasn’t saying don’t sign Kanye, I was saying, at least keep the beats in-house, if anything." Hov says he should get more credit for Kanye. "If anything, I should be credited for wanting to sign him for his tracks. So even if Dame did sign him, he was gone at that time." Jigga even goes on to say he should get more credit for other artists. "They were gonna drop Ne-Yo...So there’s no Ne-Yo if I’m not there." Hov says he should get some Rihanna credit too... "Rihanna, there’s just no getting around that. So in three years, I’ve worked on Kanye, Ne-Yo and Rihanna. I don’t even wanna talk about the Fab record that was mine."

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