Pete Rock clears up the matter of the “T.R.O.Y.” sample on Lupe Fiasco’s single “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free).”

In light of the recent back-and-forth between Lupe Fiasco and Pete Rock, and the confusion as to whether the two had actually resolved their beef, Pete Rock issues quite a lengthy second statement on the matter.

It all started with Lupe Fiasco’s new single that samples Pete Rock’s “T.R.O.Y.”

Read what Pete Rock had to say below.

It’s true that Lupe Fiasco’s representative from Atlantic Records contacted me last fall and he did so while I was in mourning over the sudden death of my cousin Heavy D. I gave the representative a conditional “yes” to use T.R.O.Y. for Lupe’s album but only based on the condition that I be involved on the project. It’s what I always say when approached by people who want to use that particular song. I was never contacted again. At no point was there any follow up from Atlantic Records. Now, the story gets twisted and it’s being said that I said “yes.” The part about my conditions has been left out to make me seem like I’m a hypocrite. When I heard about the song again, it was done, completed, and playing on the radio…and that was Monday night.

It’s true that people have made T.R.O.Y. over. I can’t control what’s done with my work after it’s already out there but I can control who gets my blessings. Those who involve me and respect me in the process, get my blessings. Those who work behind my back – but all the while putting up a front like I’m down with it – don’t.

I’m flattered that they wanted to remake my song and that they respect it for the classic that it is. I just think they should have talked to Atlantic Records to make sure things were done right. The biggest violation is from Atlantic Records but what can you expect? Labels are corporations and their whole point is to sell records. If they respect the artist in the process that would be nice, but they’re not required. For as political as Lupe as, I expected him to know that and to have hopefully made them more accountable. I’m surprised that he’s siding with the corporation on this. Technically, there was no crime committed with the release of Lupe’s version of my song.

Technically, the song can be out there but I’m not talking about legalities. I’m asking: Where’s the respect for the code among artists? No ego, but I know my place in this game. I’m recognized as a legend and I accept that. But most of all, I’m a grown man. The love and admiration that people have for me as a producer and as a man of honor has been non-stop, consistent for over 20 years. That’s based on something that can’t be touched. My music and my character stands for itself. T.R.O.Y was a career-defining song has gotten me invited to the White House. It’s not just because people think the production is dope. It’s also because of what the song stands for. I want my music to touch people but I don’t want to be walked over or lied on in the process.

I admit that my outburst on Monday night on Twitter was based on my reminiscing about Heav and Troy. I think about them every day. I apologize for being emotional about this. I had no intentions of hurting Lupe’s career. That’s not me. I’m known for building up not breaking down careers. Moving forward, I’m 100% in control and focused on what’s good.

Chicago rapper Chief Keef has already built a solid following in the Midwest, but Kanye West gave him a national platform when he decided to remix the 16-year-old’s hit “I’ Don’t Like” for G.O.O.D. Music. Still, a co-sign from ‘Ye is only the beginning, as Keef is now being courted by Birdman and Cash Money Records.

On the same night Kanye West tweeted that he would be remixing Keef’s single “I Don’t Like,” the Chi-town rapper tweeted that he was fielding calls from several parties interested in signing him, including Birdman. “Birdman Just Called He Say He Wanna Sign Me Wit #CMB,” he wrote in April.

And during Wednesday’s episode of “RapFix Live,” Birdman revealed that he is, in fact, working on adding Chief Keef to the ever-expanding roster at Cash Money. “I like him, he kinda reminds me of us,” Birdman told host Sway Calloway, referencing his all-star YMCMB team. “[He's] out the streets, I think he’s swagged up and I’m definitely talking to his people and I’d like to see if we can make it pop, see if I can see if I can get him to be down with the team.”

Birdman noted that one of the things he admires about Chief Keef is that he already has his own devoted crew. “That’s what I like, it’s a movement and he’s young, I think the game needs young blood all the time,” he explained. “[We] need youngsters to keep it innovative, because they’re new and creative in their own way. I’m into the young world, that’s my thing. And I’ma do whatever it takes to make it happen.”

Kanye West’s “I Don’t Like” remix dropped this week with verses from Chief Keef, Pusha T, Jadakiss and Big Sean. Things are about to get very interesting for the upstart rapper.

Do you think Chief Keef would make a good addition to Cash Money? Leave your comment below!

Fif says his fifth album will be released on July 3rd even if it doesn’t have Interscope’s support or commercial promotion.

50 Cent released his mixtape, The Lost Tape, yesterday. Following its release he spoke to AllHipHop to say that his fifth album is dropping July 3rd, with or without a label.

“There’s a lot more business involved [in putting out an album] than the general public is aware of. And that part causes the actual delay with [Interscope]. I’m releasing my album July 3rd, whether is has commercial promotions or not,” Fif said. “My birthday is July 6 and I planned for it. And I’m doing everything that I planned to do regardless if its huge airplay or not. I could care less, I’m putting the record out.”

The album is untitled as of yet, but supposedly it’s completely finished.

“I don’t need a record to sell. How much money you think I’ma make off record sales? You think I’ma sell 13 million records? Its starting to feel like that corner that I left,” 50 Cent explained. “I ain’t going to keep sitting on the records. Even if everything ain’t in order, album five will be out July 3 and they can wait another two years for me to give them another one.”

Every one of 50′s albums has been released via Interscope, since his debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.

2 Chainz was arrested for a misdemeanor possession of a criminal weapon, but it turns out the ‘criminal weapon’ was just a four-finger ring. After being released he spoke on what happened.

2 Chainz had the internet hash-tagging “Free 2 Chainz” when he was arrested at the airport yesterday for carrying what TSA agents thought were brass knuckles, but was actually jewelry.

After the rapper formerly known as Tity Boi was released, he spoke to MTV Newsabout the incident.”They tried to assassinate my character, they tried to assassinate my swag,” 2 Chainz said. ”It was just a negative dilemma earlier where someone misconstrued a piece of jewelry for a weapon and stuff.”

2 Chainz continued, “Yeah, they took it from me, they took the Louis [Vuitton] case that I actually keep the jewelry in, they took that. I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “Me just trying to explain it was getting too frustrating, me just trying to explain my occupation and then when they finally got to the jail and everybody knew who I was, then they started calling their kids and putting me on the phone with their kids. It was like a weird experience.”

Donna Summer, the powerhouse singer known as the “Queen of Disco,” died on Thursday (May 17) in Florida after a battle with cancer, according to TMZ.

The five-time Grammy winner who set dance floors ablaze in the 1970s with such anthems as “Last Dance,” Hot Stuff” and her most iconic hit, “I Feel Love,” was 63-years-old. In a genre that was filled with many one-hit wonders and fly-by-night studio acts that were unable to keep the disco inferno stoked after scoring hits, Summer was a lifer, consistently charting even after the dance craze faded in the late 1970′s.

Unlike many of her contemporaries, Summer set herself apart with strong vocals backed by her songwriting skills, as well as some creative luck in hooking up with producers/songwriters Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. The pair helped her pumped out hit-after-hit and provided her with a sensual, almost ethereal sound on tracks such as “I Feel Love,” which seduced both on and off the dance floor.

Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts to a butcher father and schoolteacher mother, Summer showed promise as a singer from an early age. She made her public debut at age 10 at her church when the scheduled singer didn’t show up and she filled in. After appearing in a number of musicals and plays in high school and singing with the psychedelic rock band The Crow, she joined the cast of German production of the musical “Hair” in 1967 at age 18.

She stayed in Munich after the show’s run ended and recorded her debut solo album there in 1974, Lady of the Night. Though it spawned a hit overseas with “The Hostage,” she didn’t crack the U.S. market until a year later with the song that would make her an international superstar, the seductive disco anthem, “Love to Love You Baby.” The tune she created with Moroder and Bellotte was a #2 hit in the U.S. and landed her an American record deal with the it label of the era, Casablanca Records.

The 17-minute club remix of the single, which featured such real-sounding ecstatic moans that some radio stations refused to play it, became a huge hit and set a new standard for sophisticated arrangements in a genre often marked by cheesy sounding instrumentation and lazy songwriting.

She released two albums in 1976, A Love Trilogy, which featured the nearly 18-minute epic “Try Me (I Know We Can Make It Work),” and the winter/spring/summer/autumn-themed Four Seasons of Love. In a singles genre where the song as the thing, Summer continued to put out consistently artistic albums, including 1977′s I Remember Yesterday, which featured the song that would secure Summer’s place at the top of the disco diva pecking order, “I Feel Love.” That hypnotizing song was also the first one recorded with a backing track made up entirely of synthesized sounds.

This being the era of excess, her second 1977 album, Once Upon A Time, was another concept disc, this one retelling the Cinderella story in the disco era on tracks like “Once Upon a Time,” “Fairy Tale High,” “Working the Midnight Shift” and “Queen for a Day.”

She transitioned into acting in 1978 in the disco comedy “Thank God It’s Friday,” which earned her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal for the hit “Last Dance.” By 1979′s two-album Bad Girls she was indisputably a star, logging six weeks at #1 and scoring hits with the sexy “Bad Girls” and more rock-oriented “Hot Stuff.” When Summer released a double-album greatest hits disc later that year she became the first artists to ever score three #1 albums in a row with double-disc releases.

She went on to score hits with a Barbra Streisand duet and moved over to the then-new Geffen Records, where her success began to wane a bit. By 1983, she’d moved past the disco sound and into a synth-heavy R&B/new wave sound with the female empowerment anthem “She Works Hard For the Money.” That song, though, would effectively mark the end of her hit-making days. Summer continued to release albums through the late 1980′s, but was never again able to capture her disco peak. In fact, by the end of the decade she spoke out against the “sinful” nature of her disco hits and turned her back on her earlier material and focused on painting.

After a 17-year break, she released her first studio album of original material, Crayons, in 2008.

The best-laid plans for navigating around Chicago this weekend may not be good enough.

Through Monday evening, people should be extremely flexible about their travel plans or stay home as dignitaries from more than 50 nations and thousands of demonstrators arrive for the two-day NATO summit that starts Sunday at McCormick Place, transportation officials said.

Many downtown businesses have instructed employees to work from home Friday and Monday. For others, the key is to plan all trips and allow plenty of extra time. Be prepared to hit the “reset” button — whether driving, using mass transit, bicycling or walking — when previously announced street closings suddenly change, officials said.

Parking restrictions are already in place through Tuesday night.

Street closings, including shutdowns of pedestrian and bicycle paths, start at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Lake Shore Drive will be closed from 39th Street to Balbo on Saturday until an unspecified hour during the evening rush period on Monday, officials said. No traffic will be allowed on the Stevenson Expressway from the Dan Ryan Expressway to Lake Shore Drive during the same period.

Major intermittent closures will occur on the Kennedy Expressway in both directions betweenO’Hare International Airportand downtown; Ohio and Ontario streets between the Kennedy and Fairbanks Court/Columbus Drive; and the Dan Ryan to Roosevelt Road, 18th Street and Canalport Avenue, according to the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications.

A complete list of road closings and other restrictions is available at chicagotribune.com/natotraffic. The latest information on transit changes by the CTA andMetra will be posted at transitchicago.com and metrarail.com.

Asked for the most important times the public should avoid being out and around on the Kennedy and connecting corridors in order to steer clear of gridlock caused by NATOmotorcades, theU.S. Secret Service offered virtually no guidance.

“The roadway closures will be intermittent and unannounced,” Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie said. “That’s all we will say.”

Security officials have previously said that full traffic stoppages involving temporary roadway closures will be in effect only for President Barack Obama‘s motorcade, but that all other heads of state will get the “rolling closure” treatment, meaning traffic is halted as they pass.

But on Wednesday, Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the motorcades for the Afghan and Pakistani heads of state motorcades will also receive the highest level of security, which will include full stoppages of traffic.

“I don’t think it’s going to be crazy movement,” McCarthy said at an afternoon news briefing. “There’s going to be a lot of it, but I don’t think there’s going to be a lot of (full) closures.”

The cautionary instructions for the public to be nimble and extremely patient in planning what would ordinarily be routine commutes apply well beyond the downtown area. Outlying neighborhoods and the suburbs could be severely affected by traffic too, officials said.

Unannounced street and expressway closings, CTA and Metra trains stopped for security sweeps, extra detours of CTA buses that are already detoured from their normal routes, and airport delays even on a cloud-free day in May should be anticipated, officials said.

The Federal Aviation Administration expects the summit to have “little or no impact on commercial (airline) operations at O’Hare,” FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said. She declined to say whether Saturday or Sunday would be the busier day for planes carrying world leaders to O’Hare.

Monday will be the busiest day by far at O’Hare, because all delegations will be leaving and Mondays are a big day for business travel. Complicating matters, the weather forecast for Monday calls for rain and possible thunderstorms, with the potential for heavy downpours, according to WGN chief meteorologist Tom Skilling.

Meanwhile, Metra will shutter five close-in stations Saturday through Monday on the Electric District line, which will operate without stopping under McCormick Place. On Monday, 25 Metra stations, including the entire Blue Island branch of the Electric line, will be closed.

Unprecedented security measures affecting all 11 Metra lines during the three days will likely throw the commuter railroad’s normally good on-time performance to the wind.

Food, liquids and carry-ons such as backpacks and large purses will be prohibited on Metra trains starting Saturday, and passengers will be subject to random searches, Metra police said.

Metra riders are already complaining while they prepare. Their preparations include transporting in advance all bags and other carry-ons that are larger than the 15-by-15-by-4 inches allowed on Metra trains over the three-day period, and bringing enough nonperishable foods to work before the clampdown starts.

“The no-bags rule is ridiculous. Metra is blowing the situation way out of proportion,” said Marlena Tonelli, 23, a student at John Marshall Law School who said she won’t be able to bring even a change of clothes on Metra when she stays at her aunt’s house in Downers Grove over the weekend. “If the CTA is not upsetting people’s travel plans like this, I don’t understand why Metra is.”

The CTA is taking what many experts view as a more practical approach to increasing security on an open mass-transit system that doesn’t lend itself to airport-style passenger screening. CTA customers will see more police officers and explosives-sniffing dogs patrolling CTA rail stations, trains and buses, but the transit agency is not limiting what passengers bring on board.

The Active Transportation Alliance points out that bicycles are one of the best ways to get around during special events or street closures. But the lakefront trail will be closed from Balbo to Oakwood/39th Street starting at 6 a.m. Saturday through 6 p.m. Monday, theChicago Park District said Wednesday.

For Jeffrey Blumenthal, of Hyde Park, who regularly rides his bike to his Loop law office, taking street closings in stride comes with the turf of living near the home of the president of the United States.

Blumenthal usually pedals along the lakefront path from 47th Street to Monroe Street, then west to his office on Dearborn Street. That won’t be possible Monday. Biking is more dependable than riding a CTA bus downtown, he said, adding that buses rerouted because of the NATO summit will make the trip even longer.

“It doesn’t seem like there are any good options to get downtown. I might just take off the day on Monday,” he said.

Jabari Parker, the Simeon Career Academy junior named 2011-12 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball of Illinois earlier this year, reveals to Sports Illustrated that he’s considering the prospect of embarking on a two-year mission for the Mormon church when he turns 19.

For fans who thought Jabari Parker’s early declaration for the NBA draft will be a slam dunk, think again. Another calling could postpone those pro-athlete aspirations: his Mormon faith.

Parker, a junior at Simeon Career Academy, reveals in the latest edition of Sports Illustrated that despite the virtual guarantee of going pro after his freshman year in college, he, like many young Mormon men, is considering the prospect of embarking on a two-year mission for the church when he turns 19.

“I want to go. But I have doubts,” he told the magazine. “The NBA is the biggest dream of basketball players, and I’m no different.”

Wearing the Simeon uniform and cradling a basketball with Lake Michigan and theChicago skyline in the background, Parker graces the Sports Illustrated cover, on newsstands Thursday. The headline plays up his faith.

Unlike Bulls star Derrick Rose, who also went to Simeon, Parker did not hone his basketball prowess on the playground. Instead, according to Sports Illustrated, this 6-foot-8 forward perfected his jump shot on the small indoor basketball court at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hyde Park.

In fact, recognizing how much young Jabari and his older brother Christian loved basketball, the bishop gave them a church key so they could shoot hoops any time, the magazine reported.

The winner of the 2011-12 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year award also became the first nonsenior to be named Mr. Basketball of Illinois, after leading Simeon to its third straight Class 4A state basketball championship this year.

But he stands out for his religion too. Of the 6.2 million Mormons in the U.S., only about 186,000, or 3 percent are black, according to the magazine article. Baptized in the Mormon church and ordained a priest at age 16, Parker also is one of only two Mormons out of 1,588 students at Simeon, the magazine said.

Every morning he rises at 5 a.m. to pray and at 5:30 a.m. three days a week, he heads for Bible study. Along with his iPod and sports gear, he carries a Book of Mormon in his backpack, Sports Illustrated said.

Simeon’s head basketball coach, Robert Smith, schedules Sunday practices in the afternoon, freeing Parker to attend morning worship services.

“I realize why I’m in the position I’m in right now,” Parker told Sports Illustrated. “It’s not because of me. It’s because of God.”

“There’s no way I can pay you back/But the plan is to show you that I understand/You are appreciated” –2Pac, “Dear Mama.”

Mother’s Day is one of America’s oldest non-religious holidays. It dates back to the Civil War, created by peace advocates who supposed if there was one thing that could people could agree on during the war, it was the love of a mother.

Hopefully, Mom was there for you when no one else was, drying your tears and cooking meals that only she could create. The love of a nurturing mother can inspire a child and give them the confidence to reach for their dreams, but, that isn’t every person’s experience. The relationship between a mother and child is one of the most complicated in humanity.

This weekend, AllHipHop.com salutes “Hip-Hop Moms We Love.” Some of them shine as amazing examples for their artistic seeds, some fueled their kids to be anything but like them. Either way, they gave birth to some of our favorite artists. Whether she was great or not so great, whether she brought you in this world or not, whether she is still here in the physical or on another plane; we hope you take a moment this Sunday to think about your Mom:

Dr. Donda West (Kanye West)

A noted scholar and college professor, Dr. West was, at one point, chairwoman of Chicago State University’s English Department, a position she left to help her son in his business and community service efforts.

In 2007, Dr. West published the book, Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star. The subject of poignant songs by her son like, “Hey Mama,” Dr. Donda West passed away November 10, 2010.

Dr. Mahalia Hines (Common)

A principal in Chicago Public Schools for almost 20 years, Dr. Hines helped her son to write his memoir, One Day It’ll All Make Sense, released last year. A friend of Kanye’s mom, Dr. Donda West, Dr. Hines expresses the grief in the book that she felt when she passed away. 

Dr. Hines works as Common’s business manager and helps to run his Common Ground Foundation, a community service venture that helps fuel reading initiatives in Chicago.

Dr. Brenda Greene (Talib Kweli)  

As a professor of English and the Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College at the City University of New York, it is no wonder that Dr. Brenda Greene produced a son as lyrically prolific as Talib Kweli.

Dr. Greene’s scholarly work focuses on African-American and Multi-Cultural Literature. Not coincidentally, Talib Kweli worked for years in a bookstore in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Gloria Carter (Jay-Z)

On “December 4th,” the classic song from Jay-Z on The Black Album, Gloria Carter provided amazing commentary about the birth and early childhood of her superstar son, Shawn, claiming that when he was born weighing 10 pounds, his birth was painless. Ms. Carter is currently the CEO of the Shawn Carter Foundation, which offers scholarships to single mothers, children who attend alternative schools, those attaining GEDs, the previously incarcerated, and other non-traditional students who need assistance with pursuing higher education.

Maureen Yancey (J. Dilla)

After the loss of James DeWitt “J Dilla” Yancey, Maureen Yancey (Ma Dukes) has fought ceaselessly to not only preserve, but protect and promote the legacy of her eldest son. Despite facing her own health problems and Dilla’s sizeable debts, Ms. Yancey established the J. Dilla Foundation, a community service program to help engage the arts in schools. Ms. Yancey will soon release J. Dilla: Rebirth of Detroit, a new album from her company, Yancey Media, which features unreleased music from the legendary beatmaker.

Nancy Jones (Jim Jones)

After appearing on “Love & Hip Hop”, Nancy Jones was either a mom that you loved or one that you loved to hate. But, one thing was true: it was obvious that Mama Jones has a ferocious love for her only son. Many may not know that Ms. Jones attended and graduated from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, and with the assistance of the visibility from her appearance on “Love & Hip Hop”, Jones is launching her own clothing line and a community service program for women called Sparkle On.

Debbie Mathers (Eminem)

Debbie Mathers was one of the most-controversial family members the music industry had seen since Courtney Love. Her son’s fame, their estranged relationship, and the many songs made about her made her famous, for a short time, in her own right. At one point, Ms. Mathers made her own CD, sued her son for millions, and frequented the talk show circuit. Despite her many flaws, it’s undeniable that Debbie Mathers is a mother who has inspired some of the most gripping songs in Hip-Hop in recent decades.

Voletta Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G) and Afeni Shakur (2Pac)

No list about Hip-Hop mothers is complete until listing these two phenomenal women. Ms. Wallace and Ms. Shakur (pictured at top) have worked tirelessly to preserve the legacies of their sons, whose memories and music loom eternally over Hip-Hop music and culture.

Both Ms. Wallace and Ms. Shakur maintain charitable organizations, The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation and The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which both help young people to achieve success. Both mothers frequently appear on television shows and in documentaries about their sons. Ms. Wallace and Ms. Shakur have both written books and produced films about the legacies of their sons; they remain the perennial mothers of Hip-Hop culture.

Jay-Z continues to expand his business resume. After famously calling for a ban of Cristal in the mid-2000s and helping Ace Of Spades take off, the hip-hop mogul is now going into the cognac market.

According to The Life Files, Hov was on-hand for an ultra private event in New York on Thursday night (May 9), helping introduce D’usse (pronounced “dew-say”), A Bacardi-produced cognac expected to compete with Hennessy.

Details about Jay’s actual business involvement in brand’s launch were unknown at press time.

D’usse is slated to drop next month. The VSOP cognac will retail at around $44.99 per 750-ml bottle.

Jay previously name-dropped Armand de Brignac champagne (aka Ace of Spades) in the past. However, details about the business relationship have not been confirmed.

In a 2011 book, titled Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner To Corner Office,Forbes staff writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg uncovered the business behind the endorsement, writing that Jay earns millions each year for his stamp of approval.

“All of them confirmed that Jay-Z receives millions of dollars per year for his association with Armand de Brignac. The connection wasn’t through the Cattier family, but through Sovereign Brands. The production cost per bottle of Armand de Brignac is about $13; the wholesale price is $225. The maximum output is 60,000 bottles per year. If Jay-Z splits the $212-per-bottle profit evenly with Cattier and Sovereign, a back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests his annual take would be a little over $4 million. One of my sources confirmed that number, and added that Jay-Z may have received equity in Sov­ereign Brands worth about $50 million,” writes Greenberg.

After appearing on his remix of Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like”  remix, Jada said that in addition to appearing on ‘Ye’s upcoming album, he’s hoping to get a few beats for his and The LOX’s respective LPs.

“Ye’s so big of an artist and he did so many types of various different projects to 808′s to Watch the Throne to all of his Graduation joints, I guess he’s feeling like he wants to come back to a certain point of music. So he called me up,” he said. “Ye’s just lining up his missiles for the next album, and of course, I’ma get one or two for my album, for The LOX album, for me and Styles’ album.”

As for The LOX’s deal, Jada said nothing’s been ironed out yet. “Hopefully, this year. We tryna get the deal signed. I wish it could be signed before Memorial Day,” he said. He also noted that he tried to link back up with Bad Boy Records, but explained that making another deal with Diddy wasn’t easy.

“We tried to make it work. Between Ruff Ryders and Diddy and just being scared of any little thing going wrong from the first situation, it just didn’t work. He’s still a big homie. Even if we went back and actually tried to get another deal, he would do it. But I think that was just too many conglomerates,” he said. “All of the things we went through earned us a mutual respect from each other on the creative tip and just as men. We got different respect.”

Jadakiss also touched on Mase’s return to rap, which took the form of Wale’s “Slight Work”  remix. He’s spoken on his reemergence before, but reiterated that Mase has to be serious about coming back to Hip Hop.

“If he wanna come back, he gotta plant both feet down and really come back. He actually should be fortunate because he gets more chances than anybody to just come back and have a coffee and go back to the podium. If he wanna come back, he gotta really come back. This is people’s livelihood, it’s people’s lives. It’s going to start in a minute. He’s going to be crying wolf, so you gotta come back or stay away.