Drake Wasn't diss Jay Z- Said RickRoss

Drake Wasn't Dissing Jay-Z,
Rick Ross Says
May 25 2011 | Alvin Blanco,
with reporting by Sway
Calloway
Rick Ross is making it clear:
Drake was not dissing Jay-Z on
any of his new verses. Ricky
Rozay, along with a few of
his Maybach Music Group
infantrymen (Meek Mill, Wale,
Pill), stopped by "RapFix Live"
and made the clarification
while heaping praise on Hova.
After telling MTV News' Sway
Calloway that he and Drake
converse often, and
sometimes via iChat, Ross
spoke highly of Jay-Z, who
was president of Def Jam
when the Miami rapper first
signed to the label as a solo
artist. "We all gotta give it up
to Jay-Z," Ross told MTV News.
"When it comes to this music
game, Jay is the exception to
the rule. That's the big homey
that put me on; that's the big
homey that showed young
black entrepreneurs how to
move. He gave us so many
classic gems and so many
classic maneuvers. He also
showed us how we can carry
ourselves as bosses."
According to Rozay, Jay-Z's
ascension from the street
corner to the boardroom
serves as inspiration for
people from the "jungle,"
meaning ghettos and poor
neighborhoods. "We rarely see
a young, black, rich, wealthy
young dude carry [himself]
with a certain level of class
and still get the job executed,"
he said. "I think that was
something if you was black
and from the 'hood, it was
something that you could
relate to and respect outside
of music." The Boss then
squelched any notions that
certain Drake lyrics on DJ
Khaled's "I'm On One" and the
Toronto rapper's own
"Dreams Money Can Buy" were
thinly veiled shots at Hov. "I
know when those records are
released and those vibes are
in the air, I know the certain
excitement that people
anticipate and want to make
it into," Ross explained. "But I
know Drake, and I know when
he's writing, he's most
definitely being the most
creative, but I know he
wouldn't disrespect Jay." Do
you think Drake was going
after Jay-Z in his verses? Tell
us in the comments.