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Jay-Z and Drake they ended their bitter feud in the 2010s with his help Elliott Wilsonas he revealed in a recent interview.
THE The back-and-forth between Jay-Z and Drake has been one of Hip-Hop's most notable storylines for nearly a decade, and veteran reporter Elliott Wilson revealed that he helped squash their beef. “I got them back together, got them talking,” Wilson said during a recent appearance on The bigger picture podcast. “When Drake was on tour with Lil Wayne and they had a show in Queens, Drake came backstage and hugged me and said, 'I talked to Hov. We find out.' He was excited that they finally talked.”
The two superstar rappers had collaborated to great acclaim, with Jay-Z appearing on “Light Up” on Drake's 2010 album. Thanks later after Drake collaborated with Jay-Z on “Off That” from The Blueprint 3, a year ago. But on DJ Khaled's “I'm On One” a year later, Drake dropped the line “I just feel the throne is for the taking / Watch me take it” which many saw as a challenge to both Jay-Z and Kanye West.
The Canadian rapper quickly shot down the idea, and the two would collaborate on the 2013 hit “Pound Cake.” But Drake's comments about Jay-Z's foray into the art world in a Rolling Stone interview (which Wilson said Drake felt was off the record when he made them) rubbed Jay-Z the wrong way, prompting the Roc Nation founder to deliver some hot bars directed at Drake on his remix of Jay Electronica's “We Made It”. Drake will fire back on “Draft Day,” which led to Reasonable doubt The MC delivers his own barbs on DJ Khaled's “They Don't Love You No' More”: “N-ggas talking down in the crown / Watch the n-ggas that you hurt / Haters wantna ball, let me tighten my shoelace / Wrong sport, boy, you know you're as soft as a lacrosse team. ”
The two would eventually settle their differences, reuniting in 2018's “Talk Up.” When asked how he was able to help resolve the dispute, with co-star Jeremy Hecht joking that he created a text messaging thread, Wilson responded : “No, just encouraging them to talk to each other, that's all. I'm not Farrakhan. I didn't put the project together [laughs].”
Watch the full episode above.
