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Lil Wayne Speaks On Alleged Jay-Z “H.A.M.” Diss x Signing Drake & Nicki Minaj

Wed, Mar 2, 2011 by Danny M

In the video above, Lil Wayne speaks to MTV‘s Sway about Jay-Z’s alleged diss on the “H.A.M.” record with Kanye West. Weezy says he didn’t ask Ye about the Jay “baby money” line, because he is not Jay-Z. After the jump, you can see some more footage from Tunechi and Sway’s interview were Wayne discusses about signing Drake and Nicki Minaj to Young Mula.

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“The first thing I said was this kid’s a superstar,” Weezy told MTV News about his introduction to Drizzy. “I don’t think you can remember, but I did some interviews back then when they were asking me about him and I said he’s better than me. I can’t sing. I can make a song, but this kid has the actual R&B presence. Then he’s one of the dopest lyricists. That right there, he has a welcoming appearance. I knew he was something bigger than something I had envisioned for my company when I ran into this kid. I was thinking I’m going to put my people on and we’re going to be all right, but then when I ran into this kid, I was like, this a superstar, he’s got a chance to make my company something for real, something to be thought of, to be remembered.”

“I can’t front, I just thought she was going to be the new female MC that none of these other female MCs can touch,” Wayne said about Nicki. “But now, she’s blossomed into a megastar with this new attitude and this style. Now when I talk to her, I just tell her, ‘Do what you do, baby.’ I used to be able to go into the studio and say, ‘Nah, don’t say that, don’t say that.’ You know, ‘That was better.’ Now, do what you do, baby. I don’t have a clue about what you’re doing right now, but it’s working, do it.”

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82 Comments

  1. On March 2, 2011 at 8:56 pm tmmy responded with...

    aewsome

  2. On March 2, 2011 at 8:57 pm Wayne-Train responded with...

    dooppeee

  3. On March 2, 2011 at 9:05 pm DJ_SCOOB_DOO responded with...

    SORRY TO ALL LIL WAYNES FANS I FOUND 6 FOOT 7 FOOT IT WAS IN MY CLOSET BUT I AM STILL LOOKING FOR NINO BROWN 3 I THINK ITS IN MIAMI

  4. On March 2, 2011 at 9:06 pm DJ_SCOOB_DOO responded with...

    REALLY HALF A BILLLI?

  5. On March 2, 2011 at 9:06 pm Tun3 responded with...

    N3W-0RL3ANZ

  6. On March 2, 2011 at 9:10 pm Allex B. responded with...

    Fuck Jay, Weezy is the BEST!!!!

  7. On March 2, 2011 at 9:12 pm Yyt responded with...

    Isn’t drake and nicki already in youngmoney??

  8. On March 2, 2011 at 9:15 pm Chickmagnet001 responded with...

    yeah sure, we believe thats really you @DJ_SCOOB_DOO

  9. On March 2, 2011 at 9:26 pm Weezy 6'7" responded with...

    fuck jay! did he actually diss Wayne? thought they were friends? bitch ass motherfucker.

  10. On March 2, 2011 at 9:36 pm stopit5 responded with...

    actually jayz was dissing baby aka birdman aka stunna aka blrrrr

  11. On March 2, 2011 at 9:37 pm Preppii 'azz Byrd responded with...

    can sum 1 please tell me what does weezy means when he says… the type of person i am i would capitalize off of it????????????????

  12. On March 2, 2011 at 9:37 pm i am the leather jacket black glasses all american bad boy responded with...

    WHY ARE YOU GUYS SO SENSITIVE ? ITS RAP … THEY SAY SUBLIMINAL DISSES FROM TIME TO TIME. ITS JUST THE NATURE OF THE GENRE.

    RELAX LOL.

  13. On March 2, 2011 at 9:42 pm Waynehead responded with...

    Watch wayne get on the H.A.M beat and just go H.A.M lol

  14. On March 2, 2011 at 9:47 pm Anonymous responded with...

    lol @Waynehead. prob is whats gonna happen

  15. On March 2, 2011 at 9:48 pm 30504 responded with...

    yeah im with @preppii can anyone tell us what he means exactly by “capitalizing”off of it???

  16. On March 2, 2011 at 9:49 pm *BOBBYRAY* responded with...

    LOL I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME THING, WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY HE’LL PROBABLY “CAPITALIZE OFF IT” ANYONE KNOW?????

  17. On March 2, 2011 at 9:52 pm TREVOR responded with...

    0___ o what he mean by (capitalize and play off it) ??

  18. On March 2, 2011 at 9:57 pm #504 responded with...

    THIS IS PRE -RECORDED..WAYNE AND JAY AND KANYE SEENE EACHOTHER AT THE ALL STAR GAME AND HOLLERD AT EACHOTHER..

  19. On March 2, 2011 at 9:57 pm Allex B. responded with...

    CAPITALIZE OFF IT??????

  20. On March 2, 2011 at 9:59 pm KELLZ69 responded with...

    yeah i was gonna say that shit..they got a pic of jay and wayne giving dap ‘ye too. so this is hella old to them by now.

  21. On March 2, 2011 at 9:59 pm Luiseezy F. Crazy responded with...

    it means that he understood who he was going at, and that he just when with it!!

  22. On March 2, 2011 at 10:00 pm smfh responded with...

    @ytt is water wet ? does shit stink?

  23. On March 2, 2011 at 10:01 pm $$$ responded with...

    @luiseezy f. crazy r u sure? who u know that’s what he meant?

  24. On March 2, 2011 at 10:02 pm $$$ responded with...

    *HOW

  25. On March 2, 2011 at 10:03 pm weezy f, great responded with...

    luiseezy do u know what you’re talkin bout man?

  26. On March 2, 2011 at 10:11 pm JayWalkinJustin responded with...

    When He Says That I Believe He Meant Givin Hit Whit And All That Other Good Stuff That When He Says He’ll Capitalize Off Of It It’ll Be Ambition For Him To Go Harder And Work Harder Assumin That Its About Him…. I Could Be Wrong Though… Not Into Critically Analyzin What People Say… Im Sure It’s About Birdman Though So Weezy Shall Do What He Does And Do The Beat On D4 Ha Ha

  27. On March 2, 2011 at 10:13 pm still best rite now!! responded with...

    no, he saying Jay does have the most money, he cant compete with him thier but he can come back with a witty response as an emcee

  28. On March 2, 2011 at 10:35 pm Noc responded with...

    probably just means he consideres himself sufficiently business savvy to know the exposure and buzz following the line, diss or not, will help earn him bucks / capital. hence undermining the diss itself.

  29. On March 2, 2011 at 10:42 pm ME responded with...

    exactly @still best rite now!!

  30. On March 2, 2011 at 10:52 pm 30504 responded with...

    so basically he’s not trippin off it???

  31. On March 2, 2011 at 10:58 pm stunna responded with...

    just the way he ended the interview you can tell he has something up his sleeve for jay-z and he turn niggas into superstars what jay-z artist is a superstar????????

  32. On March 2, 2011 at 11:05 pm bloodbro responded with...

    fuck it
    tomorrow we get 6’7″ baby

  33. On March 2, 2011 at 11:50 pm Bs&Nino responded with...

    When he says he will capitalize off it he’s saying that he will use it like a publicity stunt.
    I don’t even think Wayne is worried about what Jay is saying anyways

  34. On March 3, 2011 at 12:13 am packers1 responded with...

    nah i dont think so either cuz they shook hands at all star weekend …this is pre recorded

  35. On March 3, 2011 at 12:15 am whodat? responded with...

    six foot seven foot tomorrow.. babbbyyyy

  36. On March 3, 2011 at 12:17 am effuhaterz responded with...

    this is perfect for hip hop. they respect eachother its all buisness they aint dumb enough to really beef over r yu stupid? jays waynes idol. this might bring them to a whole nother level of rap real talk

    ps i cant beleive half of yu idiots yu guys arnt real hip hop or real wayne fans fuck yu dont know anything…y else would ye show this to wayne he rolls with jay think about it..

  37. On March 3, 2011 at 12:20 am effuhaterz responded with...

    and this will get ppl to buy tha album its smart they real buisness men bout that paper

  38. On March 3, 2011 at 12:21 am gopackgo responded with...

    well what do he mean by he’ll “play off of it” ??

  39. On March 3, 2011 at 12:28 am effuhaterz responded with...

    it means hell make tha next move its all for sales its all respect tho ..i hope they go back and forth that would b tha shit there 2 of tha greatest

  40. On March 3, 2011 at 12:42 am weezyfire responded with...

    guys on d4 there is a track with the h.a.m beat called old ass fools

  41. On March 3, 2011 at 12:56 am Hardwork22 responded with...

    @Danny M
    Hey Danny do you know when D4 is goin to come out and im sure theyve been workin on it cause on the You and I snippet DJ Drama is on it yellin like on the other 3 Dedications??!!

  42. On March 3, 2011 at 1:02 am Domo responded with...

    ^That Wasnt Drama…Thats What MTV Said

  43. On March 3, 2011 at 1:03 am lilwayne>allrappers responded with...

    6’7′ tomarrow!

  44. On March 3, 2011 at 1:10 am Rio904 responded with...

    he sayin Real G’s move in silence like lasagna…..he comin wit somethin crazy soon getem weezy lol..

  45. On March 3, 2011 at 1:17 am DjDuff responded with...

    When he says he’ll capitalize off it, he means he’ll come back with a verse in contradiction or in other words get Jay Z back.

  46. On March 3, 2011 at 1:32 am GoldPanda responded with...

    capitalize and play off of it .. meaning he’ll take the beat .. make it 10x better .. go at jay z with witty punchlines , metaphors , sarcasm , and smoke a cigar and go back to doing himself

  47. On March 3, 2011 at 1:36 am weezy805 responded with...

    what i think he means is…hes gonna use what jay says and diss him right back hes the type to diss back to what he says

  48. On March 3, 2011 at 1:43 am kurtis-weezy responded with...

    Fuck jay-z bulls just pissed that ymcmb bulls got their shit right and that he fuckin sucks , waynes gonna fuckin come back and shit in jay-z’s pillow case. hahahaha birdmans probably shits out more money than jay-z has ever seen.
    YMCMB for life
    lil weezy get at em!

  49. On March 3, 2011 at 2:26 am Luiseezy F. Crazy responded with...

    ROFLMFAO @weezy805 HAHAHA WTF “hes the type to diss back to what he says” LMAO you obviously don’t know lil wayne dude!! lil wayne don’t respond to disses LMAO hell na you fake as fuck lol

  50. On March 3, 2011 at 2:31 am effuhaterz responded with...

    weezyfire how do yu kno about whats on d4 already

  51. On March 3, 2011 at 4:18 am lilweezyfan1 responded with...

    this is dope.

  52. On March 3, 2011 at 4:29 am ricardo laguna responded with...

    fuck jay z the only thing good is that he fucks beyonce beyonce makes love to the rest but nothing more to fuck jay z lil wayne is the best

  53. On March 3, 2011 at 4:58 am ILH responded with...

    This is what Merriam-Webster has under “Capitalize” – intransitive verb – ******to gain by turning something to advantage****** : (see also) profit (I added the little stars for emphasis)

    Which is a good example of the sense that Wayne was using the word in.

  54. On March 3, 2011 at 5:19 am weeazy responded with...

    baby money could be anything. i think its a stretch to call that a diss.

  55. On March 3, 2011 at 5:23 am DanYMCMB4ever responded with...

    Yo guys, but if we see in perspective Lil wayne makes more money than Jay-z if you look at the income coming from records sales only!! not from his rockfella and other businesss…so in fact, Jay doesnt make as much money as weezy just from his music production and sales!!!! the rest of the business is something anybody can do!!!

    YO feel me!!!

  56. On March 3, 2011 at 5:53 am ZAY responded with...

    “Old ass rappers , I’m still tha shxt , Old ass pampers !”

  57. On March 3, 2011 at 6:01 am gopackgo responded with...

    weezay i think you right ..like some people have said this interview is old now anyway they’ve already seen eachother at the game in l.a. and shook hands so it must not be nothing.*shrug*

  58. On March 3, 2011 at 7:26 am kadafi_213 responded with...

    6’7′ 8 foot video danny you late post this for all the african german and other peolpes

  59. On March 3, 2011 at 7:31 am Kadafi_213 responded with...

    where th e6 foot 7 foot video for the people around the world

  60. On March 3, 2011 at 7:34 am Kadafi_213 responded with...

    wtf up with the blog doenst want to take fcking comments lol

  61. On March 3, 2011 at 7:41 am youngave responded with...

    lilwaynehq sucks there always late on shit i just watched the 6’7 video on daily motion who ever runs this site needs to catch up

  62. On March 3, 2011 at 7:52 am tgunnz responded with...

    what nicki song is that?

  63. On March 3, 2011 at 8:33 am Weezy F billy responded with...

    You guys are all fucking stupid ha

  64. On March 3, 2011 at 8:39 am ultrakid responded with...

    i dont even think jay was talking about wayne (maybe birdman) but not wayne…. anyways I still like both of them -jayz & wayne- : p

  65. On March 3, 2011 at 9:33 am Jose Bautista responded with...

    LOL Dannys sleeping. The 6 Foot 7 Foot video sucks! we waited long time for that? Such a good song though

  66. On March 3, 2011 at 9:40 am Jose Bautista responded with...

    And the theme for the video is Inception, not The fighter

  67. On March 3, 2011 at 2:11 pm Devonte responded with...

    wayne allready got

  68. On March 3, 2011 at 2:13 pm Devonte responded with...

    wayne allready got back at jayz on romans revenge when he said….. “old ass rappers im still the shit”

  69. On March 3, 2011 at 3:55 pm YungNizzy14 responded with...

    He right why ask Ye abt Jay verse, he wont ask him tho not in a million yrs Hip Hop is built on subliminal diss it makes for a better record and more record sales shit is real and wont stop. Your talkin abt to 2 biggest heavyweights in hip hop history shit gets real ugly if it were ever brought to light YMCMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  70. On March 3, 2011 at 5:28 pm Fly Dungas responded with...

    i hope he gets on that beat and cuts jay-z’s fuckin balls off

  71. On March 3, 2011 at 7:30 pm tee responded with...

    lil wayne can’t mess with jay z don’t let birdman gass you up

  72. On March 4, 2011 at 2:27 am PATRICK responded with...

    CAPITALIZE……. MEANING HE WILL FLIP THE SHIT, TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT…. DAMN , PEOPLE THESE DAYS….. IF YOU CANT UNDERSTAND THAT SHIT, HOW YOU UNDERSTAND HIS MUZIK?? EXACTLEY YOU DONT, SO WHY LISTEN TO IT…. FAKE ASS FANS

  73. On March 6, 2011 at 5:58 am fucklilwayne responded with...

    haha wayne just give it up lil fag.. yall dont have j money.. young money suxks..its full of lil swaggots= swag jacking faggots.. he got them young homos on his shit.. you can try,but you never succeed.. you well fail everytime..everyone isnt feeling you or your gay ass group…just face it bro.. if youre a fa of young money your either born in the 90 or young yourself and dont really know what talet is or hip hop…cuz this isnt hip hop.its hip pop… pop ass bitches.. fuck ymcmb…YoungMoneyCreatsMoreBitches

  74. On March 6, 2011 at 6:00 am fucklilwayne responded with...

    yea hes lucky he signed drake first..cuz if he didnt where would he be? hopefully drake goes2 roc natoin

  75. On March 6, 2011 at 6:06 am dubzilla responded with...

    @fucklilwayne then why the hell are you on this website? if you don’t like the guy then why would you even leave a comment

  76. On March 23, 2011 at 12:29 am RoD'so'305 responded with...

    sHOuT OuT 2 wEEzY , sHouT yOuNg mOnEy , sHouT OuT cAsH mOnEy . cAn’T wAiT TiL cArTeR 4 DrOps ……………. oH yEaH wHeN He sAys He WiLL CaPaTaLiZe oFF oF iT , He mEaNs – He WiLL Be BiGGeR & Don’T JusT ReSpOnD , BuT AsK JaY-Z mAn 2 mAn aBouT iT . iGUeSS iF He mEaNs a DiSS , DeN wAyNe WiLL RepLy .

  77. On March 31, 2011 at 9:04 am BX NIGGA responded with...

    Sum a yall are fuckin stupid as fuck!!!!!!! I came across this site by mistake but im a let yall know HOVA is the fuckin king a dis shit!!!!! Nobody is fuckin wit Jay only NAZ can compete…..non a dem cash money young money bitches is close!!!!!!!! Sorry to bust yall fuckin bubble but wayne aint got it……he good , but he aint got it……

  78. On April 13, 2011 at 8:56 am mikedotbomb504 responded with...

    wat wayne is sayin that….wit the talent he has n givin wat he do it wld play of it(meanin he wld diss’em back but wldnt do it as a u diss me i diss u u diss me again thing cuz jay-z talkin bout money n that line n he cant box wit the god meanin he dnt have jay money so theres no cometition there

  79. On July 31, 2011 at 7:48 am J-HOVA JR responded with...

    Jigga man is the MAFIA he does need help to take out ‘lil baby’ he can take young money by himself

  80. On August 24, 2011 at 11:44 pm liltunechi responded with...

    giving me wit and the type of person i am, ill capitalize on it ill play off it…. for those of you who still dont know what hes talking about when he says that… nevermind when he says capitalize on it… what hes saying is he will play off it, hes gonna come with a comeback on a different song, and be just as subliminal as jay was.

    also his comeback song is… It’s all good, with Jada Kiss and Drake…

  81. On August 27, 2011 at 7:39 pm FUCK LIL GAYNE responded with...

    MAN JAY GON MURK DIS UGLY ASS NIGGA WAYNE

Trackbacks/Pingbacks

  1. So much grace lately: « Chris Eats Art - March 4, 2011

    [...] March 4th, 2011 § Leave a Comment “Um. Me and my wit, given my wit, I would probably play off of it, but I wouldn’t make it a competition because actually the subject that he’s talking about in that line, I can’t box with the god, I’d be the first one to tell you that. —Lil Wayne, on Jay-Z’s “baby money” line [...]

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