Once again, Dame Dash took time during an interview to talk about his former business partner, Jay-Z. A clip of Dash discussing Hov’s alleged behind-the-scenes tactics caught the attention of Young Guru.
“Jay had a strategy of once somebody’s record was hot, jumping on it, and then it would be like it was his record,” Dame Dash stated on The Guads Show podcast. “And that’s f##### up.”
Dash went on to claim that Jay-Z’s “Can I Get A…” was originally a Ja Rule song. The Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder also asserted that Omillio Sparks had “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)” first.
However, Young Guru took to X (formerly Twitter) to push back on the notion that Jay-Z ripped off songs. Jay’s longtime audio engineer responded to Dame Dash in a tweet shared on Wednesday (December 20).
“CAP on this narrative that Jay STEALS songs 1. Jay got [‘I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)’] directly from Pharrell and made the song from scratch. Sparks says a Rick James hook,” Young Guru posted.
Guru also mentioned Murder Inc. Records CEO, Irv Gotti. The Grammy winner added, “2. [‘Can I Get A…’] was Irv’s idea, literally said, ‘Jay get on this record but please keep Ja.’ I love you OG but nah.”
CAP on this narrative that jay STEALS songs
1. Jay got “I just want to love you” directly from Pharrell and made the song from scratch. Sparks says a Rick James hook.
2. “Can I get” was Irv’s idea, literally said “Jay get on this record but please keep JA”
I love you OG but nah https://t.co/4UeUZXgUpI
— Young Guru (@Young_Guru) December 21, 2023