Jim Jones Goes At Nas, Cam'ron, Clarifies T.I. Comments

In a recently published interview with Rhapsody.com, Jim Jones cleared up statements he made to Complex last week [click to read], as well as poured gasoline on a controversial rift.

"People took it the wrong way," began Jones. "I wasnt really deliberately doing nothing to knock T.I. I was just saying what I felt regarding swagger and who sets the precedent for it. I know for sure that people have said, 'Yo, you looking like Jim Jones. Im trying to get that 'Jim Jones' look. But I havent heard people saying, 'Youre looking like T.I.,' or whoever. Where Im from, niggas dont run to go look like no Kanye. I dont hear nigga in the hood like, 'I need to get that jacket Jay had on.'"

Jones added, that the next time he sees his one-time collaborator on "End of the Road," "When I see him itll be like, 'Whats up, Whats poppin'?' Niggas cant tell me nothing in this game, period, even if you had a problem. I aint tripping on nobody. You cant never use me for a publicity stunt. Im always gonna get cabbage. Im like the fruit man. Im waiting for a new shipment of cabbage."

The Diplomats' newly-appointed leader also made it known that after problems with Jay-Z, he now sees Nas as a foe, if the Queensbridge emcee were at Jones' status. "Fuck Nas. I dont give a fuck about Nas. Hes a rapper that just lost his pizazz. When I was in high school, he was the shit. He was the nigga that got us hype. 'New York State Of Mind,' Illmatic and all of that."

The Harlem rapper revealed that while with business consultant and longtime friend Dame Dash, the two ran into Nas recently at a Los Angeles Ferrari dealership. "Dame seen him and was talking to him. I was laying back on a couch laughing. He didnt know what to do. I was looking dead at him. [Laughs]. And then Dame was like, 'You know Jim?' He started [stammering], 'Ah? Ah?' Dame is just burnt out. He not thinking about none of that frivolous [beef] shit. Me neither for the most part. Nas was never on my level ever. Ever."

In the interview, Jim Jones also clarifies the financial status of Cam'ron's agreement in getting Juelz Santana to Def Jam, which Jones says reports were exaggerated. To read the whole story, [click here].

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