{"id":243424,"date":"2026-05-31T14:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T14:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/jay-z-disses-kanye-west-drake-nicki-minaj-in-roots-picnic-freestyle\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T14:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T14:43:45","slug":"jay-z-disses-kanye-west-drake-nicki-minaj-in-roots-picnic-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/jay-z-disses-kanye-west-drake-nicki-minaj-in-roots-picnic-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z Disses Kanye West, Drake &#038; Nicki Minaj in Roots Picnic Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2221511\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jay-z\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Jay-Z<\/strong><\/a> is not holding back.<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old rapper seemingly took aim at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kanye-west\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kanye West<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/drake\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Drake<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nicki-minaj\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Nicki Minaj<\/strong><\/a> while performing at the <strong><em>Roots Picnic 2026<\/em><\/strong> over the weekend in Philadelphia, Penn.<\/p>\n<p>In his first solo concert in six years, he seemingly responded to several high-profile rap superstars with a freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jig is up, n<em>\u2014<\/em>a \/ I\u2019m up 10, wrong chart champ \/ N\u2013 s looked up to <strong>Hov<\/strong>, I never looked up to them,\u201d he rapped, seemingly in direct response to <strong>Drake<\/strong>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Drake-janice-stfu-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJanice STFU,\u201d<\/a> in which <strong>Drake<\/strong> raps: \u201cWe know how you OGs rockin\u2019 already, my n\u2013a, the jig is up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThem crackers got your publishing checks, go talk tough to them \/ Don\u2019t talk success to me, you n\u2013s is workers in perpetuity is how your contract is worded,\u201d <strong>Jay-Z <\/strong>went on to rap, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/05\/jay-z-roots-picnic-setlist-drake-kanye-diss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seemingly another diss<\/a> directed at <strong>Drake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThat lady back on that stuff, she sounds like she\u2019s in love with \u2019em \/ Her Ken can\u2019t even\u2026 pick they kid\u2026 enough of them \/ A rapper can\u2019t be my opp, I got MAGA republicans,\u201d<strong> Jay-Z <\/strong>then said, seemingly taking aim at <strong>Nicki Minaj<\/strong> amid her recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/14\/nicki-minaj-reveals-when-she-started-quietly-supporting-trump-why-she-initially-stayed-silent-what-made-her-speak-out-publicly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support of MAGA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also seemingly responded to <strong>Kanye<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uinterview.com\/news\/kanye-west-attacks-beyonce-jay-zs-children-in-unhinged-social-media-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusing his and <strong>Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>\u2018s kids<\/a> of having mental issues: \u201cMy children is some of them, have you n\u2013s no shame? \/ Y\u2019all trying to get under skin, I really get under skin \/ Ask Un how I\u2019m playin \/ Y\u2019all thoughts with your thumbs again, everybody thinks they\u2019re the ones insane. You\u2019re no maniac,\u201d he rapped, seemingly referring to <strong>Lance \u201cUn\u201d Rivera<\/strong>, the music executive <strong>Jay-Z <\/strong>stabbed at a New York nightclub in 1999, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.com\/article\/ym9w7e\/jay-z-drops-kanye-west-drake-and-nicki-minaj-disses-in-fiery-roots-picnic-freestyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BET.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jay<\/strong> is about to play a trio of shows at Yankee Stadium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of <em>Reasonable Doubt<\/em> and the 25th anniversary of <em>The Blueprint<\/em>, plus a finale concert called \u201cExtra Innings.\u201d For all tickets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/jayz-tickets\/artist\/781009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/14\/nicki-minaj-discusses-issues-with-jay-z-why-she-thinks-he-cost-obama-a-lot-why-she-found-obamas-remarks-condescending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why<strong> Nicki<\/strong> says she has an issue with<strong> Jay-Z<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/drake\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jay-z-2\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay-z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kanye-west\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kanye West<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nicki-minaj\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicki Minaj<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/31\/jay-z-disses-kanye-west-drake-nicki-minaj-in-roots-picnic-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Jay-Z is not holding back. The 56-year-old rapper seemingly took aim at Kanye West, Drake and Nicki Minaj while performing at the Roots Picnic 2026 over the weekend in Philadelphia, Penn. In his first solo concert in six years, he seemingly responded to several high-profile rap superstars with a freestyle. \u201cThe jig is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-243424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}