Jim Jones lit up a brand new episode of “Joe and Jada” by claiming he’s extra related and has extra hits than Nas, igniting a heated back-and-forth with Fats Joe and Jadakiss whereas dismissing the numbers.
The Harlem rapper responded to a viral clip of a 22-year-old Hip-Hop fan from New Jersey who stated Jones had surpassed Nas in each relevance and chart success.
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Through the podcast, Jim Jones leaned into the second, saying he’s not attempting to disrespect Nas however believes his catalog speaks for itself.
“These youngsters love me. They don’t actually know who Nas,” Jones stated, pointing to the generational divide. He defined that Nas dropped his debut when Jones was nonetheless in highschool, and youthful listeners in the present day are extra accustomed to his work.
“Loads of these rappers have performed an incredible job,” he stated. “I take nothing away from them. However they neglect I received a hell of a catalog. Me, Jim Jones myself. Gold data, platinum data, gold albums, platinum albums, me. Jim Jones, no Diplomats.”
Jones doubled down on his chart credentials, difficult anybody to check stats.
“Verify my observe document, then verify everyone else’s observe document, then go to Billboard and verify all my entries and verify all of them n##### entries,” he stated. “So let’s not get into that the place we get into numbers, and I received to point out you the statistics of what I’ve performed.”
When Fats Joe tried to pump the brakes, saying, “We will’t evaluate the 2,” Jones pushed again.
“Pull up Nas billboard entries, then pull up my billboard entries,” he stated, refusing to let the dialog slide.
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On-line customers did simply that, shortly surfacing knowledge exhibiting Nas with a deeper record of Billboard entries, increased charting singles and albums, and extra platinum plaques.
In each metric Nas is a greater artists than Jim Jones. https://t.co/sgkO3aqBTf pic.twitter.com/zOPtbrgEXq
— F**Ok Trump 🥸 (@welplookathim) June 20, 2025
Billboard entries discuss received Jim Jones considering his title ought to even be uttered in the identical sentence as Nasir Jones dawg what have they performed to my style???
facet observe: Jim is mendacity https://t.co/9GfEosAPGv pic.twitter.com/XAVbHnAh20
— TY-RIN (@GothamCityGoon) June 19, 2025
Jim Jones has now stated he’s higher than Kinds P, Pusha T, and Nas.
lol.
— Ta’les Love, PhD. 🏁🏁 (@TLoveSpeaksss) June 20, 2025
However Jones didn’t appear fazed.
As the controversy gained traction, he took to Instagram with a understanding grin.
“Yal do know after I get yal in yal emotions on social media I’m going again to dwelling an actual good life lol,” he shared. “Facet bar goin viral is main device in th leisure enterprise don’t get caught in yesterdays grind keep present my good friend.”
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He added one other publish: “I see I received yal consideration,” he wrote, adopted by “U gotta discover ways to bend th algorithm lol SUMMER JAM TOMORROW.”
