Roger Sterling
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- May 10, 2015
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I heard this.
Back in the day, Jay used to be very tight with Dr Dre. Jay wanted "clearance to the West" (security), specially after having been dissed by the GOATPac Shakur who rep'd the West. After Pac, no other rap artist from the West was as big as Dre. Jay wrote "Still Dre" to cement their tightness (it was not business oriented. Well it still was in a way).
So Jay happened to have a show(s) in the West, and him thinking being cool with Dre was enough, he didn't check with anybody else that he was coming to the coast. Got to West, and came across Suge. Short story long, Suge held Jay and showed him he was the one running Cali, not Dre.
Apparently, Jay-Z had to cut check for Suge to be set free, unharmed. And accepted to pay homage to Tupac, hence the "Bonnie and Clyde" song. If you think about it, it could be true. Cuz Jay & Dre's tightness loosened up. And why would Jay-Z, a New York rapper and Biggie's friend pay homage to New York's number 1 enemy?? And Suge really had that juice.