Fivio Foreign stirred backlash after declaring Jim Jones “better than Nas” throughout his first post-jail interview, sparking heated reactions.

Fivio Foreign stirred up a storm throughout his first post-jail interview on Jim Jones‘ new podcast “Artist 2 Artist,” launched Sunday (August 17), after declaring, “You better than Nas” whereas sitting throughout from the Harlem rap veteran.

The dialog began as a dialogue about how artists can profit from viral moments—even the controversial sort—when Jones introduced up the excitement surrounding his earlier remarks comparing him to Nas.

“You better than Nas,” Fivio informed Jones, reigniting the talk, regardless of his hosts’ obvious reluctance to revisit the subject.

Fivio then tried to elucidate his stance, saying he didn’t develop up on Nas however as an alternative gravitated towards Chicago drill artists like Chief Keef and Gino Marley.

Still, Fivio acknowledged Nas gave him a serious co-sign by that includes him and A$AP Ferg on the 2020 monitor “Spicy” from King’s Disease, which later gained the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2021.

But when pressed on Nas’ music, Fivio admitted, “But, I can’t sit there and say a Nas bar to you, or a song.” He added, “I like ‘One Mic,’” but couldn’t title anything.

Jones shortly pushed again, saying, “But I can,” and reminded Fivio, “Nas was my era.” He additionally famous that youthful generations might not have the identical connection to Nas’ catalog.

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However, listeners weren’t shopping for Fivio’s reasoning.

One person commented, “A 35 year old rapper from New York don’t know no Nas bars.” Another wrote, “Bro 35 talkin bout he influenced by Chief Keef lmao.” A 3rd added, “This n#### is 36 years old and saying Chief Keef influenced him after dissing Nas who put him on his album.”

Mysonne Calls Out Fivio Foreign Over Nas Take

Mysonne, one other New York emcee, chimed in to defend Nas and name out Fivio’s take.

“You don’t have to be able to tell us a Nas verse because he wasn’t your era,” he stated. “Nas created a Era of hip hop that can’t be recreated.”

He additionally questioned Fivio’s credibility in weighing in on Nas’ legacy. “Respectfully, you shouldn’t even be involved in this debate because you can’t objectively give an opinion because you didn’t experience Nas era!” Mysonne stated. “But if you younger than 40 this isn’t a dialogue you can engage it objectively my brother. Love you though.”

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