{"id":483924,"date":"2022-08-12T23:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jay-z-blames-ambition-and-ego-for-failed-supergroup-with-dmx-ja-rule\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T23:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:38:06","slug":"jay-z-blames-ambition-and-ego-for-failed-supergroup-with-dmx-ja-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jay-z-blames-ambition-and-ego-for-failed-supergroup-with-dmx-ja-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"#JAY-Z Blames Ambition And Ego For Failed Supergroup With DMX &amp; Ja Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a950251551\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a950251551\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jay-z-blames-ambition-and-ego-for-failed-supergroup-with-dmx-ja-rule\/#%E2%80%9CJAY-Z_Blames_Ambition_And_Ego_For_Failed_Supergroup_With_DMX_Ja_Rule%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;JAY-Z Blames Ambition And Ego For Failed Supergroup With DMX &amp; Ja Rule&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJAY-Z_Blames_Ambition_And_Ego_For_Failed_Supergroup_With_DMX_Ja_Rule%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;JAY-Z Blames Ambition And Ego For Failed Supergroup With DMX &amp; Ja Rule&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/08\/JAY-Z-DMX-Ja-Rule-1200x675.jpeg\" alt=\"JAY-Z Blames Ambition And Ego For Failed Supergroup With DMX &amp; Ja Rule\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Leon Bennett\/FilmMagic I Michael Hickey\/Big3 I Alexander Tamargo\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nJAY-Z, DMX and Ja Rule were supposed to form a supergroup in the late \u201990s, but it never came to light, and Hov has now shared why he thinks it didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n<p>In the premiere episode of\u00a0the new Murder Inc. BET documentary, label founder Irv Gotti recalled the time that Jay, X and Ja were working closely with each other to the point people in the industry referred to them as a supergroup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit200\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nIrv was instrumental in helping JAY-Z, DMX and Ja Rule but he saw something within all three of them that screamed supergroup. However, things didn\u2019t go as planned as each r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er was much more focused on their solo careers, which Hov attributed to how competitive they were as well as each of them having a big ego.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was everyone\u2019s ambition and everyone\u2019s ego,\u201d JAY-Z said. \u201cIt was just three guys, three independent labels, three Black men who are all fighting to be the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/ChH2vhfAPPx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/ChH2vhfAPPx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">A post shared by Riki P. (@itsrikip_)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The three rappers were featured on various songs together, such as \u201cCan I Get A\u2026,\u201d \u201cMoney, Cash, Hoes,\u201d \u201cBlackout\u201d and more, and as hype around them grew so did the call for them to form a group.<\/p>\n<p>Irv Gotti was planting the seeds of his Murder Inc label when he saw an opportunity to market and brand his new company through the formidable rap trio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit300\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cThe supergroup with Jay, X and Ja, I used it to push branding for Murder Inc. All I gotta do is put a hot track on, and they gon go at it,\u201d Irv said. \u201cIf there\u2019s a studio and the rappers is rapping, X is trying to kill you. Hov, you can\u2019t tell Hov he ain\u2019t the best. He thinks he\u2019s fucking the illest ever, and he might be. Rule has a Napoleon complex. If you think for one second he\u2019s bowing down to anybody, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the songs from those sessions would be <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=es993xICQNg\">\u201cIt\u2019s Murda\u201d<\/a> off Ja\u2019s debut album <em>Venni Vetti Vecci<\/em>, and \u201cMurdagram\u201d off the <em>Streets Is Watching<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Hov added: \u201cMe and X had like a thing. He was always super competitive with me. I was super competitive at that time as well. Ja was just happy to be in the room at the time he hadn\u2019t become the Ja Rule that we all come to know and love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary will also see Irv Gotti dive into the infamous 2003 FBI raid at the Murder Inc. offices in New York. Irv and his brother Christopher Lorenzo were accused of money laundering through alleged financial transactions associated with drug kingpin Kenneth \u201cSupreme\u201d McGriff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit400\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nDuring a conversation with <em>HipHopDX<\/em>, Irv revealed he felt shunned by the music industry after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the feds come after you \u2014 what\u2019s the character on Snoopy?\u201d Gotti asked. \u201cHe\u2019s got a cloud that\u2019s always raining on him. Oh, Pigpen. I was Pigpen. So it\u2019s sunny outside, but it was raining. I would go in to have meetings with these top executives in entertainment, and I would have the best meeting. They would be like, \u2018You\u2019re really a genius. This was great.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit500\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit500\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cI would leave they office and nothing would happen. 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