Hov did not waste any time addressing multiple elephants in the room. He opened the set with “Hovi Baby” and then immediately went full acapella to address Tory Lanez, the incarcerated rapper’s father Sonstar Peterson, Dame Dash, Ye (formerly Kanye West), Oschino Vasquez, Jaguar Wright, Nicki Minaj, and Drake.
The quality of the freestyle falls into the ear of the beholder; still, there is something to say about the fact that he is jabbing yet again at his longtime rival and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella while also addressing newer opposition such as Lanez’s father. “The Roc’s not crumbling/ Leprechauns have run out of pranks/ Your son in a federal jail mumbling something ‘bout having too much in his drink,” he rapped.
Minaj may have caught the most scathing bars, which says a lot because he quite literally held himself back. “That lady back on that stuff/ She like she in love with ‘em/ Her Ken can’t even… / Take they kid….. / Enough of them,” Jay spat as if he wanted to go further but knew he had said enough.
Of course, what people were most interested in was whether the Roc Nation leader would respond to Drizzy’s disses from multiple records on ICEMAN, namely the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Janice STFU.” Well, his name isn’t Janice, so he did not shut up.
