Jay-Z Dishes On Kanye West Beef

You read it right! Apparently Jay-Z and Kanye West were having a beef despite the fact that their duet album will be released any day now. I can't even sit here and tell you the date because it's changed so many times. Read more below:

Grammy-winning rapper Jay-Z has wasted no time allowing "inside sources" stir rumors about him beefing with fellow Throne member Kanye West and addressed the gossip in full.

Speaking with New York's Hot 97 radio personality Angie Martinez, Young Hov simply laughed off the beef talk.

"Yes, we get on each other's nerves. But that's part of pushing each other. We push each other," Jay told Ang. "The people that have a problem with Kanye or myself are people who are complacent in life. People don't like to be pushed. It's like annoying. It's a thing when people are pushing you to be greater, and we push each other to be greater. So of course there are times when we're in the studio and we're yelling, but that's about it. I would never disrespect that man. I have so much respect for him." (Hot 97)

Hov also dismissed concerns about his collaborative project ending with a beef, much like his R.Kelly-featured Best of Both Worlds project did in the mid-2000's.

"Yeah, that was a tough one. But it's almost like anything in life," Jay added. "You can't let that situation affect you going forward...Especially working with genius talent. He is a genius talent. It's just that he has other things on his mind." (Hot 97)

Earlier today, reports of Jay and Ye being at one another's necks landed online.

"Jay-Z can't deal with Kanye," an insider told Page Six. "Jay is a stone-cold businessman. He wants to recoup all of his money from Live Nation. But Kanye wants to upstage rock stars with a blowout show. He doesn't care about costs. He has a lot less to gain from the shows." West is expected to agree to the conditions of the tour next week, but the business brouhaha between the powerhouse artists might have affected their backstage relationship.