Jigga What? Ashanti Reveals Jay Z Almost Landed On Her Most Memorable Hit

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Former Murder Inc. artist Ashanti recently talked about her music career and revealed hip-hop icon Jay Z nearly appeared on her early 2000’s hit, “Foolish.”

According to the R&B diva, Murder Inc. head Irv Gotti made a last-minute decision to take Jigga off the record.

“[Irv] called him, he sent Jay the record and Jay was like, ‘I’m in.’ He said, ‘I wanna get on the record.’ I don’t know if he came up to office or what, but Irv changed his mind. He was like, ‘You know what? That’s typical. I’m not gonna do the typical R&B record and get the big rapper to co-sign it.’ He said, ‘I’m gonna make her write an ill verse.’ And that’s how that came about.” (VLAD TV)

While she kept details to a minimum, Ashanti admitted there were plans to fully hook back up with ex-labelmate Ja Rule last year.

“I played him records from the album, he was super excited for me. We’re definitely gonna do something. Right now, we’re kind of like on our paths of–you know we haven’t put music out in a long time, so we kind of want to reestablish our own lanes first and then do something amazing together. Because the thing about it is, our chemistry is just so organic, it really doesn’t take a lot. If we get in the studio, we’re good, you know what I mean? So, we’re both really, really excited and happy for each other.” (Complex TV)

Although Ashanti said there was no feud or real dispute between them, she recently revealed being upset about ex-boss Irv Gotti’s portrayal of her during their Murder Inc. run in 2014.

“Me and Irv, we are, um, there’s no beef,” Ashanti promised in an interview referring to Irv Gotti. “There’s definitely no beef but, for me, again, just me talking about my movement and being brave and brave heart and kind of just revealing a little bit more of myself at this point in my career, I feel like Irv kinda paints a picture of ‘what happened’ with me and Murder Inc., very one-sided. I hear him talk a lot about, ‘She’s disloyal,’ and ‘Oh, she didn’t throw up the M’s and she didn’t do this and that.’ And I feel it’s time to kinda set the record straight on what it really is.” (“The Hot 97 Morning Show”)

The New York native also talked about how hard she rode for their label through its dark days.

“I’m a Libra, I’m a very loyal person,” Ashanti added. “Anybody with any sense of logic could see that I rode out. I rode until the wheels fell off. [laughs] You know what I mean? I went to the trial, I was there, I was filming in Vancouver and in my contract, I wasn’t ever supposed to leave Canada. I came to the court, to the trial, three or four times when I was not supposed to. I was contractually doing what I was supposed to not be doing, paying those round trip tickets to come and support and it’s crazy because me and Irv weren’t even speaking. Like, we weren’t even speaking at all.” (“The Hot 97 Morning Show”)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. When I'm not covering hip-hop news and announcements, I'm deep into an Audible book and eating veggies.

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