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by kenn on 3/31/2005 03:08:00 PM
What's the story behind Jay-Z and Fabolous not turning up to battle rap against you at WrestleMania XIX?
Source: Matthew Mills
Jay-Z was scheduled to be at WrestleMania and I set out a challenge to battle rap him. It would've been billed as a main attraction on the biggest wrestling show of the year.
Now in the rap world, especially two years ago, professional wrestling and the WWE were not exactly hot.
Jay-Z wanted a ton of money and I can see why, because he wouldn't have actually gained anything from doing it.
He then cancelled three weeks before, still giving us time to find a replacement. But the company were angry and told me to say something about Jay-Z.
Fabolous on the other hand was the replacement we got for Jay-Z. At the time he was a platinum-selling artist and he's still doing very well.
We booked the whole thing, it was advertised and scheduled to go. Then Fabolous cancelled the day of WrestleMania to go to Spring Bling.
Once again I can see why he did it - because he wanted to reach more of his demographic - but at the same time that's like one team not showing up for the SuperBowl!
What the hell was I supposed to do? I took that personally and something had to be said. Especially as it meant I missed out on WrestleMania.
So I did a tongue-in-cheek rap on Heat, with their faces on Austin Powers cut outs.
I wanted to let them know: "Hey listen, you missed out on something really big. This place is sold out and there are millions watching at home."
I recently spoke to Fabolous at the NBA All Star game and although he was a little p***ed off he knows that business is business.
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Jay-Z was scheduled to be at WrestleMania and I set out a challenge to battle rap him. It would've been billed as a main attraction on the biggest wrestling show of the year.