Career
As The Jaz, he had success with his 1989 single "Hawaiian Sophie" from his debut album Word to the Jaz. He has been featured on some of Jay Z"s songs, (such as "Bring it On" from Reasonable Doubt), "Ain"t Number Nigga", and the single "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" from Volume 2: Hard Knock Life, where he was credited as Big Jaz.
He also produced the single "Ain"t Number Nigga" from Reasonable Doubt and the song "Rap Game/Crack Game" from In My Lifetime, Volume
1. The album "Kingz Kounty (2002) - with The Immobilarie Present" marked the last time Jay Z and mentor Jaz-O would ever collaborate. Feud with Jay-Z The long-standing feud between him and Jay-Z started when Jay-Z started Roc-A-Fella Records and he tried to convince Jaz-O and fellow rapper Sauce Money to sign with the label.
They both refused. lieutenant is rumored that they didn"t trust Roc-A-Fella Records Chief executive officers Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke.
In addition, they weren"t satisfied with what they were to be receiving had they signed the contract, 300,000 dollars in Jaz-O"s case. Jay-Z confirms this event on the song "What We Talkin" About" on the Blueprint 3 album when he says "Dame made millions, even Jaz made some scraps, he could"ve made more but he ain"t sign his contract." Jaz was an important figure in the Nas versus
Jay-Z feud. lieutenant is also speculated that Jaz-O supplied Nas with some of the information he used in his Jay-Z diss track "Ether".
After the situation with Nas cooled down, Jay-Z went on to diss Jaz first on a track released by DJ Kayslay featuring Freeway, Geda K, Young Chris, and Memphis Bleek Called "Fuck Jaz-O AKA Jaz Ho" in which they rapped over Styles P"s "Good Times" beat and later on his album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse. Despite the long-standing feud between mentor and protégé, Jay-Z still gives Jaz-O cr for his success (although he disses him at the same time) as heard in the song "I Do lieutenant Foreign Hip Hop" on Ludacris"s Theater of the Mind album.
Jay-Z says "Shout out to Grand Master Flash and to Caz and even Jaz" bum ass". Soon after the "I Do lieutenant Foreign Hip Hop" diss from Jay-Z, Jaz-O responded with a diss record entitled "Go Harder" where he starts by rapping over his protege"s "Brooklyn Go Hard" beat before the beat changes.
In late August 2009, Jaz-O was featured on another song dissing Jay-Z entitled "Gangstas Ride" with West Coast rapper, The Game.
Jaz references "Ether" with the line, "Jaz-O, stupid motherfucker, not Shawn, never been bashed on a Tupac song." The song was fueled by the beef between Game and Jay-Z. Other work.