Noname Clarifies Jay-Z Lyric: ‘We Just Have Ideological Differences’

“I don’t hate this man. I don’t know Jay-Z,” Noname explains. “We just have ideological differences, That’s all. The song was just talking about a lot of things, but definitely complacency from all of us.”

She further goes on to say, “I have made similar moves in my own career where I’ve contradicted myself, where I’ve done things or supported institutions that I don’t really believe in, and that’s why I called the song ‘Namesake,’ because even though I’m saying all this stuff, I am the same. We are all one in the same.”

In conversation with Complex’s Jordan Rose, Noname also cleared the air regarding her highly publicized dispute with J. Cole. “I wouldn’t say he was necessarily wrong. I think we both could have went about it in a better way,” she said.