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JAZ-O is a name closely associated with JAY-Z, it was JAZ who introduced JAY to the streets and to the rap game.
Recently, during an interview with VLAD TV, JAZ recalled giving JAY-Z a gun, which he ultimately shot his older brother with.
JAZ says the gun belonged to him and was given to a twelve-year-old JAY-Z, “Yeah, I can’t remember, but it was a shot to not fatally wound but just you know…to be honest, I don’t think he was aiming to really hit him, in his defense,” JAZ-O said. “And it was my gun. He didn’t have the gun so he could go and shoot his brother. It was a thing back then. You got some arms, you got guns or got a gun, that was a sign of brotherhood with the street.”
JAZ says after the shooting JAY-Z ran to his house. JAY-Z talks about the incident in his song, “You Must Love Me.”