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And Finally
Jay-Z not as good as John Lydon, says John Lydon
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 1 February 2011
John Lydon has labelled Jay-Z’s music as “nonsense” in comparison to his own.
Speaking to the NME, Lydon said: “I’m afraid what he does is parody to me. Jay-Z’s just nonsense. I’ve never met him, but twice I’ve had to play a stage opposite when he was on. One was in Coachella and one was in Poland, and both times I pulled an enormous crowd away from him. He certainly must have noticed”.
Both men are up for Best Book at the NME Awards. Keith Richard’s autobiography is also nominated, of which Lydon said: “I’ve heard it’s just full of kiss and tell stories about guns and drugs and women”.
And that’s a bad thing because…?
