Braxton track had “zero” influence on Jay Z

Jay Z has been talking about accusations that he stole Toni Braxton’s idea for his single '03 Bonnie & Clyde’. As previously reported, Braxton claims he decided to create a track based on Tupac's ‘Me and My Girlfriend' after hearing her track ‘Me and My Boyfriend’, also based on the Tupac track. But Jay Z has responded saying the Braxton track had a ‘zero’ influence on his latest record. "If I heard Toni Braxton's record, my thing is, I would want to be on it with her," he said. "I wouldn't want to take it from her. I don't even think like that. My first thought would be, 'Maybe I could call her up, maybe I could get on that record.' The most obvious explanation is it's neither one of our records. It's not like you made an original idea. She's not in hip-hop, but it happens in hip-hop often. We go to sample the same thing and my record came out first. I'm sorry. What can I do?"