Jay-Z Breaks Silence on Lil Wayne Beef

Jay-Z has stayed away from his ongoing beef with Lil Wayne during recent interviews, but broke his silence during his Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation carnival in NYC this past Thursday. Dishing to MTV, Jay stated, "That's sport, that's rap music. Nothing is going to change; the only thing that changes is the participants."

The lyrics that started the uprising were on Jay-Z's "H.A.M.," where he fired off with "I'm like really half a billi/n*gga really you got baby money/keep it real with n*ggas/ n*gga you ain't got my lady money."

It wasn't long before Wayne released a firey comback on Tha Carter IV track "It's Good," with "Talkin' bout baby money/I got your baby money/kidnap your b*tch, get that "how-much-you-love-your-lady" money."It's good to finally get Jay's outlook on the situation, but this beef is far from over.

Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" Projected To Sell 850,000 In First Week

Weezy is on pace for the highest first-week sales for a Rap album since "Tha Carter III." After a day of sales, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV projects to have one of the highest first-week sales of any album this year.

According to Billboard, the long-awaited album, which was released after the MTV Video Music Awards at 12:00 AM, is on pace to sell 850,000 to 900.000 units.The album will almost certainly take the No. 1 spot, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers' I'm With You likely coming in second with 175,000 to 200,000.

Wayne's latest, if the projections hold true, will have the highest first-week sales for a Hip Hop album since Tha Carter III, which sold 1.01 million in its first week in 2008. Carter IV will be Wayne's third No. 1 album.