Jaz-O

Jaz-O

The Jaz, now known as Jaz-O (real name: Johnathan Burks) is an East Coast MC, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for being a mentor of sorts to Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1989. As simply the Jaz, he had success with his 1990 single "Hawaiian Sophie," from his debut album "Word to the Jaz". He has been featured on some of Jay-Z's songs, such as "Bring it On" (from "Reasonable Doubt") and the single "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" (from ') as Big Jaz"' and produced the single "Ain't No Nigga" from "Reasonable Doubt" and the song "Rap Game/Crack Game" from "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1". Jaz-O is known to have discovered Jay-Z. Jaz-O claims that Jay-Z got his name from Jaz, something Jay-Z denies.

Jaz was an important figure in the Nas vs. Jay-Z feud. It is also speculated that Jaz-O supplied Nas with some of the information he used in his Jay-Z diss track "Ether." After the situation with Nas cooled down, Jay-Z went on to diss Jaz first on a track released by DJ Kay Slay featuring Freeway, Geda K, Young Chris, and Memphis Bleek and later on his album "The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse". Jay-Z said on the title track, "I'ma let karma catch up to Jaz-O." Jaz responded with a record on a DJ Kay Slay mixtape called "It's Ova."

Discography

*Word to the Jaz (1989)
*To Your Soul (1990)
*Ya Don't Stop 12" EP (1991)
*Waitin' B/W Foundation 12" Single(1996)
*Kingz Kounty (2002)


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