According to Rick Ross, he would spend $500,000 for a supper with Jay-Z. He gave his justification on social media. In the process, he remembered a 2008 lunch meeting he had with the renowned rapper. JAY-Z eventually weighed in on the long-running argument, reminding fans that accepting the money is the better course of action, just after the statements were made.

“I’ll tell you why I’m taking the supper. Before I submitted my second album in 2008, Hov and I had a meeting. He started, “We went to lunch,” then mentioned a Manhattan restaurant. “Write to every record you can make work, Rozay, instead of writing to every beat you like.” He gave me a brief account of “Big Pimpin.” I gave it my best shot. I therefore wrote 40 recordings out of every 80 beats I could make work instead of just one record for every 80 beats I liked.”

Regarding JAY-Z’s viewpoint on the hypothetical, he recently discussed it with Gayle King during a CBS Mornings interview. Jay-Z stated, “You got to take the money.” “It’s a terrible deal—you get all that in the music for $10.99. I wouldn’t advise you to make a poor bargain. Take the $500,000, spend it on records, and enjoy the music. It is all present.

He went on, “Everything is there if you put it all together and truly listen to the music for the words and for what it is. All of my predictions came true, and I accomplished what I set out to do. Actually, the blueprint for who I am, how I live, and how I travel is there already. View Rick Ross’s stance on the aforementioned debate. Fans of the wealthy rapper’s interpretation of the vogue meme were generally in agreement on social media. He truly just doesn’t want to sit across from you all and listen to your absurd pitches, a user said in a remark. I also wouldn’t. Accept the cash.”