J
ay-Z didn’t hold back.His new
album, 4:44, which dropped on
June 30, features deeply personal
lyrics about his nearly 15-year rela-
tionship with wife Beyoncé — and a scathing
response to onetime close friend and frequent
collaborator Kanye West, who delivered an
epic rant attacking Jay during a concert last
November just before Kanye’s mental break-
down. “You got hurt because you did cool by
’Ye,” Jay raps on the track. “Kill Jay-Z.” “You
gave him 20 million without blinkin’ / He gave
you 20 minutes on stage, f--- was he thinkin’?
/ ‘F--- wrong with everybody?’ is what you
sayin’ / But if everybody’s crazy, you’re the one
that’s insane.”
Kanye was livid, but no one was angrier
than his wife. For years, Kim Kardashian has
resented Beyoncé’s cold and aloof attitude to-
ward her, and now Jay’s attack on Kanye has
sparked a new feud that’s fueling the reality
star’s lust to outdo her Grammy-winning rival.
“Kim was desperate for Beyoncé’s friendship,
but that never happened. Now she’s furious —
she wants revenge,” a Kim and Kanye insider
tells In Touch. “Kim says this is war, and she’s
ready to fi ght dirty.”
It’s already getting ugly. On July 2 , Ka nye,
40, reportedly terminated his deal with Tidal,
Jay’s streaming service, because he claimed
they owe him more than $3 million follow-
ing the success of his album, The Life of Pablo.
“Now Jay is threatening to sue over breach of
contract and Kanye’s ready to sue back,” says
a source close to both couples. And Kim,
36, who famously released secret re-
cordings of Taylor Swift last year to
prove the singer had lied about
her husband, is pushing Kanye
to retaliate publicly as well.
(A rep for Kim denies the
story.) “She wants Kanye
to record a diss track that
will fully rip on Beyoncé
and Jay and how fake
they really are,” says the
Kim and Kanye insider.
“She knows that Beyon-
cé’s fans will come after
her, but she doesn’t care.”newsflash
Kim Kardashian
declares war on Beyoncé
after Jay-Z calls out
Kanye West
TOTALLY
JEALOUS
“Kim watches
Beyoncé’s
every move,”
says a
Kardashian
source. “She
wants to be
bigger and
better in
every way.”FRIENDS
NO MORE
“They will never
speak again,” a
source says of
Jay and Kanye.
“It’s over.”