Stephen A. Smith Says Jay-Z Checked Him Over Rihanna vs Beyoncé Remarks [Video]

Stephen A. Smith says he acquired a cellphone name from Jay-Z after his feedback evaluating Rihanna to Beyoncé. 

The adored sports activities discuss present host joined Join The Dots podcast not too long ago, the place he detailed his dialog with the Roc Nation founder. Final yr, when Rihanna was introduced because the 2023 Tremendous Bowl LVII Halftime performer, Smith joined the Sherri Present, the place he in contrast Riri to Bey, who has additionally carried out throughout the Tremendous Bowl. This reportedly didn’t sit properly with of us within the trade. 

“I love Rihanna. I bought her album; she got my money. Mad love for her, wish her nothing but the best … But you do know there’s only one Beyoncé,” Smith stated as he reminisced on his preliminary feedback about Riri. 

Smith stated this led to a number of Hollywood stars distancing themselves from him. To today, some nonetheless don’t converse to him. Properly, Jay-Z determined to intervene a couple of month after Smith made the feedback and presumably burned a number of bridges. As Hov defined, remarks equivalent to Smith’s might trigger friction. 

“Hov was like, ‘My dawg, you family, that’s family. That’s too close to say that.’ I said, ‘I didn’t know.’ He said, ‘I know,’” Smith recounted. “In other words, it’s a business; it’s a part of it, you don’t know how she’ll receive it, etc. etc. etc. That’s all he had to say. I appreciated that.”

Neither Rihanna nor Beyoncé has commented on Smith’s phrases publicly, although Jay might have prevented additional injury from being performed. 

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