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"Mos Def has questioned Jay-Z&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Greatest Rapper Alive&amp;#039; title, it has been reported. The Ecstatic rapper has said that he has issues with Jay-Z&amp;#039;s alleged &amp;quot;trade claim&amp;quot;, explaining that more deserving hip-hop artists have paved the way for the title, according to SOHH.  Mos Def said: &amp;quot;My response was to me seeing an article where [Jay-Z] was referred to, with trademarks following it, as the &amp;#039;Greatest Rapper Alive&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;Now that don&amp;#039;t have nothin&amp;#039; to do with me, but if you saying that, that&amp;#039;s a trade claim...If you saying that, you saying you better than Slick Rick, who&amp;#039;s still very alive and well? You saying you better than Rakim? You saying you better than Black Thought? People making that claim have never been in a position to defend that in an open forum.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not talking about making a diss record or trying to go in on somebody&amp;#039;s girl...When people start coming out and making claims they&amp;#039;re gonna have to defend, like, who have you had to defend them against? It&amp;#039;s certainly been with people not on your level.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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