Jay-Z recorded a diss track aimed at 2Pac before the rapper’s death in 1996, according to longtime collaborator DJ Clark Kent, who revealed the story in a 2015 interview. Kent said the track was close to being released when news of Pac’s death changed what happened to it. The song was reportedly intended as a response to Pac’s lyrics on “Bomb First (My Second Reply),” the opening track on The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. Released after Pac’s death, the record included shots at several East Coast artists, including Jay-Z. Clark Kent described Jay’s unreleased response as “scathing” and said it was performed at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. He recalled the crowd reacting with surprise, calling it one of the hardest diss records he had heard. Kareem “Biggs” Burke, Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder and one of Jay’s early business partners, discussed the track in a 2017 interview. He identified it as “Dead or Alive” and said the team decided to pull it out of respect for Pac after he died. Burke also recalled that the diss had been performed at the Apollo and said it was later put on a mixtape before being withdrawn. The accounts come from Jay-Z’s collaborators, and Jay himself has not publicly detailed the track in the cited interviews. The story adds another detail to the history surrounding East Coast and West Coast tensions in the 1990s. Jay-Z’s unreleased record was never officially released to the public, and the full recording has not been widely made available. Its contents are known primarily through recollections from people who said they heard or performed it. drop your comments ,like and don't forget to follow mpzo5 for more ENTERTAINMENT updates. #mpzo5 #2pac🐐👑💯 #tiktoknigeria🇳🇬 #creatorsearchinsinghts #fyppp - @mpzo5