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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 12856" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JAY-Z-TOP.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="Jay-Z MTV Unplugged 2001" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty Image / Theo WargoFollowing Arby’s and Pusha T’s <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-arbys-diss-track-mcdonalds/" target="_blank">scathing diss track</a> toward McDonald’s Filet O’ Fish sandwich, fans are questioning a line from <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-damon-dash-nft-lawsuit/" target="_blank">Jay-Z’s</a> Blueprint cut “U Don’t Know.” On “Spicy Fish Diss Track,” <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-devastating-comment-pharrell/" target="_blank">Push</a> proclaims, “I could sell water to a whale,” directly referencing “U Don’t Know.” Although the song’s lyric video confirms Push says “whale,” the clip has left fans asking if Jay originally says “I’m a hustler baby, I sell water to a whale,” or “sell water to a well.”Hip-hop journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy reached out to <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/just-blaze-kanye-west-copying-accusations/" target="_blank">Just Blaze</a>, who produced “U Don’t Know,” for clarification. Blaze asked Jay, who kept it open to interpretation, saying it could be either “well” or “whale.”“Haaaa!!!! Well/whale,” said Jay, by way of a text message from Blaze. “It’s never a coincidence when these things happen. I try to make things work on multiple levels every time I sit down to create. It keeps me engaged.”Push and Arby’s diss track follows the “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-diet-coke-the-late-show/" target="_blank">Diet Coke</a>” rapper’s claims that he wrote McDonald’s iconic “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle, alongside his brother and fellow Clipse member <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-brother-no-malice-mourn-death-father/" target="_blank">No Malice</a>, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams. Push was apparently paid a one-time fee for his contributions and has not been paid any royalties for the almost two decades McDonald’s has been using the jingle.“I did it at a very young age at a very young time in my career where I wasn’t asking for as much money and ownership,” Push told <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pusha-t-arbys-mcdonalds-diss-1323869/" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a>. “It’s something that’s always dug at me later in life like, ‘Dammit, I was a part of this and I should have more stake.’ It was like half a million or a million dollars for me and my brother — but that’s peanuts for as long as that’s been running.”<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-water-whale-well-u-dont-know/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 12856, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Jay-Z MTV Unplugged 2001"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JAY-Z-TOP.jpg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image / Theo Wargo[/UWSL] Following Arby’s and Pusha T’s [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-arbys-diss-track-mcdonalds/']scathing diss track[/URL] toward McDonald’s Filet O’ Fish sandwich, fans are questioning a line from [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-damon-dash-nft-lawsuit/']Jay-Z’s[/URL] [I]Blueprint [/I]cut “U Don’t Know.” On “Spicy Fish Diss Track,” [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-devastating-comment-pharrell/']Push[/URL] proclaims, “I could sell water to a whale,” directly referencing “U Don’t Know.” Although the song’s lyric video confirms Push says “whale,” the clip has left fans asking if Jay originally says “I’m a hustler baby, I sell water to a whale,” or “sell water to a well.” Hip-hop journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy reached out to [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/just-blaze-kanye-west-copying-accusations/']Just Blaze[/URL], who produced “U Don’t Know,” for clarification. Blaze asked Jay, who kept it open to interpretation, saying it could be either “well” or “whale.” “Haaaa!!!! Well/whale,” said Jay, by way of a text message from Blaze. “It’s never a coincidence when these things happen. I try to make things work on multiple levels every time I sit down to create. It keeps me engaged.” Push and Arby’s diss track follows the “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-diet-coke-the-late-show/']Diet Coke[/URL]” rapper’s claims that he wrote McDonald’s iconic “I’m Lovin’ It” jingle, alongside his brother and fellow Clipse member [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pusha-t-brother-no-malice-mourn-death-father/']No Malice[/URL], Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams. Push was apparently paid a one-time fee for his contributions and has not been paid any royalties for the almost two decades McDonald’s has been using the jingle. “I did it at a very young age at a very young time in my career where I wasn’t asking for as much money and ownership,” Push told [I][URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pusha-t-arbys-mcdonalds-diss-1323869/']Rolling Stone[/URL][/I]. “It’s something that’s always dug at me later in life like, ‘Dammit, I was a part of this and I should have more stake.’ It was like half a million or a million dollars for me and my brother — but that’s peanuts for as long as that’s been running.” [url="https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-water-whale-well-u-dont-know/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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