Jay-Z 's Roots Picnic freestyle has some people revisiting comments he made earlier this year about rap beefs.

During his performance on Saturday (May 30), Hov delivered a scathing freestyle that appeared to take aim at Drake , Kanye West , and Nicki Minaj , among others.

However, some critics are pointing out remarks Jay-Z made in his recent GQ interview where he questioned whether rap battling still served a positive role in hip-hop.

“Jay Z went from saying he off rap battles to getting triggered he went on stage to spit a 4 minute diss rap to drake?” wrote DJ Akademiks on X. “Na … iceman really got n****s acting out of order.”

“jay z was on the gq interview a month ago, flapping his gums about how the culture doesn’t need battle rap. who is he feeling like now?…