Memphis Bleek Looks Back on Why Jay-Z Distanced Himself From Roc-A-Fella: ‘He Had To’

Memphis Bleek Shares The Real Reason Why JAY-Z Left Roc-A-Fella Records

Memphis Bleek explains why he understood JAY-Z's choice to distanced himself and why he never got upset over the Roc-A-Fella split.

Memphis Bleek Looks Back on Why Jay-Z Distanced Himself From Roc-A-Fella: ‘He Had To’

Memphis Bleek understands why Jay-Z eventually decided to distance himself from his Roc-A-Fella Records crew during the early 2000s. While sitting down with The Breakfast Club on Monday (June 16), Bleek responded to co-host Charlamagne tha God‘s question about Jay “drifting apart” from everybody else. “I knew he had to,” he admitted. “For Jay to be where he at, he couldn’t be around us everyday. I’m a liability. Me now being married, being a b…

Memphis Bleek Opens Up About Jay-Z's Departure From Roc-A-Fella Records

Lester Cohen / Memphis Bleek Outside of Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith, Kareem “Biggs” Burke, and at one time Dame Dash, no one was as close to JAY-Z as his former protege Memphis Bleek, and now he is sharing some of his insight on Hov’s departure from Roc-A-Fella Records. Speaking with The Breakfast Club, the “My Mind Right” crafter kept it real about his former boss leaving Roc-A-Fella Records and his relationship with him. Bleek, who was once considered…