Noname took a daring step when she called out JAY-Z and other well-known Hip-Hop and R&B artists by name for collaborating with the NFL. She has now clarified that she has no animosity against JAY-Z.

In a recent interview, she said, “I don’t hate this man. I don’t know JAY-Z. He’s a total stranger. We just have ideological differences. That’s all, which the song was just talking about a lot of things, but definitely complacency from all of us.”

She continued, “I think the names got the most focus like, ‘Go Rihanna, go. Go, Beyonce, go.’ But really that was supposed to be me mimicking the crowd, like this is how y’all look, making all these critiques about folks on the internet but then we be running to the shows to go and support.”

She added, “I have made similar moves in my own career where I’ve contradicted myself, where I’ve done things or supported institutions that I don’t really believe in, and that’s why I called the song ‘Namesake,’ because even though I’m saying all this stuff, I am the same. We are all one in the same.”

What are your thoughts on Noname’s explanation of why she called out Jay-Z?