Johnathan Burks, better known by his stage name Jaz-O, Big Jaz and Jaz is an East Coast MC, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1989. As simply the Jaz, he had success with his 1990 single "Hawaiian Sophie," from his debut album Word to the Jaz.

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  • Johnathan Burks, better known by his stage name Jaz-O, Big Jaz and Jaz is an East Coast MC, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1989. As simply the Jaz, he had success with his 1990 single "Hawaiian Sophie," from his debut album Word to the Jaz. He has been featured on some of Jay-Z's songs, such as "Bring it On" and the single "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" as Big Jaz and produced the single "Ain't No Nigga" from Reasonable Doubt and the song "Rap Game/Crack Game" from In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Jaz-O is known to have discovered Jay-Z. Jaz-O claims that Jay-Z got his name from Jaz, something Jay-Z denies. Jaz was an important figure in the Nas vs. Jay-Z feud. It is also speculated that Jaz-O supplied Nas with some of the information he used in his Jay-Z diss track "Ether. " After the situation with Nas cooled down, Jay-Z went on to diss Jaz first on a track released by DJ Kay Slay featuring Freeway, Geda K, Young Chris, and Memphis Bleek and later on his album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse. Jay-Z said on the title track, "I'ma let karma catch up to Jaz-O. " Jaz responded with a record on a DJ Kay Slay mixtape called "It's Ova. " Despite the long standing feud between mentor and protege, Jay-Z still gives Jaz-O credit for his success (although he disses him at the same time) as heard in the song "I Do It For Hip Hop" on Ludacris' Theater of the Mind album. Jay-Z says "Shout out to Grand Master Flash and to Caz and even Jaz bum ass'. Jaz-O soon released a diss track aimed at Jay-Z for the "I Do It For Hip Hop" diss named 'Go Harder' released in early 2009. In late August of 2009, Jaz-O was featured in another Jay-Z diss, this time along side of West-Coast rapper The Game. The song was fueled by the recent beef between The Game and Jay-Z.
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  • Johnathan Burks, better known by his stage name Jaz-O, Big Jaz and Jaz is an East Coast MC, active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1989. As simply the Jaz, he had success with his 1990 single "Hawaiian Sophie," from his debut album Word to the Jaz.
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