“I love Jay, I love Beans — what’s the reason for beef?” “That’s stupid. What’s the reason for beef? People die, people don’t feel good — I want people to laugh. I was surprised. I was hurt for him, more or less, because I know that ain’t him. But I don’t want to speak on that. Whatever [Beanie's] going through where he’s got to do that … I could understand where he may look at things and feel that way. I can see that. He’s probably got a lot of people around him and nobody to really tell him what’s going on. It was a different environment for Roc-A-Fella back then. I feel bad for those cats. I love those cats. I hate that they struggle. I hate it. I hate to see anybody struggle. I don’t embrace that. I’m not one of those dudes that get happy when I hear something bad about somebody I had a bond with. I really loved those dudes.”