New York rapper Nas has recently opened up about fellow New Yorker Jay-Z’sAlicia Keys.

In a recent interview, Nas claimed that Jigga helped to shine more light on the Big Apple.

Nas told The Wall Street Journal: "It's just keeping that whole thing alive, this New York thing. There are a lot of people complaining about New York hip-hop, about it not being what it was, and he stood up and now we have another anthem to be proud of.

I think [Jay-Z] pretty much handled it. Of course, I'm always gonna talk about New York, it's the greatest city in the world. But I'm not in the studio making a New York record now to one up anybody, no."