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Young Guru Tells Wild Story Behind Jay-Z’s Verse on Drake’s ‘Talk Up’

Jay's longtime engineer reminisces about a hectic night on tour somewhere in Europe.

So apparently, Jay was on tour with his wife Beyoncé and planned to record and submit his verse afterward at the venue. In the clip, Drake tells 40 he plans to take a quick two-hour power nap so he can be around just in case the veteran rapper has some questions or concerns. Journalist Elliott Wilson posted the clip on his Instagram, and Jay’s longtime DJ and engineer Young Guru decided to gives fans the backstory to how they were able to get Drake the verse on time in the comments.

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