In a recent interview with The Art of Dialogue, Silkk The Shocker said that Jay-Z turned down $100,000 for their 1999 collaboration, "You Know What We Bout" also featuring Master P. The track was featured on Silkk's album, Made Man.

“Our relationship was dope because when I did the song with him, I thought I had a budget for him,” Silkk said. “I was like, ‘Yo, I got a hundred racks’ — that’s a lot of money back in the day too! I’m sure he could’ve used the extra $100,000; who ain’t gonna use that? When I hit him up, I’m like, ‘Yo, the song is dope, you killed it. Where I should I send that bread to?’ Jay was like, ‘Nah, it’s good, man. Just keep it and we’ll figure out something later on down the line.'”

Silkk said that Jay, who at the time was fresh off the release of 1998's Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, is driven by "vision," not money. Silkk maintains that's probably why Jay is where he is today.

“To me, that’s consistent with [where he is] today — if you look at him, it’s not a fluke that he’s successful..." he said. "I don’t care how rich you are, you gonna be like, ‘Man, send my bread.’ But he was just dead cool. He ain’t even second-guess it like, ‘Yeah, send me half of it.’ The good part about it: down the line, I kinda did something for him and I just thought it was solid.”

Check out the interview below.