Much was made of Freeway’s presence on stage as Jay-Z announced via a press conference in Philadelphia that he would take part in a two-day “Made in America” art festival in the city. 

“When I out about the whole festival, and Jay was going to be in Philly, I hit him…and he said ‘come down,’ and that’s what happened,” said Freeway in an interview on BET’s “106 & Park.” “Before he went on stage, he tapped me like, ‘C’mon,’ and I went up there.”

Freeway explained why he wasn’t part of the photograph that Jay took with the Mayor of Philadelphia and several sponsors. “[W]hen it was time to take the picture, obviously I wasn’t dressed for the occasion. So I slid to the side.”

“People understand it, but nowadays with the internet, people wanna make jokes,” he continued. “The jokes and everything, when people was making a joke out of it towards me, it was like cool, it was funny to me too. But as far as people trying to put it on Jay…it wasn’t even like that. If you got two ounces of sense, you would know that you cannot be near Jay-Z if he don’t want you to be. I was on stage with the Mayor of Philadelphia and Jay-Z. If they didn’t want me there, there was no way I could’ve got up there.”

“That’s the big homie, man… I not going to come around somebody if they don’t want me around, because I will feel uncomfortable.”

Watch the interview below:

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