Joey Bada$$ has been a vocal fan of JAY-Z throughout his career. He has cited the Roc Nation mogul as a strong influence on his music and recently paid homage to Jay’s “F.U.T.W.” on his ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ track “For My People.” Now Joey thinks his own influence is starting to rub off on his idol.

In a recent interview with Montreality, Bada$$ said that his lyrical brand of hip-hop has older rappers nervous and even inspired JAY-Z’s new album 4:44:

Honestly I know I was an inspiration to that album, there’s nothing nobody could tell me. I put a certain pressure on these OGs in the rap game, they know what they gotta talk about now. Cause they got this young nigga Joey Bada$$ coming out talking about this shit before they got the chance to talk about it. I loved the album, it’s great, and I’m glad I could be an inspiration… This is the soundtrack right now, I didn’t feel that way about Magna Carta.

Joey wasn’t referenced in Jay’s lengthy list of rappers who inspire him and didn’t make the TIDAL playlist of 4:44 influences, although the pair have met before.

Watch his full interview above (the Jay discussion starts around the 3:30 mark) and catch up on all the lyrics to JAY-Z’s 4:44 on Genius now.