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The-Dream has made millions off of penning records for the likes of Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Beyoncé, and now he’s gone Hip-Hop. Of course the Atlanta native has linked with rappers in the past, but in a new interview with Vibe.com, the self-professed Radio Killa revealed that he’s tapping into the holy grail of Hip-Hop collaborations by working with Jay-Z.

“We’ve already done something, we’ve done a couple things,” The-Dream told VIBE, while failing to elaborate on exactly what kinds of things he and Hov are cooking up. Seeing as how he’s worked with Mrs. Carter in the past, getting Jay’s stamp of approval seems like an obvious move, but as far as a release date is concerned, perfection takes time. “It’s coming, can’t rush the wine. Whenever he wants to do it, that guy, you never know.”

One subject that Dream wasn’t so tight-lipped about was jumping in the studio with Rihanna for the “Birthday Cake” remix. The music world has been up in arms with the Bajan beauty for her decision to allow Chris Brown to share billing on the track. While Rih Rih is brushing her haters off—taking to Twitter to address the madness from time to time—according to The-Dream he was just as confused as everyone else.

“My initial reaction was like Okaaayyy… not in no bad way or whatever,” he said. “Rihanna is pretty smart and she knows what she doing, she knows what she wants to do and I’m behind her 100 percent in whatever it is she wants to do and I don’t really care about the……she’s not harming anybody. It’s not really a care of mine to somebody who’s going to speak on it in whatever way, it only matters to me how she feels about what it is she’s doing and for me to try and facilitate that the best way I can.”

That’s his story, and he’s sticking to it.

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