Things are not so chummy between rappers Jay Z and Kanye West. Picture: Jason Merritt/Getty Images For BET

According to the New York Post, even Jay Z is sick of Kanye West — according to music insiders — after West seemingly ranted at a recent concert that Jay hasn’t been a good friend in the aftermath of West’s wife Kim Kardashian being robbed in Paris.

Kanye West and Jay Z perform during their Watch The Throne tour in 2011. Picture: AP Photo/Julio CortezSource:AP

At a gig in Seattle during the week, West said, in what fans presumed to be a dig at Jay Z: “Don’t call me after the robbery and say, ‘How you feelin’?’ You wanna know how I’m feelin’? Come by the house ... Bring the kids by the house like we brothers ... Our kids ain’t never even played together.”

A music insider told us that the rappers’ friendship was never what it seemed. “Jay can’t stand him,” said the source. “He looks at him as this crazy, eccentric motherf***er he can tolerate in small doses. Kanye is a nut job. Everyone knows that.”

The source said of the tour for the duo’s blockbuster 2011 album Watch the Throne that Jay Z “tolerated” West because “there was so much money to be made. Jay was like, ‘I’m gonna knock this out. We’re going to do a tour to bring in millions of dollars. I can tolerate that.’”

In one of his epic rants, West seemed to blame any rift on Jay Z’s Tidal music service when he performed a verse from a song by Drake and said, “There will never be a Watch the Throne 2 ... That’s the reason I wasn’t on this song. I wasn’t on the song ’cause of Hov [Jay Z’s nickname] ... Because of some Tidal/Apple [Music] bulls**t ... Every time I perform [Watch the Throne song N***** in Paris], I think about this s**t.”

Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian during happier times. Picture: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BETSource:Getty Images

A source close to West insisted of the hit-makers, “It didn’t seem like Kanye was dissing Jay at all. They are brothers, closer than friends. Jay appreciates Kanye’s genius, understands his passions and eccentricities and is accepting of it all.”

But our first source maintained: “That’s just perception. The reality is that Jay doesn’t want that much to do with him. He likes his own space and is private. They’re very much not the same person. Jay’s immediate circle is very insular, and Kanye is just a guy who always wants something in the spotlight.” Reps for the two did not comment.

Kanye West also had a very public falling out with Taylor Swift. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARASSource:Supplied

This story originally appeared in The New York Post