Jay-Z compares Lil Mama's interruption at the VMAs to Kanye

Jay-Z says Lil Mama's interruption of his "Empire State of Mind" performance at the MTV Video Music Awards was just as disrespectful as Kanye West's hijack of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.

Speaking to Hot 97's Angie Martinez on Wednesday, Hov said of Lil Mama's actions, “Me personally, I would never do that. I would never have the nerve to do that. We went to rehearsals and went did run through and we worked really hard at the performance to put on a show for people.

"I actually thought it was equivalent to what Kanye did to Taylor Swift, but nobody really talked about that because I’m not a sweet little girl from the middle of America.”

Meanwhile, Jay-Z led the U.S. pop chart for a second week on Wednesday, while Whitney Houston's recent chart-topper rebounded one place to No. 2 after receiving a big sales boost from her "Oprah Winfrey Show" appearance.

Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" sold 298,000 copies during the week ended September 21, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It dropped just 37 percent in its second week, underpinned in part by the rapper's back-to-back appearances on the MTV Video Music Awards and on the premiere episode of NBC's "Jay Leno Show."

Houston's "I Look To You" sold 156,000 copies, a 77 percent leap. The pop singer made a much-publicized two-day stand on "Oprah." In three weeks, "I Look to You" has sold 548,000 copies.