Was Jay-Z the first artist to go on record using the word “pause”?

Posted The Elitaste on August 26th, 2008 | Filed under Wale, Announcements, Some Next Level Taste, Clients, Originators

We all know where “no homo” came from. But do we know where “pause” came from? Wale pointed out to me the other day that on Reasonable Doubt, specifically “Can I Live Pt 2″ with Memphis Bleek, Jay-Z uses “pause” at the end of the song:
All my cats with open cases, big cars and no licenses
I like that shit, I see ya’ll
All my ni**as that say pause after they say some fucked up shit
Rock on, Jigga shit, Roc-A-Fella forever, yo, uh
And remember back in March I posted the most professional use of pause