Jack White helms three rather successful (one of them extremely so) rock bands and has a solo album in the works. He produced for Loretta Lynn, which was quite a surprise, but that doesn’t compare to his latest collaboration with… Jay-Z? Yes, it’s true:

The White Stripes frontman said he was impressed with the “99 Problems” rapper’s wordplay when he played him some ideas in the studio recently. [White] explained: “I just did a record with Jay-Z. We did a song together a few weeks ago. It was incredible. I played him something that I’ve been kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It’s unbelievable-sounding.”

Recently Jay-Z has described Jack – who also drums with band The Dead Weather and plays guitar and sings with The Raconteurs – as a “renaissance man,” and although the musician didn’t say what his recordings with the rapper were for, it is thought the track could be included on the next Jay-Z album, which he has previously declared he wants to be “the most experimental record I ever made.”

Jack also recently spoke of his desire to keep challenging himself artistically. He said: “I have the ability to say, ‘Well, I can stop this whenever I want to, and totally jump into a different river.’ I’m very fortunate that I can do that. I’m told it’s not good business, but I just don’t care. It’s more important to challenge yourself and see what works and try new paths. A lot of them are going to be dead ends, but that doesn’t matter to me – at least I tried. I could sit home and just do nothing.”

Okay, I can deal with White’s explanation of this collaboration. However, if he ever enters the studio with Timbaland, well, that would just be too much. Don’t do it, Jack!