NY Post - Robert De Niro and Jay-Z got into a tense beef at Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday bash the other night, when De Niro called the rapper disrespectful, Page Six can exclusively reveal. Spies say “Godfather II” and “Taxi Driver” star De Niro gave Jay a dressing-down in a roomful of celebs including Martin Scorsese because the rap mogul had refused to return De Niro’s calls. Sources add that Jay tried to joke his way out of the situation, and even his wife, Beyoncé, tried to intervene, but De Niro wouldn’t back down. “Bob was sitting at a table, and when Jay-Z went over to say hello, De Niro told Jay that he never called him back,” a source says.  A spy then overheard De Niro complaining to the rapper, a fellow TriBeCa resident, about a song Jay-Z agreed to record for the Tribeca Film Festival. De Niro had reached out to discuss further details, but Jay never returned his calls. “Bob wasn’t in any mood to make polite conversation,” the spy says. “He told Jay that if somebody calls you six times, you call them back. It doesn’t matter who you are, that is just rude.” When Jay-Z tried to make a joke of it, saying he is terrible on the phone, a source says, “De Niro kept telling him that he thinks he’s the man, but that he was disrespectful.’ ” “Beyoncé came over, but that didn’t calm Bob down,” the source said, adding that afterward, “It was the talk of the party. Everyone was saying there’s only one star in New York bigger and badder than Jay-Z, and that’s Robert De Niro. He can be quite scary when he’s angry.” But a source close to De Niro told us, “It was a low-key private conversation between two people that was apparently overheard. It was not a heated discussion.” The Darby bash, which sources say ended at 5 a.m. with a tab of nearly $3 million.

Hey Jiggaman, I love you bro, but when Bobby Deniro calls you, you fucking call him back. He was winning Academy Awards filming some of the most iconic movies of all time when you were 5 years old. 2 Oscars, 4 other nominations and some of the most quotable quotes in the history of cinema. Jay Z spent half his career toiling away with Memphis Bleek and Beanie Siegal and Amil. Stabbing Irv Gotti and probably banging that wildebeest Lil Kim. Pump the brakes, homie. Deniro was the King of New York long before you were rapping about your throne. Make the guy his song and call him back.

#TeamDeniro

PS – I wonder how close Deniro was to dropping a “mulignan” in Jay Z’s face