The festive season is supposed to be a time of good cheer. Of spreading love, joy and hope. A time of overindulgence and getting drunk on Cava and sick on turkey sandwiches and — above all else— a time of peace. Guys, did you know that for every hip-hop beef an Elf dies? So, in the spirit of Christmas, here’s my breakdown of rappers who should really kiss and make up.KREAYSHAWN vs V-Nasty“Say it aint so?” Yes. It’s true. The formerly tight members of the West Coast threesome White Girl Mob are at loggerheads. Vanessa “V-Nasty” Reece aired out her grievances at Kreay’s apparent change in attitude since she got super mainstream famous. But I mean, the first thing that came to my mind was uhhh…success? Didn’t Somethin Bout Kreay only sell 3,900 copies in its first week? And she charted at no.104 on the Billboard charts? So, Ms. Nasty – please don’t allow some deeply misguided perception of what success is ruin a long time friendship. Y’all should really be consoling each other after the year you’ve both had.Shyne VS GameNow, I just want to go on the record and say that I have at some point in both their careers, been a fan of these guys music. However, this entire beef is ridic. It goes like this – Shyne said Kendrick Lamar’s new album was trash. Game didn’t like that, so made a diss track about Shyne. Shyne then retaliated with the slowest, damn near chopped and screwed sounding freestyle diss in history. Game responded by going on the radio and mimicking Shyne. FINISH IT ALREADY! This isn’t high school boys. You were friends before, don’t let a butthurt album review destroy the brotherly love. Especially you Game – with that religious themed album you got coming out ask yourself What Would Jesus Do? [Insert biblical quote on forgiveness here]Pusha T VS Drake VS Lil WaynePusha T made a huge splash in the even huger sea of broken rapper tears earlier this year, when he released “Exodus 23:1” which was essentially attack taking aim and firing at Drizzy and YMCMB superstar Lil Wayne.“Beef is best served like steak well done/ Get a gun in your face, bitch nigga”Sweet opening line. This seemingly never-ending saga began waaay back in 2006 when the Clipse dropped their video for “Mr Me Too” and Weezy took it personally. Since then, there's been an onslaught of sideways diss interviews and tracks being thrown back and forth the Re-Up and YMCMB camps. It appears that Drake is just a poor innocent bystander in all of this and should not have to pay for the sins of his Father (so to speak). I feel that in the spirit of the holidays, Pusha should give Drizzy a pass and let the kid live. Wayne too. Word on the street (blogosphere) is that he’ll be retiring soon anyway. Put the lyrical bullets down guys, pick up a bottle of M&S mulled wine and get ya drank on!Azealia Banks VS A Lot Of PeopleIf Azealia Banks aint happy…we ALL know about it. During her relatively short time on the scene she has managed to accrue an impressive number of enemies. Her list includes Grand Hustle femcee Iggy Azalea, T.I, Funkmaster Flex, Jim Jones, Kreayshawn, Lil Kim and even her management. As you can see, the list is far too long to go into detail. After 50 Cent, she may be winning the silver medal for unnecessary beefs. I’m a fan of the music but when your music and outbursts become synonymous; it may be time to evaluate. My fear is that the frequent episodes of rage might put people off the music… Then we’ll be stuck with just Nicki Minaj and a handful of other female rappers who sound just like her in the spotlight. Take a chill pill. Let ‘em live b!50 Cent and… EVERYBODYI know y’all saw this one coming. You cannot possibly mention beef without mentioning the King of Mischief himself, good ol’ Fiddy. I could mention his altercations over the years but space is limited. So what has he been up to in 2012?The age old Rick Ross beef came to a head at this year’s BET Awards. Gunplay ended up on the receiving end of the violence as 50 and the entire G-Unit crew jumped a solo Gunplay outside the venue.THEN we heard that 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather’s bromance had come to a rather brutal end in what could possibly be the funniest/ lamest conflict of 2012. It wasn’t simply words on Twitter; the pair even provided visual aids to further rub salt in the open wounds. Though Fif revealed to the world that Mayweather still owes him $2million,the game was kind of done the moment Floyd posted a graph of 50’s decline in record sales over the years. BURN.NOW, 50 Cent and French Montana are going at it after French pinpointed Fiddy's constant need for drama as the reason he’s just not selling like he used to. As expected, 50 Cent took to the celebs favourite form of therapy (Twitter) and tweeted his little heart out. French then challenged him to the hip-hop equivalent of a medieval duel and suggested that they release their albums on the same damn date to see who wins. AWKWARD, last time Fiddy did that ('sup Kanye West) it didn’t end too well for him. I mean, guys, It’s Christmas…millions of people are probably gonna buy a fresh pair of SMSAUDIO headphones and make him a shitload of dollars. Throw Frenchie a couple free pairs and I’m sure all will be forgiven.Until 2013! Let's keep it friendly people.
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