Beefing and battling are as old as hip-hop. Lyrics that brag and taunt create conflict between artists, from rap battles to chart-topping hits. But sometimes the insults go too far and clashes can lead to actual violence. This “beefing” can have serious consequences… including death.
As part of Complex’s Get Money initiative, the eight-part series “Rules to This Sh*t” covers the trials and tribulations of embarking on a rap career, with words of wisdom from Common, N.O.R.E., Too $hort, the late Nipsey Hussle, and more.
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The east/west beef wasn't just started out of nowhere. Suge's best friend got shot and died at a bday party cuz of Puffy and not to mention the obvious other reason was when Pac got shot at quad studios. That's a legit reason to hate someone. Shoot me or my family and see if you aren't a sworn enemy until you're dead. These people talking like it just started from word of mouth. No it started with bullets and ended with bullets. The words were a tiny part of it at that point.
Lyrically when you powerful don’t beef cause you will hurt people feelings and if they can’t match Lyrically they will seek to level up physically if you get physical you are telling the public that you are not as good as your opponent talentwise the first to get physical is the first to concede it’s a sign you’re inferior
Well for me,hip pop without beef,is like cooking food without salt and yall know how it’s gone taste like lol.Buh rapp niggas needs to take it easy sometimes yk.
Why did yall put Nipsey as the cover for that title???????? Yall tripping‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Nispey is NOT known for "beef".. He's known for uniting the community and driving the people in positivity ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ STOP BEING CORNY AND USING OUR CULTURE for business gain via infusion ‼️ ITS CLEAR.
Yo why is Domani on these like he's a real MC/rapper…Your dad is TI and you were on his reality show. Everyone knows he is a rich a privileged kid, idk why he is speaking on the game at all. I think privilege has less to do with race and more to do with socio economic status. Domani is out here trying to be cordae and his brother King is riding around with gold teeth and a ski mask on talking about "don't get caught without it" . They wish they were from the streets so bad, but you can't have both, they can grow up poor like I did and I'll take the money their dad made if they wanna trade lives lol
7:22 is that a skinny crack head version of joe Rogan in that cap? Lol
Ain’t nobody mention all the kids dying in the Chicago/New York drill scenes
Gaza vs Gully beef
First of all biggie stole rapper from California style you know his second album he didn't write all the lyrics
The east/west beef wasn't just started out of nowhere. Suge's best friend got shot and died at a bday party cuz of Puffy and not to mention the obvious other reason was when Pac got shot at quad studios. That's a legit reason to hate someone. Shoot me or my family and see if you aren't a sworn enemy until you're dead.
These people talking like it just started from word of mouth. No it started with bullets and ended with bullets. The words were a tiny part of it at that point.
Lol the beetles are one of the first to do it John Lennon went off one one song to one of the others look it up good song 2
LV is a funny cat, I could listen to him all day!
Big was a Lyricist PAC was the Prosecutor he had enough heart to shake anybody tie them up in court
Lyrically when you powerful don’t beef cause you will hurt people feelings and if they can’t match Lyrically they will seek to level up physically if you get physical you are telling the public that you are not as good as your opponent talentwise the first to get physical is the first to concede it’s a sign you’re inferior
So where a the battles in this video?
50 cent did not end ja rule
This shit is trash… Same old story. I thought they were going to talk about battle rap for real
Well for me,hip pop without beef,is like cooking food without salt and yall know how it’s gone taste like lol.Buh rapp niggas needs to take it easy sometimes yk.
Why did yall put Nipsey as the cover for that title???????? Yall tripping‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Nispey is NOT known for "beef".. He's known for uniting the community and driving the people in positivity ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ STOP BEING CORNY AND USING OUR CULTURE for business gain via infusion ‼️ ITS CLEAR.
Yo why is Domani on these like he's a real MC/rapper…Your dad is TI and you were on his reality show. Everyone knows he is a rich a privileged kid, idk why he is speaking on the game at all. I think privilege has less to do with race and more to do with socio economic status. Domani is out here trying to be cordae and his brother King is riding around with gold teeth and a ski mask on talking about "don't get caught without it" . They wish they were from the streets so bad, but you can't have both, they can grow up poor like I did and I'll take the money their dad made if they wanna trade lives lol
Biggest problem the people didn't figure is, Keep the commandments. Duh
@15:40 "Migos featuring 2pac…" would have never happened kid.
2 pac was the best ever
Chilling seeing Nip talkn about Pac & Big gettin killed
And yall foreshadowing on Dolph… LL all the fallen kings
Not hiphop
we are the ones that plant the seeds
Can we listen to the beats on the background somewhere ?
Rap Beefs are corny af. Now it seems like a desperate reach for attention. Waste of time and energy
It kinda sucks but we love all that comes with hip-hop good and BAD.
Beef some ignorant ass shit. That's why we can't win. Busy killing each other.
This idiot said Migos feat tupac lmfao……
Music is a performing art. Anger, animosity, tension, that energy has to go somewhere so it’ll always be apart of the culture.
Long Live Nip
Long Live Dolph
Long Live DMX
Long Live Pac
Long Live BIG
and so many more
I love 2Pac, but I really wish they stop mixing his passing up with "hip hop beef" because we all know that's not what it was.
PAC was the target and biggie collateral