Ice Cube isn’t a fan of watching rappers beef with each other, though he also understands that it’s a part of the game.
Last month, before things got intense between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, he joined Canada’s E-Talk for a conversation about feuds in Hip Hop. At the time of the interview, K. Dot had already fired the first shot on Metro Boomin and Future‘s “Like That,” following which J. Cole issued then rescinded a response to Dot with “7 Minute Drill.”
The Los Angeles native, who famously beefed with his former N.W.A crew back in the day and dropped one of the most scathing disses of all time with “No Vaseline,” has matured a lot over the years as he stated that he doesn’t like the dangerous route a lot of rap beefs take as they escalate.
“Beefs are volatile. You always have to be careful that a beef doesn’t turn into a murder,” he said. “Back in the day, you’d do a diss record, but it would stay somewhat in the Hip Hop community. Now, it’s all over the world. All walks of life know what’s going on. And some people can’t really take that kind of humiliation. I don’t really like seeing rappers beef.
“I don’t think it’s necessary to have a great career. But it happens! Hey, it’s part of the game and I think when you in a beef, you can’t really hold back. It’s like being in a fight — you can’t really half-punch; you gotta go all the way.”
Even less enthusiastic about the beef in question is Questlove.
The Roots drummer sternly criticized the hotly-contested rap battle in an Instagram post earlier this week, going as far as to declare that Hip Hop is “truly dead.”
The veteran drummer’s issues lie with the way both rappers have conducted themselves over the back-and-forth, dragging each other’s family members into the feud by making scandalous and unsubstantiated allegations on their respective diss songs.
“Nobody won the war,” he wrote. “This wasn’t about skill. This was a wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary — women & children (& actual facts) be damned.
“Same audience wanting blood will soon put up ‘rip’ posts like they weren’t part of the problem. Hip Hop truly is dead.”
Challenging both MCs to step their game up morally, Questlove added in the caption: “Here We Are Now…Entertain us?”
Your mans murdered his own group w/ one song spanking em one by one and still banking today….so can you really disagree with him
Yea but he got his ass beat too after he dropped that record, so it always made his diss record less impactful to me.
To I mean…. You must be young, dumb or don’t know history. NWA’s best work – NFL was without Cube. He didn’t murder anybody… he left and they proceeded to do well. As for beef… it’s part of the game. Rap music is about dumb shit, bragging rights and male energy. The art of it … no… but truthfully is this shit art anymore or bag grabbing and clout chasing.
@No Problem – you’re the first person I’ve ever heard say NFL was better than Straight Outta Compton. Obviously music is subjective, but I’m guessing you’d be kinda lonely on that island.
Wonder if he’d still feel this way if he never got knocked out trying to play with Cypress Hill?
To I mean…. You must be young, dumb or don’t know history. NWA’s best work – NFL was without Cube. He didn’t murder anybody… he left and they proceeded to do well. As for beef… it’s part of the game. Rap music is about dumb shit, bragging rights and male energy. The art of it … no… but truthfully is this shit art anymore or bag grabbing and clout chasing
when kendrick’s dead then the beef is over
@gay greg Your brain is dead
Gay gregg? Lol!
When Kendrick turns up dead remember he brought it on himself just XXX did. He can’t play shows anymore. He can’t show up anywhere. Only way he stays alive for even a couple years is go in hiding. He’s all the way fucked.
When Kendrick turns up dead remember he brought it on himself just like XXX did. He can’t play shows anymore. He can’t show up anywhere. Only way he stays alive for even a couple years is go in hiding. He’s all the way fucked.
Ask Ice Cube about The Bitch in You which is why he doesn’t like beef, Common got at him.
I love Drakes beef in my mouth
Everyone knows Kendrick ended Drake’s career. I’m sad it ended this way but the better man won.
kendrick is a dead man. lets see the next show