While The Source Awards may have gained infamy for its role in the beef between Death Row and Bad Boy Records, an incident at the 1994 ceremonies nearly led to a feud between two different crews from opposite coasts. In a recent interview with This Is 50’s Young Jack Thriller, Busta Rhymes recalls how Tupac Shakur accidentally insulted the members of A Tribe Called Quest.
Bussa Bus revealed that Tupac accidentally cut off Tribe’s acceptance speech for the Best Hip Hop Group of the Year at the ’94 Source Awards when he jumped the gun on his performance. The members of Tribe were initially ready to go to war with the Oakland rapper over the perceived slight, but tempers quickly cooled after Pac explained the misunderstanding to Busta. He added that Pac and Tribe had been attempting to coordinate a televised meeting on BET following the incident, but were unable.
“There was a time before The Source Awards were actually on TV, I was filming Higher Learning, we were staying in Oakwood Apartments in West Hollywood…[2Pac] was living in there, too,” he recalled. “The Source Awards happened – I think it was at the Paramount Theater…and Pac was on that award show [performing]. Tribe had got the award for Best Hip Hop Group of the Year. I don’t know if Pac’s people at the time knew that Tribe was still getting their award and still doing their acceptance speech, but they pressed play while they were doing their acceptance speech, so it looked like he went out there and started performing on some, ‘Fuck the award’ shit, ‘I’m just gonna do my shit on top of them niggas’…so it looked crazy from the front…it looked like a crazy disrespect to Tribe.”
He continued, “The beef started immediately and fortunately, it didn’t get to no physical shit, but I don’t know if too many people knew about this at the time when it went down or even after, but it was a big misunderstanding…me and Pac had a conversation about that, and Pac made it clear to me that he didn’t mean to do that, that it wasn’t his fault and he didn’t understand why or how it happened that way…Pac was actually trying to see how we could coordinate getting a public truce going on BET…I was actually trying to coordinate that and I was communicating to [Q-Tip] via Pac, Pac via Tip – the vibe was amazing. Everybody was like, ‘Yo, no doubt, no problem’…it just didn’t happen because of circumstances, obviously, and Pac passed before we got that to happen.”
Check out the full interview below.
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Pac always acted like hip hop was a fucking gang fight or something always running his mouth well look what happened..
dude, obviously you have no clue at the time the media presented pac as a lose cannon but that wasnt the case they manage to air out all the bs
just sit down watch the video and enjoy it
actually Pac did not always act like that. Pac only started acting like that once he signed up with Death Row. If you do your research before death row, youll see a completely different pac
Go eat your mother’s cock
pretty sure this article completely 100% says teh exact opposite of what you just said. Thank you for opening your mouth and proving you dont know shit about shit.
only after he got shot. after that he was paranoid (or right depends how u look at it) that everyone was out to get him and against him.. that’s why he was all fuck the world and then when he went to jail and nobody came through with bail money but suge and he came out and started rolling with death row and so he had to come hard as fuck
hipop back in those days was like that.. it was rough there were brawls at the source awards not like nowadays with this twitter tweef talk hipster tight pant wearing pink shameful shit excuse for rap we got
This is about as relevant to today as Busta Rhymes career is.
I know where you live and your soo fucking dead you waste of life future knapsack after I hollow you inners out with myt blade you stupid waste of a brain but don;’t worry that’s coming out to you dead peice of canible bait
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fuck 2pac.
fo real.
Man fuck all these niggaz, Ja Rule is where it’s at.
Ja Rule could fuck busta rhymes up
Hey Please, you’re right. Do you think Wale is in the middle of the same situation right now, with Rick Ross and MMG? He’s making great music still, but with a much harder edge. Plus, you can see he’s all coked up in all these interviews, trying to keep up with Rozay’s work ethic.
Fuck these niggaz, tho, don’t fuck Pac, he’s that NIGGA along with JA Rule
Ja Rule and 2pac, those niggaz
2pac and Ja Rule are blood brothers
R.I.P. Makaveli The Don
rick ros c.o
2pac ballet dancer
plies registered nurse you see where this is going?
Yeah in a nutshell your coming out the closet…in of the movie.
most of these rappers aint real niggas. Word, Nas bankrupt never was a drug runner, Lil Wayne aint no blood, Jeezy aint no BMF, 50 a snitch, Game a stripper, 2pac was gay. None of these niggas real you guys. If they was all real they all be dead now. Like it or not Ross is the new biggie.
BAWSE!!!!!
Shut up.
uhhhh pac is dead? you fucking clown.
And apparently you can’t discern tense. Even if he’s spouting nonsense.
So a former correctional officer who stole sometime elses name and lies about his street history is the realest to u? Says alot about u
don’t feed the trolls. who gives a fuck what this tard says
Tense is irrelevant. Im addressing his statement that all of them would be dead if they were real. According to his logic Pac was real because hes dead. Think bigger faggot.
Bawse is a fucking persona you dumb bitch.
He ain’t like that in real life – otherwise he’d be broke as fuck.
You swore you would never tell!!!!!!!
crazy how time flies. can’t believe it’s been 16 fuckin’ years.
crazy how 2pac songs that are almost 20 years old are still better than all the garbage that’s come and gone since
lol if you look a couple comments back you can see where Ja Rule started trying to promote himself as an annonymous on a dull webite
about to take massive coffee shit
“Never die. I live eternal. Who shall I fear? Don’t shed a tear for my nigga I ain’t happy here.” – Makaveli
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Ja RUle is the best nigga in the world, epitome of REALNESS
Ja Rule and 2Pac is where it’s at
Ja Rule is actually a reincarnation of 2pac
fuck outta here with that joke haha.
Ja Rule is our messiah
Ja Rule should fuck busta rhymes up
Ja Rule kills niggaz careers, just like he killed 50’s
young money is gay as fuck swag.
NAS, LUPE FIASCO, LIL WAYNE, 2 CHAINZ, BIG K.R.I.T., SOULJA BOY, WAKA FLOCKA FLAME, JUSTIN BIEBER, GUCCI MANE > 2PAC
DUDE IS SO OVERRATED, IF HE WAS ALIVE, HE WOULD HAVE THE SAME GARBAGE “LEGEND” STATUS AS DMX, BUSTA RHYMES OR LL COOL J HAS.
EVEN A TRIBE CALLED QUEST ARE BETTER THAN 2PAC.
THIS GUY WAS A FUCKING BALLERINA JOKE, I DON’T SEE THE POINT WHY FLOCKA TOOK HIS NAME TO TITLE HIS DEBUT ALBUM. WAKA FLOCKA’S WORST MIXTAPE SHITS ON WHOLE 2PAC CAREER.
NIGGA DONT FORGET GAME WAS A STRIPPER AND WAKA FLOCKA WAS A WALMART CART PUSHA
You’re an idiot. What’s “garbage” about their legend status? Listen to their songs back in the 1990s and look at them now. Educate yourself on Hip-Hop and go listen to songs like Thug Mansion, Smile, Keep Ya Head Up, Ruff Ryder’s Anthem, 4 3 2 1, Party Up, We Right Here, What’s my Name, Touch it, Flava’ in Ya Ear, Woo Hah!!!, Ante Up, and What’s Happenin’. These guys have bigger fan bases then anyone you just named except maybe Nas which have stayed with them from 90s. They also have substance to their rhymes like someone else said. They don’t just talk about getting drunk and high and fucking girls, although they do at times they have more topics they rap about. They talk about their everyday lives and their struggles as well as world issues. Listen to Tupac’s songs Changes if you disagree.
Also, Bieber’s not a rapper so stop being dumb. Nas and Big K.R.I.T. are the only good rappers you named and they both got respect for hip hops past. Nas cause hes from the 90s and Big K.R.I.T. showed it on his song Somedayz where he used Soul of Mischief’s beat (93 Till Infinity). The rest of those guys just have average rhymes. There’s no word play or anything just rhyming the last words of their sentences. Their instrumentals are usually pretty basic with a beats that are slow and easy to follow which is why they always sound so monotone and as if they were just talking in regular sentences. Although rapping is just talking in sentences if you can’t flow to a beat it sounds bad. These guys can’t so they have to dumb down the beats for them to be able to follow them which dramatically reduces the quality of the music. Even their more “complex” beats still have simple, slow, and easy to follow beats.
That’s the difference. Its not always about who gets played on the radio. Find the right station and these legends are still being played all day and not just the same couple songs that is popular at the time. You rarely hear the same song played again. Again go do you research and listen to some real hip hop
Anon above must be DUMB ASS HELL man. I mean, u wrote a fucken novel to reply to a troll? How sad are you bitch ass nigga?
PAC BETTER THAN UR WHOLE LIST, AND BY WHO U PUT IN THERE, UR OPINION OF HIP HOP IS INVALID.
I just wanna hear Ja’s views on 9/11
Guess Busta never heard of NY87. I think it was more towards Q tip.
Justin Bieber better then 2pac? Are you fucking kidding me? Yebo, I dont know how old you are but there is tons of his music that is better then anyone you just mentioned. There is a think called substance in music that missing today. I go so much unreleased 2pac that yes some of it is just music made just to make it and not very good. But you cant say 2pac was over rated. His music was real, raw and THE SHIT.
Pac was overrated!!!!! 10.000 songs of him have the same subjects like: thug in jail, smoking weed and drinking henessy, thug nikka, thug bitch, thug in heaven, thug in the streets.
That’s a lie. This neega is just trying to get some publicity stunt by faking a friendship with Pac. They were never friends.
pac and busta did a song together for the one nation album.
Would be so cool if you have rap on the background in your songs… “Check out Obama’s New Anthem, Here [Link],” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgHnqcq4eS0
I’ve never heard Pac mention this guys name, back when Pac was on his shit..Busta looked like he was str8 out of cool runnings!!
“The members of Tribe were initially ready to go to war with the Oakland rapper”
Go to war? lol Nah
Ja Rule knows who killed Pac and he’s willing to tell you if you get him out of prison early.
Who is Busta bullshitting? Didnt he hear NY 87 by DPG featuring Pac?
That song disses ATCQ again.
pac was and is still nothing special lyrically especially..Suge knight got him huuuge his first few albums before death row went what gold, plat, plat? Which is good but once he was with DR this nigga went diamond and multi plat. He was special because he brought his subject matter to the masses…Rakim, public enemy, krs 1, and others were rappin about the same shit at the time AND before him.. because hes dead ppl cant let it go cuz its tragic… Nas, tech 9, immortal tech, eminem, lupe, and 90% of the underground would absolutely murder this big mouth on a track lol just dont want to strip the tragically dead guys credit move the fuck on
when u say tech nine is lyrical u lose credibility… sorry, hes a gimmick. Heiroglyphics, Talib Kweli are lyrical… shit Saul Williams is lyrical, tech nine joke. DONT SPEAK ON PAC YOUNG ONE
pac was and is still nothing special lyrically especially..Suge knight got him huuuge his first few albums before death row went what gold, plat, plat? Which is good but once he was with DR this nigga went diamond and multi plat. He was special because he brought his subject matter to the masses…Rakim, public enemy, krs 1, and others were rappin about the same shit at the time AND before him.. because hes dead ppl cant let it go cuz its tragic… Nas, tech 9, immortal tech, eminem, lupe, and 90% of the underground would absolutely murder this big mouth on a track lol just dont want to strip the tragically dead guys credit move the fuck on.
pac was and is still nothing special lyrically especially..Suge knight got him huuuge his first few albums before death row went what gold, plat, plat? Which is good but once he was with DR this nigga went diamond and multi plat. He was special because he brought his subject matter to the masses…Rakim, public enemy, krs 1, and others were rappin about the same shit at the time AND before him.. because hes dead ppl cant let it go cuz its tragic… Nas, tech 9, immortal tech, eminem, lupe, and 90% of the underground would absolutely murder this big mouth on a track lol just dont want to strip the tragically dead guys credit move the fuck on..
pac was and is still nothing special lyrically especially..Suge knight got him huuuge his first few albums before death row went what gold, plat, plat? Which is good but once he was with DR this nigga went diamond and multi plat. He was special because he brought his subject matter to the masses…Rakim, public enemy, krs 1, and others were rappin about the same shit at the time AND before him.. because hes dead ppl cant let it go cuz its tragic… Nas, tech 9, immortal tech, eminem, lupe, and 90% of the underground would absolutely murder this biig mouth on a track lol just dont want to strip the tragically dead guys credit move the fuck on!!..
To family who said 2Pac was nothing special lyrically about Pac. Im guessing you are some white boy with a silver spoon(white rugged kids related) or somebody who isnt in touch with that real shit. Tupac like Nas spit that heart felt shit. They aren’t corny punchline rappers like Jayz and Biggie.(not saying Jay and Big were corny but punchlines could be corny sometimes) Nas and Pac spit metaphors with stories behind their work. More importantly Pac(and Nas) spit shit with substance and a meaning behind their shit.
So if you are into corny punchlines and shit like that, you will feel like Pac wasn’t nothing special lyrically. But if you pay attention and listen to his verses you will realize Pac(like Nas) is a poet and they spit poetry to the beats. I don’t feel like Jayz or Big were poetic like Nas and Pac. Its not even close.
Thank you, all these new lil children have no concept of how important pac was and what he would have done if the powers that be didnt have him killed… I see kids on here say TEch Nine is lyrical, man that mutha fuckas is corny and a straight gimmick and his lyrics dont mean shit, I see lil kids on here praising nas, nas is a beast but he didnt want no part of Pac, he knew he was the god… Jay Z would trolling around new york like the rest of the 90s rappers looking for work if Pac wasnt killed. MTv hand picked the biggest sell out and it way Jigga, he was ready to do what ever he was told to do to get that number 1 spot, wheres TUPAC was gonna use that number 1 spot to make shit happen for the average person in the street
Sure Biggie and Jayz make good commercial party songs. Both of them are better then Nas in that catergory.(barely) But 2pac is the most well rounded hip hop artist i ever heard. He made better party songs then Big and Jayz. 2pac hit you with some “i get around” shit then later on hit you with some “keep your head up” shit. 2pac is the reason why most these Rappers rhyme the way they do. No exaggeration, but at least 80% of these rappers(past and present) has taken 2pac style.
Lyrically 2pac spit the most heart felt shit ever. Some niggas like clever punchlines(or corny ones) 2pac and Nas aren’t punchline rappers. They spit complete verses. They spit real life shit that you feel. Thats the kind of shit I like. So that makes 2pac one of the best lyrics ever in my opinion.
Dam i didn’t even mention how 2pac after he died came out with like 8 more albums. he died in 1996 and he put out an album almost every year after he died until 2004. And put out more albums after that. 2pac had songs and albums for days. 2 pac was the greatest and its a shame lames online trying to bring the goat down. I guarantee your favorite rapper got his whole swag from pac. Guarantee it.
“Holla My Name, I reappear like a Genie, knowing no man alive can see me” -2Pac
I agree Nas and pac are poet rappers and so much “spitters” but Pac is not the best lyically. Nas, big, pun, big l, crooked i, em, tech 9, and a handful of others DEFINITELY beat him in that category. Hes top 10, not 1 man..And Em and Nas and extremely versatile…em can go from without me/my name is to mockingbird/when im gone…or kim to hailes song, white america to not afraid back to something like white trash party or still dont give a fuck. Same with nas
Big Pun ??? Ur opinion is invalid… Pun was a cultural moment, hes not lyrical
BIG PUN ISNT TOP 20
Cosign Pun’s wack as fuck niggas hype him just because he died lol he never even had a platinum record
pun went platinum a few times actually, he was the first latin rapper to go platinum
Man tupac could rap about anything. You name it..done. He was ahead of his time. He predicted his death on several songs. G.O.A.T.
tupac was over hyped as fuck if he was alive now he wouldnt get near the amount of fans granted he would still have a substantial fan base but he would be in the same leauge as nas or dmx and would probably be washed up by now fuck the fan boys lyrically he was nothing and his shit sounds pretty much all the same
You dont know what your talking about, go listen to your new school corperation designed garbage.. dont speak on pac’
If pac was alive more than half the shit out now wouldnt be on radio or on tv…
thanks for stating something that literally applies to every deceased artist in any genre.
Why is this news? Haven’t you got anything better Dx?
2pac is nice but overrated
naw ur mothers pussy is overrated
that shit was actually underrated dog. sweet as pie.
“all u old rappers try a advance it’s all over now take it like a man
Looking like Larry Holmes,flabby and sick
Try a playa hate on my shit now eat a fat dick”
Na tupac wasn’t trying to disrespect them at all busta ya lying bastard
Those lyrics were aimed at De La Soul and not ATCQ
PAC THE REALEST FUCK WHAT A TEENAGER TRY AND SAY, THEY AINT LEARNED SHIT YET
still laughing at the thought of tribe called quest going to “war” with anybody haha. can you imagine a q-tip diss track? shit got me crackin up over here.
haha yes!
Did you guys ever listen to their 4th LP lol
The dudes a little below saying Big pun isnt top 20 and that pun was just a brief moment never ever fucking comment on rap music again jesus christ….
Big Pun was line for line better than 99.7% of every rapper ever.
Damn. Look at how far a nigga goes just to get some street cred. How you think you fooling Busta? Pac was never your friend.
Fuck him. Coast tripping bitch.