The beef between Cuban Link and Fat Joe is apparently far from over. The contentious relationship between the former Terror Squad members was explored when Cuban Link made an appearance on the Murder Master Music Show.
In the interview, the Big Pun associate claimed he’s been blackballed for years. Cuban Link put all of the blame on Fat Joe, alleging that the “All The Way Up” MC is behind his exclusion from the industry.
“Whoever runs with the fat fuck, with the Fat Joe nigga, bottom line,” Link said of who is blackballing him. “If I wanna do an investigation on it, I’ll tell you names and all of that, but that’s just me exposing names that should ride for him.”
Cuban Link then provided a history lesson of Fat Joe’s connections throughout the industry. Although the Bronx rapper had no proof, he mentioned Loud and SRC Records founder Steve Rifkind as someone capable of blackballing him.
“Joe came in through Chris Lighty,” Link explained. “[He] was the one who backed him when it came to the music. That was his channel. That’s how he got his deal with Relativity [Records]. Then he had his alliances with Steve Rifkind and then after that, the dude from Atlantic Records. I forgot his name. These are powerful people. You doing business with these guys over years, and you make ’em happy ’cause you brought [Big] Pun to Steve Rifkind. You made millions of dollars with Steve, so of course he is gonna be your fucking friend. I’m not just calling out Steve Rifkind, ’cause I don’t have no proof he did anything.”
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Link also singled out DJ Kay Slay and DJ Khaled as two people assisting Fat Joe in the alleged blackballing. He shared a story about a time when someone supposedly stopped pushing his music due to Kay Slay’s manipulation.
“There was a time where a nigga in North Carolina came and told me, ‘Yo I can’t move the Cuban Link tape no more ’cause Kay Slay said he is not gonna supply me with his music if I’m dealing with Cuban!'” he said. “So, you’re seeing situations like that.”
The 42-year-old rapper stated there was no possibility of ending his feud with Fat Joe. He claimed Joey Crack would do whatever it takes to maintain a higher position in the rap game and was afraid of his potential ascent.
“Nah, last time we ever rocked or said anything to each other was … none of that ’cause it goes back to the streets and at the end of the day, the street things ain’t settled,” he said. “As far as business, he doesn’t even respect anybody on that level, and he understands that it’s been too far. So if I go up, he is gonna come down. The fear is there.”
Link wrapped up the conversation by describing how his beef differs from Fat Joe’s past feuds with 50 Cent and Jay Z, which both came to an end.
“With me, it’s different because it’s personal,” he said. “We got history together, some great history, some good history and some bad history. He knows what he did to me. I could sit down in the room and talk, but it’s gotta be a both ways conversation where you understand what I’m saying and that’s if I believe you. A person like that, I don’t even believe.”
If 24k was released at the time, Cuban would’ve at least earned a gold plaque. It’s sad it all went south. TS will always be one of my favorite collectives before Puns passing. Best of luck to Cuban.
They def were easily one of the best group/squads in hiphop Pun could spit, Cuban could, Fat joe could go also
WHO IS CUBAN LINK?
Why not google instead of posting ignorant shit.
Millennial skirt wearing phaggot rapper lover.
my post is the one that reflects ignorant shit? i didnt Google it because i was fucking your mother instead.
Someone that should have never picked up a mic. He’s just not talented.
TS was my second fav crew next to Bone THugz,
Bone thug love
Gotta move on for yourself dog, because no matter who was wrong in this beef, it’s eating you up not him. You have to be strategic
in the Industry if you know someone has or had the ability to have you black balled then you gotta move in a different direction until you gain leverage he failed to do that. I wish it didn’t end up like that for him because he was a good rapper, but sometimes
understanding you weakness can be your best strength
Business overshadows talent. Fat Joe is a better businessman than you. You can’t go to your 9 to 5 and be mad at your General Manager or the person who cuts your check because they out smarted you. Joe used you. Pun would be in the same boat as you if he didn’t pass away. Pun and link had/have the talent, Joey Crack has the brains. He used y’all. It’s life. Stop crying over spilled milk.
Now playing: Frozen – “Let It Go”
Cuban used to be dope. Whadafuckhannintoyew?
Only Cuban Link (or Linx) that are relevant in Hip-Hop are the ones associated with Raekwon.
Cuban is dope as fuck! He was the best “original” TS member after Pun (RIP)!! Joe did him dirty I would be pissed still if I was Cuban to!!
Pun, Link and Geddy 😉
42 year old rapper
Nas, Jay-Z, KRS-one.. need I go on
THE WHOLE BRONX BEEN LAUGHIN’ AT THIS CLOWN FOR YEARS!!!!
I guess when someone slahes yoir face with a box cutter its kind of hard to forgive and forget lol
fat joe is the weakest link. still waitin on goodbye.
The important thing to ask in this long-running beef between Fat Joe and Cuban link is….who’s bulge is bigger?
AYO! Pause!
Man you 42 years old. Get a real job.
Cuban deserves to be blackballed after he tried to fuck up figgaraw, level and d cell’s careers
and the way he tried to say that’s some biggie shit, that’s fucked up too.
by the way, Cuban needs to ask how he got sucker punched by BX Hova.
I honestly used to really want Link to blow up, and I don’t know him in any capacity. I just knew he killed his “Off the Books” verse, killed everyone on “Bet ya Man Can’t”, and had a dope song with “Flowers for the Dead”. So back in 2005 when he released an album called Chain Reaction, I was one of probably less than 10,000 people to purchase the physical CD. I remember a few dope songs like “No Mercy” with Game, “Tonight’s the Night”, and “Letter to Pun”, among others, but overall he was trying to follow a mainstream formula on an indie label and it came off as low budget. I feel like he could have easily emerged in the underground street hop scene like Cormega or Crooked I or Royce did after being blackballed by the industry, but his whole career he’s been trying to go mainstream, doing shit with Trey Songz. Its not even too late for mainstream success fam, but it is way too late to be the top 40 rapper with radio hits and tours of major arenas, it will never happen, b. Try to get on an underground label like Mello Music, do an album with some dope producers of real abstract shit and your best battle rap rhymes. You might still be able to affect the underground scene in some way, but you will NEVER be a platinum rapper, and it seems like the fact that you hold onto that hope is why your career is still stagnant in 2017. There’s also plenty of dudes from NY who’s careers got fucked by the industry like Nino Bless, Grafh, Saigon and several others you could work with.
Cuban Link and Pun were the best members of TS. Link should’ve kept it movin’ after his fallout with Joe. Be more diplomatic about the situation, and release 24K through Koch. And capitalize from the indie market, trying to stay relevant and make music.
Cuban is one of those dudes who could spit but didn’t make great songs consistently along the lines of Ras Kass. He also seems to have a shitty attitude that doesn’t get you anywhere. All of that “I’m the biggest asshole in the world” shit doesn’t get you anywhere when you have to deal with actual people to get you on. Just reading a few of his interviews over the years you get that this is one of those dudes who wakes up genuinely pissed off at the world. Do you think anybody in music wants to deal with that when you’re okay but not exactly B.I.G. on the mike? And blaming Fat Joe is weak. When has Joe ever had the clout to stop anybody from eating?
Stay w it Cuban, tell your story. You got one classic album in you og
Yung fa66ots on da kommemtz talmbout dudes age. Deez dem same mufuccas waitin on feminem granpa a55 at drop more ah hiz horrokore doo doo doe. Real spit doe. I dun rocc wit dude but any old school dude ova yung marks n femimen.