They say Hip Hop is a young man’s game and beef is a sport for rookies.
Once bitter rivals KRS-One and MC Shan have put all stereotypes on the aforementioned topics to shame by both releasing diss songs to one another within a 24-hour span.
It all began when Shan, 50, appeared on the Murder Master Music Show and his tone was anything but reflective when KRS-One’s name came up. According to Shan, he and KRS-One actually never battled, so he feels like a winner of the legendary Bridge Wars (which birthed classics such as “The Bridge,” “South Bronx” and “The Bridge Is Over”) was never truly determined.
“Me and [KRS-One] have never battled, ever,” Shan, (born Shawn Moltke in Queens) said, before citing the Boogie Down Productions architect as “his man,” and then proceeding to ether his existence. “I don’t care; any Hip Hop historian knows a battle is two cats on stage, doing what they do…Because I just went off on him a couple of months ago…I’m tired of you saying how you took me out and you ain’t never did shit!” he exclaimed.
One of the many ironies of the situation is that KRS-One linked with Juice Crew producer Marley Marl in 2007 for the album, Hip-Hop Lives, to put the longstanding feud to rest.
When word got out that KRS-One demanded an apology for Shan’s backhanded interview, Shan promptly responded with an a cappella freestyle diss on Murder Master that boasted engaging lines such as “I hear you Kris, you claim you the greatest of all times/But it sounds like to me you’s a nigga that suffers from Alzimes” and “The only thing you got locked down is your dreads.”
KRS-One, also 50, once went on record that he had diss raps ready for any notable rapper in the game, wasted no time ushering a response in the form of “Still Huggin A Nut (S.H.A.N).”
“Yo Shan is still huggin a nut imma do this fool watch,” he replied to the Ambrosia For Heads article on Twitter.
The end result was an equally blistering diss where The Blastmaster pulled no punches with digs like “Yo so wack, Let me say this for my black kids/Technically I didn’t take you out Shan—the crack did” and “You don’t even rap good/You the opposite of Nas/Just spell your name backwards.”
Listen to KRS-One’s diss record below. The only way this will ever be resolved is an on-stage battle. (Which neither party agree on how to go about making that happen.)
We need old school beef! not that wack new school instagram & Twitter beef #FuckNewSchoolBeef
hahaha Shan said Alzimes. WTF is that? You Mean Alzheimer’s? ROFL! KRS-One: “However, I’m really fascinating to the letter My english grammar gets better and better”
“KRS says his retirment home is better than Mc Shan`s. Mc Shan responds”
Well, you’re young, and you’re already an irrelevant mufucka, so imagine YOU at 50.
50 years olds beefin, i love it
still better than corny new niggas.
Here we go with one of the original and apparently everlasting beefs. Both diss tracks are hard but Shan’s response is better. Shan said some cold and slick shit in that freestyle.
I think it’s dope. It’s like Mike Tyson and Mitch ‘Blood’ Green getting into a fight in 2016. I respect that they’re both still strapped and ready to spit a rhyme.
Now that’s the matchup I REALLY wanna see. “Ol bitchmade muthafucka, Ms. Cicely, Michelle, Tyson…” LMAO
That’s the problem with NY rappers! Yall beef in with each ther! Jayz n nas, 50 cent and almost everyone, wutang was beefin back in the day. West coast rappers tend to stick together. That’s one reason NY style rap is dying. It’s sad.
It’s not sad, it’s Hip-Hop. It’s alive in its purest form. Battle is one of the elements. You got it wrong bro…
What part of West Coast rap you listen to???? Cube vs NWA? Dre and Snoop vs Easy E.? 2pac dissed Dre? Cube vs Cypress Hill? Do youeven listen to the lyrics???
Krs got this. Both tracks are hot, but krs delivered harder blows. Shan bit krs one flow. Dude is an undercover fan like eminem is of canibus. But straight ether, “after 30-something years you just manned up?” ‘Nuf said
LMFAO these dudes are 55 years old and making diss records. get a life! You aint no teenagers anymore. Put down the mic.
Nah nigga Fuck you thay can do what thay Fuck thay want to do
This is what hip hop is lame nigga, no mater what age smh
Right
these legends are the architechs of this battle style little boy, back to 86 when real mc’s earned their respect battling. these days bitch made pop singers like fake drake having others write that wack as fuck back to back bullshit. hopefully there is a pay per view battle between these 2 legends. #THE 6FRAUD WITH VIEWS FROM A BITCH
Lol you lame as fuck, people of all ages can rap, there are no age limits to hiphop fool
jump in front of highway traffic for that stupid comment
Since when are teenagers the only motherfuckers allowed to rap? I hate when people say that shit. We need more grown men in rap. Teeny boppers like you made the shit corny and wack.
“now bow ya head nigga like you doin the dab”=krs, damn Barz forever
KRS-ONE! The teacher. The best. Bar none
????… Oh SHAN- WON???????????? (Young bols) you young chumps was lost on this one! Don’t worry it’s enough OG’s on here to help yall out.. On another note this reminds me why I fell in love wit hip hop in the first place smh.
To all the retards saying they shouldnt be beefing at that age, stfu. This beef IS ON WAX. Its not like they going out there to get each other in the streets. Plus, I personally think its dope to hear two originators and legends of hiphop to put out some dope material, even if it is dissing each other
Exactly. These dudes priblem is About skill and hip hop , u dont go on twitter or ig u go to the booth
I always said that Queensbridge had the most pathetic set of rappers ever, and this proves my point. Who starts the beef? Shan from QB. Gotta give it to KRS, but I wasn’t a fan of the “opposite of Nas” line, because that would be HOV and Shan is nowhere near HOV’s level either. There’s a reason why KRS was sampled on “Takeover”.
ROFL it was only a matter of time before you showed up
Shut the F up! How did we know thatyou were going to show up?
You Loving Jay Z Lips looking freak!
Nas is the Greatest Nukka!
Now THAT’S how you diss…FOR NOW ON THAT’S HOW YOU DISS! **Mike Lowry voice** All jokes aside notice they didn’t go on Twitter…make memes on IG or FB they went straight to the studio and handled business!!
A nationwide tour needs to be put together. Bring on Shan, KRS, Kane, Biz, Masta Ace, Shante, Lyte, and more.
50 cent is gonna be 50 year old too ine day excepf he gonna be on instagram posting memes about old ass diddy !!!
Real hiphop battle right here, no social media. KRS-One killed him, though. God damn.
Summer Madness 6 Headliner. Thats what I heard ….
To the cat down there opposite of NAS—S(H)AN not HOV, good grief.
” Hip-Hop didn’t need your career, so I erased it” Nuff said, one line better than all these emo/colored dreads rap-singers in the last 10 years’ discography.
..That sh@t..
Shan’s response is better? Put that crack pipe down kids.
Love this! Hip Hop before dudes from single parent homes entered this game, white boys with black envy, or dudes just taking stuff too personally going to get guns to handle this! KRS1’s skills Can’t be matched but if he were to battle again what a great opponent.
Honestly, I would like to see what other diss stuff he got on everyone else…..I think fear, keep dudes quiet!
As it should!
Damn! I’m from the old school, back when hip hop was hip hop! Lol Shan, suicide its suicide! All jokes aside, Shan you couldn’t have thought this through, krs one, he’s a lyricists! A poet! Not just a rapper kid you should have known it! Taking jabs at Mrs. Melody she’s a born again rebel, even from the grave son, she still resting in peace while you need to remember thatwords self destruction! Oh she said you can have that one! You made a real big fool out of yourself, now krs one please bring real hip hop back!
Stop this fuckery! Hip hop needs the old pioneers back! Today’s rappers are pen and pencil song rhymers, the industry messed it up for garbage! There were story’s being told now its just booty and shooting, whack so whack. If you an take the heat knuckle up if you can’t coward pull out a gungun that’s the way it doesdown cowards wanna shoot ya just to in battle! Fight with words bitches or put the mic down!
When broken down to its least common denominator, nothing else needs said.
NAHS….LMAO