It’s not news to anyone with data on their mobile device that Talib Kweli goes hard on Twitter. No matter who you are or how many followers you have, if you come at him sideways, he’ll check you.
His latest feud is a drawn-out saga that has him going back and forth with Brooklyn’s Bekay, a seemingly well-connected MC with a verified account. He’s worked with some bonafide legends, won competitions, appeared on 106th & Park‘s Freestyle Friday, and rocked plenty of stages.
Bekay’s issues with Kweli are an apparent byproduct of Kweli’s long-lasting Twitter conflict with New York rapper Diabolical (one side of which is documented in an essay on Cue Point and the other in a diss track on SoundCloud). After daily back and forths about Kweli being hypocritical, and accusing him of lying to his followers, Bekay attempted to broadly discredit him, claiming that they were acquaintances, having toured together and been in the same studio. Kweli â and his fans â called shenanigans.
To Bekay’s credit, the two were billed as part of the line-up for the 2011 Hip Hop Kemp festival in Czech Republic. However, the degree to which they associated is unclear, and it can hardly be considered full on touring. There was significant back and forth following this wave, with Bekay holding his ground with a cobra clutch. Late Sunday (April 23), though, he took it a step further, claiming he was hanging out with D-Block associates who were clowning Kweli’s recent online activity, which is somewhat controversial considering Kweli’s latest collaboration, The Seven, is with Styles P. When pressed for names, one affiliate was brought into the mix, yet he clearly wasn’t having it, and debunked the fact that these affiliates were in fact connected to D-Block.
Styles P eventually stepped in and set the record straight.
Bekay had a few last words, and for a short while, seemed to be going back to focusing on his upcoming LP.
As of Tuesday afternoon (April 25), they’re back to arguing online. Follow Bekay and Kweli on Twitter for the latest.
He wants to be a rapper soooooo bad. His Twitter timeline is full of mental illness. I wish him well, then throw his ass down a wishing well.
I used to really like talibs music. Irregardless of who’s right or wrong in this, I’ve lost a lot of respect for him. Especially cause his music promotes so much love, community, and revolution shit, but this type of shot shows he’s really a big asshole. Regardless of his music. As a person he seems like an ass imo
IRREGARDLESS?!!? Please kill yourself fast. Do not reproduce. Just off yourself now. Idiot.
Out of all the stuff I said, that’s what people take from it? Smh
…And interestingly enough, you are fans of rap music, but come at me for grammar LMAO
“Irregardless” – Lmfao? That’s a double negative, smart guy. Stop ruining the English language!
Did this man say BYE? My God
Bekay’s a fucking loser. Talib is acerbic, but he’s a legend who stands up against racists and racism. Fuck Bekay (whoever the fuck he is), fuck Diabolik, and fuck all of the other racists.
Talib Kweli is racist!!! He hates white people and constantly makes racist remarks against whites.
White supremacist comment right here. Same dude/chick that’s quick to spread negativity on a Killer Mike, Kendrick or any black positive figure moving us up. We see you devil, and the steps you and your movement are taking fighting the war online. We will not lose to the likes of you.
Bitch Please. Talib is racist as fuck.
He was racist to me personally so fuck you.
He’s also an anti-semite. BTW I’ve never said anything bad aboutâ Killer Mike. I Happen to like his music. I don’t care for Kendricks music but have no issues with him as a person. Everything you said is a cop out. You sound like Racist Kweli. I do not align with white supremacy in any way. They are cowards just like you. Just because I don’t like Talib and he just so happens to be black hardly makes me a white supremacist. I don’t like racism so I don’t like Talib.
You know you a racist when you claiming someone is “anti-semite” LMAO
Talib once spent a whole day on twitter telling me I was wrong for being white. He stands up against racism my ass!
He just wants to fight with anyone who doesn’t kiss his ass and share the exact same thoughts as him. He’s a racist piece of shit. Fuck Talib Kweli!!!
Who is becky?
according to plies, Becky is synonymous to giving head….
TALIB KWELI NEEDS A GIRLFRIEND!!!!
Everything shut down as soon as The Ghost came in. Ghost scared Bekay away lol.
No one wants to say shit to SP fuck around and bring Holiday back 2 Gunz Up with a Hawk for ya ass lol
Grown ass men bickering like school girls on social media. Kweli has to be one of the biggest fall offs in the history of hip hop, the man has two certified classics under his belt with Blackstar and Reflection Eternal, what happened?
Love em or hate em, Bekay is one the best writers in hiphop. I got the chills when I heard “Don’t Feel Good” . the 2nd verse about 911 is a genius piece, I can see he is a big mouth but hey he is from Brooklyn, they all are no?
Lmfao yeah its a prerequisite if u from BK ur a loud mouth
ppl playing with demon books 666 woods seen rabbit mask devils peeking by tress out the sicker. ppl in their rooms drawing pics of their mothers with dog mask on putting mother fuckers mother out he bitchen
Like all New York artist Talib and Styles P are IRRELEVANT . Both of their albums FLOPPED . Is anyone tired of fake diss records and fake beef from New York irrelevant rappers ?
What does relevance have to do with good music? TF kinda fan of music are you? You seem like you judge music based on sales and popularity, so that makes you a sheep.
This is the definition of pathetic. Talib Kweli needs to get his ass off the phone and do something else. That’s not pushing hip hop forward. Is it really hard to bang in your mentions like this?? From someone who is supposedly a legend? EMBARRASSING!!
Hey guys, just so you know, most rappers are egomanic pricks. Just because two of them are arguing doesn’t mean there’s a “good guy” and a “bad Guy”. They’re probably both assholes.
Ding ding ding…jackpot…you sir, right on the money
What Styles P did was ab easy move…. but everyone knows Talib Kweli is a completely idiot. Dude tweets so many things on twitter I don’t listen to his music anymore.
Reflection Eternal and Blackstar were great albums. And maybe Talib was a nice & intelligent dude at that time, but during the last years he proved couple of times using twitter that he is definetely is one of the most stupid hiphop artists that we ever had. And considering that he think to be smarter than the average Joe…. that’s funny
I forgot to mention that Styles P did a mistake collaboration with Talib Kweli.
I know Styles P isn’t super popular, but I reckon he would have had much success with a solo EP without Talib.
Why do I think so? Because even Talib Kweli fans lost a lot of respect for him when they found out in twitter what a dickhead he is.
BANG! If TK is not an asshole, no one is. I dont hate him, i just hate that people would like someone with such a bad negative personality that much.
How is it possible that every rapper can’t spell for shit? It’s not rocket science! Sigh.
WTF?? Who don’t belong here…?? That seemed like a clear message right there. Good luck with the rest of your career, styles p. That whole album with Kelli was wack af anyway. Kelli hasn’t dropped anything good since black Starr and that’s bc mos def was dope. Since then it’s been sad đ but you styles, you were cool… Oh well…
Real talk Talib is an asshole with Twitter fingers. He tried to blast me for not knowing what organizations he rocks with when I asked how I can support, but also commented that he gives too much attention to negativity. Remember when kids looked up to OG’s instead of clowning them? Its because the OG’s keep acting like kids
Awwww…
you’re spot on. talib has a HORRIBLE personality. in reality he’s a twitter jihadi. had to counter some of his BS on twitter…he’ll just twist shit, tweet fast, move onto something else whereas he’s more “right”bcos he’s a celebrity/known rapper.
Yeah and claims it’s because he’s black and your racist. That’s his only way of arguing back. I wonder what he says to a black person that criticizes him?
He was racist towards me personally so fuck you.
Styles P is my fav MC and a stand up humble G one the realest people in the game………Talib tho comes off as a bit of a fuck-boy who likes to talk down to people The Seven joint album they just dropped is fire il prolly buy it if they do a physical/cd version but its only to support The Ghost
Yo I know BOTH these men and Bekay is a BEAST and Talinb is soft, Bekay always shows mad love to his fans, Talib seems to use his for his own twitter platform and promotion and often iies, or atleast it seems that way. I gotta say Bekay > Talib just the better person and rapper, Kweli has the deeper catalogue no question but Bekay does have a legitimate classic indie album in “Hunger Pains”. I also have seen Bekay and his Horror Flick crew totally empty out CBGB’s, and one other spot (I forget where) in vicious WWE beating styles, I’m talking chairs and tables flying, girls crying and “other rappers” being mopped across the floors. My final opinion is Kweli should prob fall back, and Bekay should respect Style P, thats my final word.
Bekay < Kweli Thta whiteboy got pengame, Kweli used to be dope but he cant do what Bekay do, just being fair. Talib a bigger name, but Bekay has that hunger pains, which is one of my top 5 indie LP's
They both dope, and should work together. Other than that Bekay is clearly better when it comes to the writing game, his voice can be ehhh sometimes, but his bars are just better than Talib’s. They should just work together. Plus I saw Bekay on twitter ask him to talk and sqush like 20 times, Talib be a dick sometimes
Talib went nuts, Bekay always been dope, underground but dope as fuck, Talib ain”t got the passion of Bekay on tracks , I like Talib but he ain’t got fire no more, Bekat bars out but also has meaningful stories n stuff, Talib has a few gems, but overall ehhhhh Bekay 4 sure
What a surprise…neither of these rappers like white people, Im shocked! Lol. SP is my guy but his comment that white people dont belong in hip hop may make me start hitting a new juice bar. I dont think white people belong in Juices for Life either then.
Ummm newsflash, your favorite black rappers, 97% hate white people and white fans just an inside view. Plus everyone hates white rappers
I doubt that
Talib has gone CRAZY. But regardless of whatever the beef is that man can NOT keep up with Bekay bar for bar, or storytelling on ANY SONG EVER. I call it how it is and thats HOW IT IS, I respect Talib but he seems to hate white people and esp white rappers, Diabolic herbed him bad also. Bottom line Bekay is a better battler, a better song writer, and a nicer guy from everything I’ve seen, Talib is supposed to be a leader , well lead by example, not by trying to bully out underground emcees who are better than he is. SMH , what happened to love in hiphop?
Looks like Bekay got some of her peeps to post on everything related to this mess. Talib > Bekay and that con artist diabolic
In all honesty I can’t believe Talib Kweli is so mentally weak after all these years of tryna pretend to be educated. Then again nothing surprised me any more. All of these rappers are suckers. Black or white it dont matter. Hip Hop culture is such a joke. One of the most respected emcees has teenage girl meltdowns on twitter constantly. I ain’t gonna even take SP seriously going forward either for acting like Talib can do no wrong just cause hes a good rapper. Thats complete nonsense. Theres right and theres wrong. I couldn’t care less if Talib is liked by his peers, he’s an ignoramous and a fraud. Miss me with all that woke shit bozo.
And fuck this guy Bekay too, who even gives a fuck about this nobody? Talib made this guy famous. He’s a clown too.
lml styles P saying talib d block…just so he don’t get ran up on in Brooklyn..lmfao these dudes always tryna segregate hiphop and make it seem like Eminem the only acceptable white rapper that deserves respect, meanwhile half these white dudes watching ya tweets make up the people who actually pay for ya albums..lml and yall wondering why these projects never do numbers..thats what being racist and ignorant gets you…and yall might wnna stop sleeping on white boys, underestimation leads to devastation….just saying.
Lost all respect for talib. He’s an ass .
Ok the breakdown , reality………..The power of guys like Bekay and Diabolic AND THE WHOLE UNDERGROUND It seems is being slept on but the thing is ya’ll forget they’ve been loyal to the culture on the FRONTLINES (Bolic track). for like 15-20 years. Kweli is really losing in every way, Bolic roasted him on the song, Bekay pulled up on him at his own show and he wouldn’t shoot the fair one, his tweets are borderline racist rants, race baiting at least, and he told Bekay’s mom to fuck herself, I mean hs basically done everything wrong the last year or so. And I’m a proud black man but don’t care what color anyone is, there is right and wrong,and in this one, I used to love Kweli, but he’s wrong, and fucking with those kids from Brooklyn and Bekay with his that Horror Flick goon team gonna get him in trouble when he don’t have Styles P to squash it for him, I saw those dudes like ruin everyone’s night at Cheetah Club some Years back, BLOODBATH, was like a WWE tables, ladders, and chairs ,match just on the other guys faces, deadass swear om my life, I know other’a seen casue t was packed! They should just work together
I agreed with every word the guy below me “OMG stop Kweli” said, and I wasn’t at Cheetah, but seen them Horror Flick dudes with Bekay do similar thing t the old CBGB’s, which I miss so much by the way, but yea tables, chairs, all that, it got UGLY. Bouncers were begging Bekay to stop his own friends, smh, don’t sleep on those crazy white boys, but matter of fact, come to think of i, it wasn’t even white boys, it was mostly POC, and a few crazy white boys. Either way , was nuts! Stand down Kweli and get back to music
—Peter C
This is a terribly one sided story, the person who wrote it should be fired. Left out where Talib told Bekay’s mother to fuck herself, and wished death on him while he is fighting an incurable disease, and MUCH MUCH more, always bias in hiphop, hate whitey I guess……. it’s ok though, I read the comments below and 90% of people seem to know the real deal and how much of a loser Kweli is, still should fire the author of this piece, he lied flat out left out 3/4th’s the story and tried to make Talib look good during his worst hour.