The Unauthorized History Of Rapper Threats Against The Media
So apparently a little blog we did ruffled the feathers of a few rappers who got mentioned therein. Some found it “100% disrespectful” and others just thought we weren’t funny. We didn’t feel we were shitting down anyone’s throat, and we are, in fact, fans of all the rappers mentioned. However some of the young rappers’ feelings got hurt, and for that we apologize. That said, we would hope these rappers accept that in their pursuit of being professional artists, they offer their work and persona up for public consumption, making opinions inevitable.
Unfortunately it seems KiD CuDi'a personal fav of Complex'is not yet comfortable with this. In an interview with rapradar.com CuDi proposes beating the ass of our writer as an appropriate response to our gentle ribbing (we felt like turning his blog Stans against us was enough, but whatever…). Thankfully, CuDi explains he’d never stoop to violence (phew!), though others would (uh oh!). While we appreciate the warning, CuDi should know that most of the Complex staff has been writing about hip hop since the pre-blogging days, when writers had to interact with their subjects in the flesh. So we’re well aware of what happens when rappers get frustrated at people who own both opinions and computers. For all those who aren’t, lets take a stroll down memory lane with a history of Rappers Who’ve Physically Threatened Violence On The Media…
• Wu-Tang Clan vs. RapPages
• Year: 1994
• What Happened? Esteemed rap scribbla Cheo H. Coker penned a profile of the Shaolin soldiers for the beloved but defunct RapPages –problem was, the accompanying illustrations (visible here, here, here and here) didn’t sit well with the group. So when Coker got back with the crew for another interview, Masta Killa, not yet a core member of the Clan, worked out an exchange: you give me your tape recorder, I punch you in the fuckin’ mouf (Coker’s account of the madness is here).
• …And The Winner Is? Masta Killa is now official Wu-Tang Banga. Coker is now official Notorious co-writer. Stapleton vs. Hollywood, big bank take little bank. We’re going with Coker on this one.
• Cypress Hill vs. The Source
• Year: 1994
• What Happened? On page 42 of their January “Best of 1993″ issue, someone at the Source (before they became Almighty RSO Monthly) threw a couple of easy darts at the Hill on a parody news page–provoking a volley of phoned-in death threats from alleged Soul Assassins compadres (hopefully not you, Eric Bobo!). Read the jokes for yourselves…
• …And The Winner Is? B-Real is still active, if underappreciated (3,828 first-week copies sold? Wake up, youngsters!). The Source is still active, if a shell of its former self. The real winner? Marijuana!
Click NEXT to read about Almighty RSO vs. The Source and Russell Simmons vs. Vibe…
Capo Status March 16, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Wanna go to war, ok ok I’ll go to war.
suckitmarshall March 16, 2009 at 6:30 pm
CLASSIC. ‘Nuff said.
Andanotherone March 16, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Who is Charles Hamilton fighting? I mean, he’s nice with pen, but really…
He's Just Dirty March 16, 2009 at 6:49 pm
^^^ He fights with Dove, Ivory, Irish Spring.
Metrocard March 16, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Kid Cudi or Charles Hamilton…They’ll get stomped day and night.
The Most Promising Rapper is an Unreleased One March 16, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Can someone please tell me what Kid Cudi has done, beyond releasing a song, 15 subsequent remixes (when’s the Phish version coming?), and a fake trailer?.. He should be thankful for the attention. The rap game doesn’t need to revert to the days of NWA to become hard again… It simply needs to be populated with grown men who can actually take criticism. They all need hugs!
Incilin March 16, 2009 at 10:25 pm
When is someone gonna run up on BFred for his incredibly offensive but hilarious posts on this site? This shit is just too dam good.
?uestlove March 16, 2009 at 11:06 pm
^^^
Is that name of the writer?
EST March 17, 2009 at 1:57 am
WHEN IS THE WHITE BOY ROTH GOING TO TAKE OVER THE GAME???????AND SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE MAKE AN ABLUM LIKE UR FIRST???????????????WHITE HALL ALL DAY!
Andanotherone March 17, 2009 at 9:48 am
Whoever this writer is, he should get his ass beat.
*chuckles at the irony*
**chuckles harder that some of the rappers mentioned have actually considered this without realizing the irony**
Ty-Ty March 17, 2009 at 9:50 am
What about when all the Roc-A-Fella goons ran up in the Source office and started flipping over furniture like Dominique Dawes ’cause those bitch-ass fucks didn’t give Jay 5 mics for Vol.2??!!?!?!
John Davis March 17, 2009 at 11:34 am
Rappers are such idiots.
ER
http://www.online-privacy.pro.tc
Yeaimjustahater March 17, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Complex crossed the line, and seems to get lamer and lamer. How are you disrespecting the people that were featured in the magazine. Smh calling Tyga a female, then if someone was to approach someone it would be “Hip-Hop is full of savages”, when really its a few clowns who think being disrespectful is funny.
nana March 17, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Man, blacks are ignorant creatures
YeahIthinkcelebritiesdeserveridicule March 17, 2009 at 5:32 pm
To Yeaimjustahater:
Someone from Complex should get your IP and approach you for calling them ‘lame’ and potentially influencing other people to not buy the magazine and therefore taking food out of their children’s mouths, and then I’m sure you’ll all be, ‘but I was just a commenter with an opinion, why’d they make it physical?’
Or, they could just not give a shit that you think they’re lame and keep doing what they do.
graphicartist2k5 March 18, 2009 at 12:16 pm
WHY does any of this matter? rappers getting all mad about someone talking crap about them!!! like this hasn’t happened a THOUSAND times already? grow the hell up! noone really cares about you or your whiny asses! seriously, if you really are secure with who you are as a person, WHY do you feel the need to defend yourself?