The Unauthorized History Of Rapper Threats Against The Media
• Sadat X vs. YN
• Year: 1996
• What Happened? Unhappy with two vaguely critical reviews of his underwhelming solo debut, Sadat X stepped to the business of then ego trip managing editor and freelance writer Elliott “YN” Wilson at a party in celebration of The VIBE Music Seminar (R.I.P.!). Words were exchanged, and an alleged index-finger mush was attempted, but both parties, and their crews, held their ground and a frustrated rapper walked away hopefully slightly less frustrated.
• …And The Winner Is? YN went on to a legendary run as Editor-In-Chief of XXL and now sets the bar for hip-hop journalism on the Internet at a new height every day at rapradar (we subsequently pull it down when he’s done), while we hear the third Brand Nubian “reunion” album just went double platinum in Austria…
• Puff Daddy vs. VIBE
• Year: 1997
• What Happened? Back in the days of yore, VIBE used to have a cute section called “In The Mix” where they’d run a gang of paparazzi photos with “funny” snaps accompanying them. Think Bossip, but with less teeth. Anyhow, in one of their summer ‘97 issues, they ran a pic of Puff with his son Justin at the shoot for the “We’ll Always Love Big Poppa” video. The only problem was that Justin was holding a Super Soaker water pistol, and VIBE, obviously, thought this was ironic enough to point out. Puff allegedly called a junior editor and ran down a list of things the caption made him want to do to the staff, none of which were gentle or involved hugs.
• …And The Winner Is? Diddy just went on a well documented juice fast, while VIBE was recently put on a circulation diet.
Click next to read about Wyclef Jean vs. BLAZE and Foxy Brown vs. Vibe…
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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?