The Unauthorized History Of Rapper Threats Against The Media5:54 pm | Monday, March 16th, 2009
• Wyclef Jean vs. BLAZE
• Year: 1998
• What Happened? Before the premier issue of BLAZE (VIBE’s hip-hop spinoff) dropped, Wyclef invited Editor-In-Chief Jesse Washington to drop by the Hit Factory to hear some extra music from the Canibus album. Once there, Wyclef got his Haiti on, allegedly making like Millie and pulling a pistol on J-Dub to complain about the Canibus review that was running in the issue (read Washington’s account here. Clef has since denied it, and Canibus simply shrugged off the controversy and went on togo triple platinumjoin the Army.
• …And The Winner Is? Wyclef is still eating off that Fugees record (not to mention that Shakira joint and two platinum solo albums), and Jesse Washington is the Associated Press’ official race and ethnicity writer. Which just leaves Canibus. Sorry, Canibus!
• Foxy Brown vs. VIBE
• Year: 1998
• What Happened? VIBE’s then, and now, Editor-In-Chief Danyel Smith put Foxy Brown on the cover and wrote the story herself. While we can’t remember much about the whole affair other than Foxy’s silver bikini, something about the whole deal set off Brown, who would only later be proved a certified lunatic, and she apparently caught Danyel (who, incidentally, is not a woman we’d ever want to shoot joints with), out and got to some hair-pulling.
• …And The Winner Is? Danyel’s written acclaimed novels and holds the top spot at VIBE once again. We figured she would totally clap back at Fox Boogie on one of her podcasts, but, frankly, the label-less Brown wouldn’t even be able to hear it if she did.
Click NEXT to read about Deric “D.Dot” Angelettie vs. BLAZE and Benzino vs. XXL/OZONE…
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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?