You might not guess it, but rappers do have the ability to be nicer, more understanding guys than they’re given credit for, as these type of peace talks aren’t all that uncommon. There have been several in the recent years, in fact. Here are the five most heartwarming of the bunch…

RAPPERS: 50 Cent & The Game
CONFLICT: Game’s disloyalty to G-Unit, blah blah, do we really have to go over this again?
RESOLUTION: The two publicly squashed their beef at a March 2005 press conference in Harlem. The peace didn’t last, but the warmth of the embrace (and kiss?) pictured above will live on forever.

RAPPERS: Diddy & The Lox
CONFLICT: Diddy owning half of The Lox’s publishing despite them only releasing one album on Bad Boy.
RESOLUTION: Just one month after performing with Diddy in late 2005, The Lox went on Hot 97 to complain about him owning so much of their music (and threatening to push a fridge over a skyscraper on his head) before Mr. Combs himself called in to counter their claims. After all the tough talk, both parties heavily co-signed one another while promoting Jadakiss’ The Last Kiss on 106 & Park earlier this year.

RAPPERS: Common & Ice Cube
CONFLICT: Ice Cube took offense to Common’s portrayal of gangster rap on “I Used To Love H.E.R.” and dissed him on “Westside Slaughterhouse.” Com then ethered the whole click with “The Bitch In Yoo.”
RESOLUTION: The death of Tupac and Biggie inspired Minister Louis Farrakhan to host The Nation of Islam Peace Summit aimed at deterring violence in hip-hop. Multiple feuds were resolved, but the pivotal moment came when Ice Cube got up and hugged Common. They didn’t have to “pause” that back then.

RAPPERS: Snoop Dogg & West Coast rappers
CONFLICT: Left Coast inter-conflicts in general.
RESOLUTION: Lots of rappers no one really cares about were in attendance to settle beefs no one really cares about at the 2005 “Protect The West” peace conference (organized by Snoop and Steve Harvey), but it’s the thought that counts. Snoop told MTV: “I felt we should come together as one, organize, unify and start making records with each other and be about a cause.” Lil’ Eazy E later claimed it was a PR stunt on Snoop’s part. As if him telling the press that was any different.

RAPPERS: Jay-Z & Nas
CONFLICT: “Takeover,” “Ether,” Carmen, condoms on the baby seat, etc.
RESOLUTION: There was no overblown media event to signal the end of this beef (the MTV interview was after the fact), but inviting the guy who said you had “dick sucking lips” to perform on stage with you is pretty peaceful. Dare we say, Jay’s “I Declare War’ concert was heartwarming?

Today’s Smoking Gun expose seemed to put the nail in the coffin for Rick Ross’s ducktales that he was a) never a correctional officer and b) the victim of a cruel Photoshop prank by intarwebs hax0rs. (One quick sidenote: “Screw Rick Ross”? Pump your brakes, TSG. Why you hate-a the rappaz so much?).

One has to realize that if the Boobie Boy (and we’re not talking mantits) had only owned up to the rumors early, he could have saved himself the embarrassment that comes with being sonned by your own damn photo. Ricky isn’t the first to get hoisted by his own petard, word to the Bard–so we dug in the crates to serve up a delicious archive of ether. After the jump, peep some dark moments for some of your favorite performers, and vote on who caught the worst L.

Rick Ross’s Keys Opened Doors
Trick hinted at it, but TSG proved it. Yikes. Talk about screw music.

Dr. Dre Gets Wrecked
When Eazy-E and Dre got to beefing post-NWA, Eazy dug out Dre’s old album art from World Class Wreckin’ Cru’s 1985 album World Class. And yeah, that was only three years before Straight Outta Compton.

Prodigy’s Happy Feet
New York’s Summer Jam 2001 was hell on earth for Prodigy (zing!) when Jay-Z flashed a picture from Albert Johnson’s younger days as an entertainer. A dude still known as Ballerina P don’t want it with Hov'NOOOOOO!

The Game Gets Dumped
Back when 50 was dealing with his very first G-Unit defection (oh, how the time flies!), someone dug up Jayceon’s appearance on trash dating show Change of Heart, and everyone from Joe Budden to Yukmouth had a go.

Lil Wayne & Baby Lock Lips
Was it a Mob affectation? A M.O.B. affectation? Uh, sure. Either way, D’Wayne and Brian’s embrace was almost the kiss of death for Cash Money.

Pre-Glamour Ashanti
The queen of the Inc. was an unfortunate casualty of the 50-Ja Rule feud. “Am I trippin’,” Curtis asked, “or is her sideburns thick like Eddie Munster?” Then someone spread this picture around the web. Is it really Ashanti? We can’t say for sure, but the suggestion alone had a lot of us shook.