Until then, I thought it would be appropriate to address another situation currently in progress, this time in the Hip- Hop world. If you at all follow this nonsense, then you would be well aware of the heightened tensions between two Hip- Hop moguls, 50 Cent and Rick Ross.
The "beef" between this two is quite entertaining to follow, mainly because both sides don't even know why they're mad at each other, and barely anything new is put out on the table. Its mostly belligerent talk consisting of, "Your [insert any relative] is so [insert insult] that I should [insert any sort of sexual, violent, or combination of the two term] them up." This has been going on since sometime in later January, when Rick Ross released a song in which he attacked 50 Cent's ex wife, and mother of his only son. Personally, I find conflict between rappers to be all in good fun, and results in really good music. But when someone's family is attacked, I just feel that's a little over the top. There are some lines that you just don't cross, especially when you aren't in a position of power. 50 is quite notorious for his "beefing" abilities. He doesn't lose. Some may argue that he doesn't have the best rapping skill, but there is no discrepancy that he is the reigning king of beef.
Fifty responded with a nice assortment of videos, explaining to Rick Ross how he was going to be busy at an international concert, but when he returns, he will fu-- Ross's life up. Now, if anyone with biceps the size of fricking footballs told me they were going to fu-- my life up, I'd at least make an attempt to reconcile. But Ross merely called 50 a monkey and claimed that he wasn't impressed. Which led to 50 dropping what would be the first diss track in this entire scenario, titled Officer Ricky.
Turns out, that Rick Ross, the alleged druglord of Miami, was actually a correctional officer back in the day. Now I personally don't care, I certainly don't think that makes someone less of a man or anything like that, but in the common day Hip- Hop world, that's pretty much taboo. When pictures of him dressed in police officer clothing leaked onto the Internet, people had a field day. Instantly, Ross lost lots of credibility, people left and right were beginning to talk about how "fake" he is/was, it looked bad. It got even worse when 50 Cent flew in Rick Ross's ex wife, one with whom he is currently in some sort of lawsuit (something about child support or w/e, we all know how trustworthy and ethical rappers are anyways). So 50 flew her in from Miami, hosted an interview in which she spilled the beans on his past life as a cop, his eating habits, the fact that most of his jewelry is fake (if something like that would be proved true, you'd never hear about Ross ever again, that's the worst possible scandal one could be accused of). Afterward, 50 had the audacity to take her out shopping with him, flaunting his obscene wealth as he showered her in designer coats, shoes, etc.
The rest is history... as mentioned above, both take turns stabbing each others': sexuality, wealth, credibility on the streets, whatever. Lately it hasn't been as interesting.
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