Rappers vs. Athletes

A history of clashes between rap stars and sport stars.

Lil Wayne Tried to Fight Marcos Maidana's Trainer - TMZ has released footage of Lil Wayne allegedly trying to fight Marcos Maidana's trainer, Robert Garcia, following Floyd Mayweather's majority decision win over Maidana on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Footage shows a heated Weezy having to be restrained by his crew after Garcia allegedly threw a water bottle at him backstage at the MGM following the fight. Both sides were ultimately separated without any incident. Wayne and Justin Bieber led Mayweather out to the ring Saturday night.(Photos from Left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MTV)
Nelly vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Nelly recently started dating Floyd Mayweather's ex-fiancé, Shantel Jackson, and that didn't sit well with the boxing champ.Floyd went on a Twitter hate campaign against his ex and her new boo, which caused the MC to send a few scathing Tweets back his way and Nelly even dropped a new song called "Thanks to My Ex," thanking both Mayweather and his ex boo for disregarding their former jewels. (Photos from left: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
50 Cent vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. were tight as thieves at one point and even dubbed their bromance and boxing promotion company TMT (The Money Team).But in 2012, things went left and 50 severed business ties and his friendship with the boxer. Back and forth Tweets and interviews dissing one another are are still going on between the two as there appears to be no peace treaty in sight. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)Kris Humphries vs. Kanye West - Sometimes rap stars and sport stars have something much more intimate in common. Just ask Boston Celtics power forward Kris Humphries and rapper Kanye West, who were both in love with the same lady, Kim Kardashian, before 'Ye ultimately won out.Kanye revealed the love triangle on his hit "Way Too Cold," and even rapped, "Lucky I ain't have Jay drop him from the team," referring to Jay Z's co-ownership of the Nets at the time. But despite Yeezy's threat, Humphries signed a $24 million deal with the Nets in 2012 before being traded to Boston, and even tweeted about it, quoting Kanye's line mockingly.   (Photos from left: Chris Chambers/Getty Image, DLM Press, PacificCoastNews.com)

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Rappers vs. Athletes (Lil Wayne vs. Marcos Maidana) - Lil Wayne represented Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the Money Team as he walked the champ out to the ring in this past Saturday's win over Marcos Maidana.The YMCMB boss clearly takes his role seriously, as video tape surfaced of Weezy getting into an altercation with Maidana's camp. Apparently someone from the fighter's crew belted Wayne with a water bottle, and he wasn't too happy about that.Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and security was on point. But this isn't the first time MCs and athletes have gotten into altercations. Let's take a look at a few battles that took place off the stage and out of the ring.(Photos from Left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MTV)

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