In-State Rivalry: The Georgia Edition
Things ain't always peachy when it comes to GA hip hop.
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In-State Rivalry: The Georgia Edition - You know the expression: "crabs in a barrel." If there's any place where the adage applies, it's Georgia. The "all-in-it together now" mindset of the state's nascent mid-'90s scene, helmed by Dungeon Family, Jermaine Dupri and others, is long gone; with Atlanta now one of rap's undisputed meccas, the stakes — and rewards — are way higher and the state's last decade has been rife with hometown beef. In the latest skirmish, rivals Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane have reignited their long-simmering beef. Gucci gave an interview earlier this week saying that he has "no respect" for Jeezy, who responded by calling Gooch "retarded." Gucci then released a diss track and video called "Truth" and claimed on Twitter that he "can and will beat Jeezy's a--." He even involved Jeezy's ally T.I. in the...
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Young Jeezy vs. Gucci Mane (Round 1) - Jeezy and Gucci have been clashing for years. Jeezy was featured on Gucci's breakthrough hit "Icy," but later claimed he was never paid for his work on the song and a war of words on wax and in the press escalated to real-life violence. Five men who were allegedly part of Jeezy's camp stormed a house Gucci was visiting and one was later found dead. Gucci and Jeezy eventually squashed, unsquashed and resquashed the beef with help from DJ Drama and seemed to have settled into a wary truce until the latest uproar. (Photos: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
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Alley Boy vs. Young Jeezy and T.I. - In January 2012, ATL up-and-comer Alley Boy fired shots at Young Jeezy and T.I. on his mixtape cut "I Want In," rapping, "I want war, I want in." It's unclear if AB ever got what he wanted, but stay tuned.(Photos: Duct Tape Ent.; Nancy Ostertag/Getty Images)
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T.I. vs. Ludacris - Two of ATL's GOATs got into it after Tip saw a video by Luda's artist I-20 in which a man wearing a shirt that says "Trap House" is getting beat down. After several sublminal and not-so-subliminal on-wax disses, the beef peaked with a 2007 altercation between T.I. and Ludacris's manager, Chaka Zulu. The two camps have since talked out their differences, and Luda was featured on T.I.'s "On Top of the World" in 2008.(Photos: Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images for AKOO; Ric Douglas/PictureGroup)
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Big Boi vs. Killer Mike - This feud began in 2006 when Mike grew disenchanted with his deal with Big Boi's Purple Ribbon imprint. Legal and contractual scuffling led to on-wax and in-interview shots, which in turn led to an in-the-flesh altercation at an Atlanta nightclub in 2007. The two have since reconciled their differences, and now plan on making music together again. (Photos: Rick Diamond/Getty Images; Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
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