Class Warfare: When XXL Freshmen Clash

Everyone's fair game in this school of hard knocks.

Troy Ave vs. Joey Bada$ - Brooklyn's lyrical titans and XXL Freshman alum Joey Bada$ and Troy Ave can't seem to play nice and have fired off a few rounds of subliminal disses at each other. It all stems over the crown of being the indie king. Taking note of Troy's claim for the throne after moving less than eight thousand units of Major Without a Deal during its first week, Joey hit up Twitter with, "Reminder: Joey Bada$ sold 57,000+ albums in his first week, INDEPENDENTLY... At 20 years old... $10/album... 85% of shares, do the math.... That makes me the #1 Independent Hip Hop artist/brand in the world...."Not willing to let the jab go unanswered, Troy fired back, tweeting, "NO single, NO party hosting's NO real endorsements Reminder: NObody cares + u WORK for Sony Red / Cinematic Records #FakeIndependent."Did we mention that both have distribution dea...
Big Sean vs. Joey Bada$ - Class of 2013 freshman Joey Bada$ took aim at 2010 graduate Big Sean after Sean released a promo to his Hall of Fame album called "Control" that virtually shut down the Twittersphere. The song featured verses from Jay Electronica and Kendrick Lamar. Joey's response? "Big sean verse was weak. Sorry," he tweeted.(Photos: John Ricard/Getty Images for BET)
J. Cole vs. Diggy Simmons - 2012 alumn Diggy and 2010 grad J. Cole had their war of words with a volley of rhymes that reportedly started after rumors of a romance between Cole and Diggy's sister, Vanessa Simmons, surfaced. It heated up when Cole seemingly dissed Diggy in a freestyle. Kendrick Lamar had invited him onstage during his Music Matters Tour set in North Carolina and he let loose. "Picture me hating on a young n***a with talent/ Album flopped, but it's cool, he caked out on his allowance," Cole rapped. Diggy fired back with a track called "Fall Down." "I guess I rattled you, snaggletooth / You know better / Thought J stood for Jermaine, not Jet Setter / You seen me and shook my hand, coppin' pleas in person / Now you wack, less than a man, mention me in verses."(Photos from left: Cindy Ord/Getty Images, John Ricard/BET)Hopsin vs. Big Sean and Mac Miller - 2012 Freshman alumn Hopsin, while taking questions from fans on video social media site Ustream, said he doesn't like former XXL classmates Big Sean or Mac Miller. "Heck no...[I'm] not a fan," the Strange Music rapper told viewers. Fighting words.  (Photos from left: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images, Courtesy Facebook)

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Troy Ave vs. Joey Bada$ - Brooklyn's lyrical titans and XXL Freshman alum Joey Bada$ and Troy Ave can't seem to play nice and have fired off a few rounds of subliminal disses at each other. It all stems over the crown of being the indie king. Taking note of Troy's claim for the throne after moving less than eight thousand units of Major Without a Deal during its first week, Joey hit up Twitter with, "Reminder: Joey Bada$ sold 57,000+ albums in his first week, INDEPENDENTLY... At 20 years old... $10/album... 85% of shares, do the math.... That makes me the #1 Independent Hip Hop artist/brand in the world...."Not willing to let the jab go unanswered, Troy fired back, tweeting, "NO single, NO party hosting's NO real endorsements Reminder: NObody cares + u WORK for Sony Red / Cinematic Records #FakeIndependent."Did we mention that both have distribution dea...

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