Fight Club: When Rappers Throw Hands

Click on to see some notable rap-related fisticuffs.

A Tribe Called Quest and Wreckx-N-Effect - Wreckz-N-Effect, the group behind the 1992 multiplatinum mega-smash "Rumpshaker" apparently took the first word in their name pretty seriously. The duo, who was produced by — and related to — Teddy Riley, took offense to Phife's "strictly hardcore tracks, not a new jack swing" line from Tribe's "The Jazz (We Got)." They rushed Q-Tip outside a Naughty By Nature/Run-DMC concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall, and left the Tribe front man with an eye jammie that permanently affected his vision. (Photos from left: Courtesy Everett Collection, MCA Records)
Mobb Deep and Saigon - After a long-running conflict, Mobb's Prodigy and Saigon traded fisticuffs in an onstage melee at New York club S.O.B.'s in 2007. Thankfully, no one left with a nosebone-inflicted stab wound to the brain.(Photos from left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Yung Berg and Maino - What's a rap fight list without at least one Yung Berg mention? Maino let his hands do the talking back in 2008, slapping Y.B. for "talking reckless" while the two were on tour together. "I feel like I did him a favor," Maino later said of the incident. "I tried to sober him up cause something was wrong with him. What can I do? He's a little kid...I disciplined him." (Photos from left: Scott Wintrow/Getty Images, Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Tip Rips Lil Flip - T.I. ignited a beef with Lil Flip at a 2004 party in Atlanta, delivering a furious freestyle onstage to the Houston rapper. "Pu--- n---a I'm the leader of the troops, you just following suit," he rapped. "What kind of n---a take a picture in a leprechaun suit with a lollypop chain and some leprechaun boots? ... Being lame is a curse you can never undo."(Photos from left: Vince Bucci/Getty Images, Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Joe Budden and Wu-Tang Clan - Joe and the Wu first began beefing when Joe criticized Vibe magazine for ranking Method Man higher than him on a best MCs list. Apparently, a promoter wasn't paying attention, and Joe's Slaughtahouse ended up on the same bill as Wu on 2009's Rock the Bells tour. Rae and other Wu-ssociates approached Joe backstage at a show in San Bernardino, Calif., and left him holding a "Glaciers of Ice" pack to his eye.(Photos from left: Henry S. Dziekan III / Retna Ltd, Tony Nelson / Retna, Ltd.)

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Mobb Deep and Saigon - After a long-running conflict, Mobb's Prodigy and Saigon traded fisticuffs in an onstage melee at New York club S.O.B.'s in 2007. Thankfully, no one left with a nosebone-inflicted stab wound to the brain.(Photos from left: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

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