Hip Hop Cliques That Went Their Separate Ways
Rap crews that broke north.
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Odd Future - Tyler, the Creator hit up Twitter and announced that his Odd Future crew had disbanded. Don't be alarmed though because there's no beef brewing but he and his squad have just grown apart. He tweeted, "although it's no more, those 7 letters are forever." As Tyler and his squad live out their growing pains, read on and check out some other other hip hop squads that disintegrated over the years. -Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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NWA - Ice Cube was the first to bounce from the legendary group over monetary compensation and Dr. Dre soon followed in 1991. Eazy-E’s death in 1995 permanently ended any talks of a reunion although the remaining members did patch up their friendships and are releasing their biopic Straight Outta Compton in August. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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G-Unit - 50 Cent put Young Buck out of G-Unit in 2008 and Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks were also hit with a suspension in 2014 after their friendship waned but the four-man unit plus Kidd Kidd returned stronger than ever last year at New York’s Summer Jam proving to the world that they still would terminate their competition on site. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
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Diplomats - Harlem’s elite lyrical squad went through a cold war around 2007 and it took them several years to make amends. Cooler heads prevailed and Cam, Juelz, Jim Jones and Freekey Zekey patched thing back up in 2010.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Westside Connection - Cube and his Westside cohorts rode hard for gangsta rap when they first formed around 1994 and banged for Cali to the fullest. But after an alleged altercation between Mack 10 and Ice Cube’s brother-in-law, the Cali triple threat was no more although WC and the Don Mega still roll together. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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Roc-A-Fella - There was no way for the two-headed monster to survive after Hov and Dame split and their crew scurried like roaches with the lights on in various directions. But with Beans and State Property realigning with Jay Z earlier this month at his Tidal concert, maybe there is a turning back. (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)
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Terror Squad - After Big Pun’s death in 2000, the Bronx squad started to unfold piece by piece as Cuban Link and Triple Seis feuded with Fat Joe and later members Remy Ma and Tony Sunshine fell out with Don Cartagena too. (Photo: Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
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Dungeon Family - The ATL collective still connects on some levels but after OutKast and Goodie M.O.b called it quits, the musical aspect of this crew went on a permanent hiatus. (Photo: Arista Records)
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The Firm - Nas, Foxy, AZ and Cormega’s conglomerate was doomed from the start because too many label chefs were in the kitchen, but this dynamic lyrical onslaught still has heads wishing for more after dropping gems like “Affirmative Action,” “Firm Biz” and “Phone Tap.”(Photo: Aftermath/Interscope/MCA)
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Fugees - They say sex can kill friendships and according to all three members of the Fugees, Wyclef and Lauryn’s relationship seems to have forever deaded their third album after selling over six million copies of The Score. Though they’ve toyed with fans about a possible reunion, it seems some wounds take forever to heal. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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A Tribe Called Quest - Tribe called it quits after the release of 1998’s The Love Movement but reunited on several occasions for shows and tours. The 2011 film Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest showed their inner turmoil and why it’ll never be the same. (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)