Ceasefire: When Music Stars Call an End to Beef
OG Maco and Future show it's all love in The A.
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OG Maco vs. Future - XXL Freshman OG Maco stirred up the debate over lyrical content in July, using Future as the scapegoat. He tweeted, "I love Future but I also understand Future has destroyed countless lives by making it cool to be a drug addict. 56 Xans isn't cool."His fellow ATLien fired back, "OG Maco, he gonna have to respond, he gonna have to see me about that. When I see him he’s gonna have to tell me to my face. Like all that Twitter, I’m not with that. Like I’m 100%, I’ma 100% man."Though the two eventually put the issue to rest without having to muster up diss records, the "You Guessed It" rapper did reveal to his fans that cooler heads prevail. "Salute @1future. We just had a real n***a conversation. The media and hate will turn positives into negatives if you let em. No more ?s."Some beef just isn't worth it. As Futur...
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Drake vs. Diddy - Puff went "0 to 100" real quick last year and Drake found out that Diddy lived up to his Bad Boy title when he reportedly slapped the Young Money star player in Miami after allegedly getting jacked for the beat. With their paths set to cross several times this summer, the two got on the phone to make sure every thing was now OK before they bumped heads again.The beef is squashed for now — for business sake at least. (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
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Beanie Sigel vs. Jay Z - Jay Z pulled out all of his tricks for his B-Side TIDAL Concert this weekend, and one of those surprises was reuniting with The Broad Street Bully on stage. Beans previously felt some type of way about his former Roc leader and voiced his displeasure on several diss records and in interviews. The five-plus-year standstill was deaded however as Sigel showed it was all love when he hugged his big homey on stage during their spectacular performance.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)
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Young Jeezy vs. Rick Ross - Rozay and Jeezy's beef was long running, and the verbal taunts even became physical during the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. The King of the South showed his powers once again when he negotiated a peace treaty between the two bosses last year. After patching things up, The Teflon Don and The Snowman also went into the booth together and recorded "War Ready" and "Beautiful" as they waived the white flag.(Photos from left: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Beats by Dr. Dre, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Power 105.1)
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Game vs. Young Thug - Game put himself directly in the middle of Lil Wayne and Young Thug's dispute earlier this month and told the Rich Gang member that if he had a problem with Tunechi then he had a problem with him.Not fazed, Thugga hit up IG brandishing some hardware letting the Doctor's Advocate know clearly that he better be prepared to back up what he was talking. With the potential of blood being shed, Chicago O.G. Jo Jo Capone got involved and orchestrated a peace treaty before things were set off, and the two Blood representatives publicly put an end to the set tripping. (Photos from left: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for BET)
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Eminem vs. Royce Da 5'9" - Royce and Em patched up their friendship in 2008 after the D-Town MCs went their own ways. With their bond sealed back tighter than ever, Em signed Royce's Slaughterhouse crew to Shady and the two renegades also displayed their musical marriage once gain with their collaborative album Bad Meets Evil in 2011.(Photos from left: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Electus Digital/WatchLOUD)
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Tyga and Game vs. Lil Durk and G Count - Tyga and Lil Durk's 2014 beef almost turned into gun play and the tensions escalated even higher once their O.G.'s Game ad G Count from L.E.P. Bogus Boys jumped into the verbal brawl. With a little help from T.I., who played mediator, all was forgiven. The Chi-Town vs. L.A. feud was halted before things got serious. (Photos from left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for BET, Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Def Jam, Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for VITY), Infared Music Group, Infared Music Group)
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Pusha T vs. Consequence - When Consequence exited G.O.O.D Music a few years back, he didn't go peacefully, as he and Pusha T were the most vocal about the split as they traded verses and shots via Twitter. But the Lord and Yeezus had another will because the two titans peaced it out late last year and have been in the studio together working with Dr. West on his next opus, Swish.(Photos from left: Robin Marchant/Getty Images, Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Roc Nation)
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LL Cool J vs. Canibus - LL Cool J and Canibus's knock down drag out battle will forever go down as one of the greatest rap wars of all time. It sparked off with the controversial posse cut "4,3,2,1" after Canibus proverbially reached for LL's mic more than 20 years ago. The two squashed their beef publicly when the Queens legend brought out his former foe last December during Hot 97's Christmas show and performed the song that set it all off. Uncle L told the crowd, “I had a lot of beefs in my life but sometimes we gotta be bigger than that, sometimes you got to take things to the next level, sometimes we gotta flip the script."(Photos from left: Johnny Nunez/WireImage, David Buchan/Getty Images)
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Raekwon vs. RZA - Wu-Tang seemed to be on the verge of self-destruction last year as Raekwon verbally made it known that he wasn't feeling RZA's production, which he felt was outdated. Cooler heads prevailed and Rae ended up blessing A Better Tomorrow. And while their brotherhood was glued back together, their business relationship still seems a little off.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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50 Cent vs. G-Unit - 50 Cent made Summer Jam 2014 one to remember last year when he reassembled his G-Unit Crew. While the fans went crazy, it was deeper than rap as Banks, Buck, Yayo and Curtis sat down and hashed out their differences and dropped a gang load of music following the unification.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
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Nas vs. Cam'ron - As Confucius once said, all beef that gets cooked up must also get eaten. Or maybe that was Popa Wu? Either way, it always holds true in one way or another, like it has with the decade long discord between Nas and Cam'ron. The New York rap legends squashed their differences during a recent chance encounter at a Las Vegas airport according to MissInfo.TV. There is even talk of a future collaboration.Click on to see other notable musical ceasefires.(Photo: Camron via Instagram)
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Ja Rule vs. 50 Cent - Ja Rule and 50 Cent engaged in one of music's most real-life beefs ever. We're talking murder plots, brawls and more. But that was the mid-2000s. More recently, the singing rappers found themselves on the same airplane, and it seems all the hard feelings have subsided. "What are the chances me and 50 same flight same row no problems!!! #Grownmans--t," Rule tweeted.(Photos: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Justin Timberlake vs. Kanye West - After the 2013 VMAs, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West settled their mini-feud, an amuse-bouche that cooked up when 'Ye declared on stage at one of his concerts that he didn't like JT's "Suit & Tie." Timberlake returned his displeasure on SNL, hinting that the hit was so successful it made 'Ye "dramatic." At the end of their discourse, however, both stars agreed that it'd be best to just make music together.(Photos from left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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Prodigy vs. Keith Murray - One of rap's oldest, coldest feuds was between Keith Murray and Mobb Deep's Prodigy. The two rappers have been taking shots at each other — on record, at clubs, in books and online — since 1995. More than a decade later (in 2011), Prodigy tweeted the above photo of him and his former rival chilling with Busta Rhymes. (Photo: Courtesy Twitter)
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Common vs. Drake - One of the more random, seemingly pointless rap beefs of all time (and that's saying a lot) was between Common and Drake, and thankfully it was short-lived. "We had a talk, we had a conversation," he told MTV News. "It was a face-to-face, man-to-man, a positive thing. I've learned to respect him even more. I already thought he was a talented guy, but just from the conversation we had, I hold even more respect for him." (Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup; Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Nas vs. Jay Z - These two legendary New York MCs symbolically ended their longtime battle in 2005 when Jay invited surprise guest Nas on stage during his "I Declare War" concert. The truce became official months later when Nas signed to Def Jam in 2006, during Jay’s presidency.(Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images for Universal Music)
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Ludacris vs. T.I. - The battle for the title “King of the South” pitted these ATL giants against one another in a nasty war of words. The two have since talked through their differences and appeared on one another’s albums in 2008 (Luda's "Wish You Would" off Theater of the Mind and Tip's "On Top of the World" from Paper Trail).(Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)
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Chris Brown vs. Tyler, the Creator - In 2011, Chris Brown and Odd Future members Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator exchanged both subliminal and blatant shots via tweets before calling a truce shortly thereafter. Later Breezy and Tyler went on to show respect by sending congratulatory tweets after both shined at the 2011 MTV VMAs. (Brown put down another legendary dance performance and Tyler won "Best New Artist.")(Photos: Kravitz/FilmMagic; Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Jadakiss vs. Beanie Sigel - In 2006, Beanie and Jada realized they have more in common (grimy East Coast rhymes) than not. Their feud, which stemmed from political allegiances and competitiveness, ended when they appeared on DJ Khaled's "It's a Problem" together.(Photos: Jeffrey Ufberg/Getty Images; Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)
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Monica vs. Brandy - The feud between these similarly matched R&B talents stretches back to before their chart-topping duet "The Boy Is Mine." The 1998 single was actually driven by the perceived rivalry between the two teens, and the release confirmed that they had squashed whatever beef they may have had. Plus, the remarkable success had to make it hard for either to harbor any hostility.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect/Getty Images)
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T.I. vs. Shawty Lo - These Atlanta MCs exchanged subliminal disses — like the one that came from T.I. in his "What Up, What's Haapnin'?" video, shot in front of the Bowen Homes neighborhood in Bankhead (Shawty's home turf). And they even got into an altercation. But in 2009, they called a public truce. Tip said the need for peace came as a result of his newfound maturity.(Photos: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup; Ben Rose/PictureGroup)
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Common vs. Ice Cube - Minister Farrakhan called a 1997 sit-down between Common and Ice Cube after tensions between the rappers reached a fever pitch. Their beef stemmed from Westside MC's perception that Com dissed his coast on his 1994 love letter to hip hop, "I Used to Love H.E.R."(Photos: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Brenda Chase/Online USA, Inc./Getty Imges)
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The Lox vs. Diddy - Age and experience helped the LOX get over their long-running feud with former boss Diddy. (They had even staged a campaign to get "free" from their contract with Bad Boy.) By 2009, the trio of MCs all spoke well of Puff and even said they were working with the mogul on new music.(Photos: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/Getty Images; Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect/GettyImages)
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Ice Cube vs. Dr. Dre - The former members of the pioneering rap group N.W.A were long thought to have beef after Cube left the group, citing issues with management. In 1995, the two stars recorded "Natural Born Killaz" together and in 2000 toured alongside one another. In 2010, Cube definitively denied taking shots at Dre. "I told Dre that I'd never diss the man that got me started," he said in a statement.(Photo: Kevin Winter/ImageDirect/Getty Images)
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50 Cent vs. The Lox - This 2005 conflict pitted two of hip hop's strongest factions against each other as 50 Cent and his G-Unit went up against the Yonkers trio. The LOX got in a diss track, "Sorry Mrs. Jackson," before 50 revealed it was just the competitive nature of rap that sparked his friendly fire. (Photos: Graham Denholm/Getty Images; Phil McCarten/Getty Images)