Generation Gap: When Old and New Rappers Beef

Ghostface comes for Action Bronson's neck.

Respect the O.G.s - Melle Mel sent a message to the haters criticizing Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's new video and song "Downtown," which features Mel as well as fellow hip hop pioneers Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz.   The O.G. told XXL, "I know for a fact that J. Cole or Kendrick Lamar or Rick Ross or Jay Z or any of these cats, they would not have done it, ever. It took him to do it. And all those other so-called 'real cats,' they should hang their heads because somebody should have done it by now. They could have reached back to any of us. If you’re making records and you say you’re hip hop, you’re supposed to have a connection to what hip hop really is. And nobody made that connection until Macklemore made the connection."While Melle Mel checks his sons for not reaching back to the elders that paved the way...
Ghostface vs. Action Bronson - Fed up with the constant questions about comparisons to Ghostface, Action Bronson let his true feelings come out on SportsNation when he stated, "...He's not rapping like this no more. I'm just being honest."Not letting this go unanswered, Ghost fired back this week with a video threatening to literally light flames to the young MC and told him to keep his Twitter apology.  (Photos from Left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) )
/content/dam/betcom/images/2013/08/Music-08-16-08-31/082713-music-drake-jay-z-performs.jpgLord Jamar vs. Yelawolf - Hip Hop vet Lord Jamar bashed Yelawolf for wearing the Confederate flag. In addition to questioning if white rappers and whether or not enough dues have been paid for agenda-pushing in the hip hop culture like Macklemore has been doing with his song, "Same Love."(Photos from left:  Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for G-Shock)

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Respect the O.G.s - Melle Mel sent a message to the haters criticizing Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's new video and song "Downtown," which features Mel as well as fellow hip hop pioneers Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz.   The O.G. told XXL, "I know for a fact that J. Cole or Kendrick Lamar or Rick Ross or Jay Z or any of these cats, they would not have done it, ever. It took him to do it. And all those other so-called 'real cats,' they should hang their heads because somebody should have done it by now. They could have reached back to any of us. If you’re making records and you say you’re hip hop, you’re supposed to have a connection to what hip hop really is. And nobody made that connection until Macklemore made the connection."While Melle Mel checks his sons for not reaching back to the elders that paved the way...

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