Rotten Apple: Music Stars Who Dissed New York

Trinidad James is the latest to put NY on blast.

Rotten Apple: Music Stars Who Dissed New York - Trinidad James recently got on stage at a New York venue and said, "I remember when New York ran this sh*t, dog ... What the f*ck happened, dog? Us in the South, us bammas, we just did our own thing. But now we run y’all, musically. That's crazy!" But is it true? His audience responded with a mixed bag of awkward silence and groaning, and once a video of the rant hit the 'Nets, rap nerds went in a tizzy on Twitter. For New York, though, the city with the highest rapper-per-capita rate in the free world has long been a tempting target for rappers looking to stir things up. Read on for a look at other rappers who took a bite out of the Rotten Apple. —Alex Gale.(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Converse)

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Rotten Apple: Music Stars Who Dissed New York - Trinidad James recently got on stage at a New York venue and said, "I remember when New York ran this sh*t, dog ... What the f*ck happened, dog? Us in the South, us bammas, we just did our own thing. But now we run y’all, musically. That's crazy!" But is it true? His audience responded with a mixed bag of awkward silence and groaning, and once a video of the rant hit the 'Nets, rap nerds went in a tizzy on Twitter. For New York, though, the city with the highest rapper-per-capita rate in the free world has long been a tempting target for rappers looking to stir things up. Read on for a look at other rappers who took a bite out of the Rotten Apple. —Alex Gale.(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Converse)

Lil Wayne - Big Easy good, Big Apple bad. So says Lil Wayne, who told MTV in a recent interview, "Flat out, I don't like New York." (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for Caesars Entertainment)

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Lil Wayne - Big Easy good, Big Apple bad. So says Lil Wayne, who told MTV in a recent interview, "Flat out, I don't like New York." (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for Caesars Entertainment)

Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound - During the height of the notorious East Coast – West Coast rap wars, Snoop and his DPG crew flew out to the five boroughs to film a video for "New York, New York." The clip shows the rappers kicking down skyscrapers and throwing sets up in Times Square. The symbolism wasn't lost on New Yorkers — shots were even fired at a trailer during filming.  (Photo: Death Row)

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Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound - During the height of the notorious East Coast – West Coast rap wars, Snoop and his DPG crew flew out to the five boroughs to film a video for "New York, New York." The clip shows the rappers kicking down skyscrapers and throwing sets up in Times Square. The symbolism wasn't lost on New Yorkers — shots were even fired at a trailer during filming.  (Photo: Death Row)

Westside Connection - Proud Los Angelenos Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10 jumped into the bi-coastal brawl with 1996's "All the Critics in New York," taking aim at the city — its critics and DJs in particular. "Back in the day, we used to respect y'all n----s," Cube says in the track's intro. "All you have for the West Coast is criticism and disrespect. So I say to you and your city: Y'all n----s will never get our respect again."(Photo: Lench Mob Records)

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Westside Connection - Proud Los Angelenos Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10 jumped into the bi-coastal brawl with 1996's "All the Critics in New York," taking aim at the city — its critics and DJs in particular. "Back in the day, we used to respect y'all n----s," Cube says in the track's intro. "All you have for the West Coast is criticism and disrespect. So I say to you and your city: Y'all n----s will never get our respect again."(Photo: Lench Mob Records)

The Show: Jay Electronica - Jay Electronica may be the most elusive MC when it comes to his long-awaited debut, but he's the most generous of performers. The New Orleans-bred, U.K.-based Roc Nation rapper has rocked stages from Brooklyn to Cali with his no-holds-barred flow, and he doesn't require his fans to hold back either. He once pulled over 100 of 'em onstage.This year, he will perform at the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards. Read on for some of his best live moments up until what's sure to shut them all down.(Photo: Ollie Millington/Redferns)

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Jay Electronica - New Orleans rapper Jay Elec sparked a firestorm with the following line on his 2009 underground smash "Exhibit C": "When New York n---as were calling Southern rappers lame, but then jacking our slang," he rapped. Jay also said in several interviews that he had a "chip on his shoulder" because of New Yorkers dissing Southern rap, calling out RZA in particular. The comments eventually led to a brief war of words with Kay Slay. "Why you keep bringing up old foolishness and keep throwing New York up?" the Hot 97 DJ said. "I'm taking offense."  (Photo: Ollie Millington/Redferns)

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Field Mob - In 2006, a video emerged that appeared to show ATL rappers Field Mob making fun of New York accents and rappers who claimed to "bring New York back." The duo later denied they were dissing NYC, claiming the video was edited and taken out of context. (Photo: Nappy Boy Records)

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Field Mob - In 2006, a video emerged that appeared to show ATL rappers Field Mob making fun of New York accents and rappers who claimed to "bring New York back." The duo later denied they were dissing NYC, claiming the video was edited and taken out of context. (Photo: Nappy Boy Records)

Tupac Shakur in Higher Learning - After earning rave reviews for his performance in Poetic Justice, Shakur was ready to tackle the role of a Black college student on a track scholarship in John Singleton's Higher Learning. Unfortunately, he was sentenced to jail before shooting began and had to be replaced by his Juice co-star Omar Epps.(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Tupac Shakur - Tupac was at the center of rap's bi-coastal war, and reserved most of his fire for NY rappers, not the city itself. However, he may have crossed the line on "NY 87," an unreleased track that leaked in 2011. In between shots at Biggie, Mobb Deep, Jeru and even A Tribe Called Quest, Pac rapped, "It's West Coast n---a, f--k New York!" (Photo: Raymond Boyd)

A$AP Rocky - It's ironic: A$AP Rocky says he's sleeping on the City That Never Sleeps, even though that's where he, um, rests his head. Pretty Flacko could explain it better himself: "I just don't like modern New York hip hop," he said in an interview last year. "I liked Dipset, I liked G-Unit — I liked all that sh*t in [that] era. I'm just saying now, today, I don't really f*** with a lot of New York rappers. There's a few that I think is cool but that's about it. Not to say I don't f*** with it but I choose not to listen to it on my own time." (Photo: John Ricard / BET).

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A$AP Rocky - It's ironic: A$AP Rocky says he's sleeping on the City That Never Sleeps, even though that's where he, um, rests his head. Pretty Flacko could explain it better himself: "I just don't like modern New York hip hop," he said in an interview last year. "I liked Dipset, I liked G-Unit — I liked all that sh*t in [that] era. I'm just saying now, today, I don't really f*** with a lot of New York rappers. There's a few that I think is cool but that's about it. Not to say I don't f*** with it but I choose not to listen to it on my own time." (Photo: John Ricard / BET).