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Rappers Who Make Better Goons Than MCs - Even in the age of Twitter and YouTube, rap beef still occasionally has real-world consequences. Earlier this week, Skull Gang affiliate Hynief Instagrammed a pic of him yoking up a rather shook-looking JoJo Simmons, Rev Run’s son, who was on the phone. Hynief claimed the pic showed him demanding that JoJo call Juelz Santana and apologize for a track that he’d recently leaked that dissed the Dipset MC. For many folks, it was the first they'd ever heard of Hynief, who raps on mixtapes with Juelz. With the assault, he's entered some very elite company: rappers who are more infamous as criminals than as actual MCs. Click on for some of Hynief's most notorious compatriots. (Photo: Instagram via Hyniefsg)

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Tony Yayo - Let’s be honest: Tony Yayo’s rap career wouldn’t have gone anywhere without the assistance of 50. But Tony's shine was also aided by his criminal bona fides: 50 would frequently shout "Free Yayo" on tracks during Tony's incarceration for bail-jumping and other charges in 2003 and 2004. And in 2007, Tony allegedly smacked the 14-year-old son of rival rap exec (and convicted con) Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Motorola)

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Tru Life - Lower East Side rapper Tru Life was signed to Roc-A-Fella’s fledgling Latin imprint, Roc La Familia, but in the end he gained more notoriety for beefing with Mobb Deep and, later on, a 2009 fatal stabbing that led to an eight-year manslaughter sentence. (Photo: Walik Goshorn/Retna)

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Trick Trick - Detroit rapper Trick Trick is notorious for rumoured attacks on rappers, including Yung Berg and Rick Ross. (Photo: Scott Legato/Getty Images)

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Benzino - Despite numerous attempts spanning from the late ‘80s, when he was a member of Boston rap crew the Almighty RSO, to the mid-2000s, when he dared to battle Eminem, Benzino was never a very good rapper. But he evidently had other talents: Critics have charged that he strong-armed his way into ownership of The Source magazine in the ’90s and frequently bullied the staff there. He was also linked to the 2000 stabbing of Celtics star Paul Pierce in a Boston nightclub, though he denies any involvement. (Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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C-Murder - We love C-Murder’s 2000 hit "Down 4 My N---az," but like many thugged-out rappers before and after, his music career is arguably the result of another’s shine, in this case his brother, multiplatinum mogul-rapper Master P. But C’s brief success didn’t prevent him from catching a murder conviction stemming from a 2001 shooting. He’s currently serving a life sentence in Louisiana. (Photo: UPI Photo/Judi Bottoni /Landov)

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Black Child - We can't name a single song by former Murder Inc. signee Black Child, but he'll still go down in hip hop history as the man who claimed to have stabbed 50 Cent during the infamous altercation between Murder Inc. and G-Unit at New York's Hit Factory in 2000.            (Photo: Murder Inc. Records)

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Alfamega - Corner-connected rapper Alfamega, who served seven years in prison, was one of Grand Hustle's main attack dogs, playing a key role in the brawl at the 2008 Dirty Awards between T.I. and Shawty Lo's crews. Unfortunately, his legal troubles may have caused him to become an informant — at least that's what documents leaked online in 2009 say. And T.I. apparently believed them, kicking him out of the crew that year.  (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)

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Bang 'Em Smurf - G-Unit friend turned foe Bang Em Smurf's long-rumored street cred caught up to him when he was deported to his native Trinidad for undisclosed crimes. (Photo: Courtesy Bang'em Smurf/ SSP Productions)

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Freaky Zeekey - Freaky Zeekey gained fame for his clown-ish antics supporting other, more skilled Dipset crew members rather than his own lyrics. But a three-year sentence for drug charges showed he wasn’t all fun and games. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)