Peacekeepers: Rap Beef Mediators

The stars who have played hip hop diplomats.

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Snoop - Who says rap is all about beef? Snoop took the vegetarian route when it came to Waka Flocka Flame, who had been talking smack about Snoop's little homie and collaborator Wiz Khalifa. "I'ma holla at Waka Flocka. That's where big Uncle Snoop come in at," Snoop said. "We ain't about that negativity and none of that beef. We too old for that."(Photos: Chris McKay/Getty Images; Tom Donoghue/PictureGroup; Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)
Michael Jackson - In 2009, Game revealed that the King of Pop himself called him and offered to set up a sit-down with 50 Cent to end their infamous feud.(Photos: Graham Denholm/Getty Images; Havakuk Levison/Landov; Terrence Jennings/PictureGroup)Jimmy Iovine - Game and 50's boss, Interscope CEO Jimmy Iovine has also long been trying to get the two to kiss and make up—and make some money in the process. Game told Complex that Iovine compares him and 50 to Paul McCartney and John Lennon: "Jimmy always says, 'Thanks for breaking up the Beatles, man. You guys are worth more together. So I don't know what the f--k you guys are doing. Whenever you guys want to f--kin' get your heads out your a--es, come sit down and take a meeting, make some money, we can talk."

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DJ Kay Slay - Leave it to a DJ to save hip hop. New York's, DJ Kay Slay made a move to secure the peace between two of the city's biggest crown bearers when he put 50 Cent and Fat Joe on the same track, "Free Again," off his upcoming Rhyme or Die album. This is the first time that they've appeared on record together, nearly a decade after they started beefing tangentially to Fif's feud with Ja Rule. And though Fif and Joe managed to keep their beef on wax, it wouldn't be the first time someone had to step in to get rappers to see eye to eye. Read on to see who else has played musical peacekeeper.(Photos from left: Moses Robinson/Getty Images for BET, Andy Kropa/Getty Images)

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