SHOT’S FIRED

It’s exciting times for hip hop heads, since the beef between Tupac and Biggie, R.I.P to them.  Canibus taking shots at J.Cole in fact Canibus don’t just take few shots; he brings the whole army of lyrics just to murder him. Personally I like J.Cole but when canibus called him “J.Clone”, that was it for me. At first I thought typical Canibus, and then heard J.Cole was actually dissed for giving props to him. Even though Canibus apologised afterwards, he did an interview with the website ‘HIP HOP DX’ expressing his anger or more like disappointment towards his “fan” J.Cole. In the article he starts off by saying that “Cole hasn't properly been "paying homage" despite naming him as an influence.” He goes on to express “Jay-Z protégé bigs him up in interviews as one of his favourite rappers and plays his older material, but then says that because Cole doesn't support his more recent material.” Does that mean J.Cole was only flattering one of the greatest lyricsist in the game. This is the Canibus take on the whole situation “by him playing my older material owned by my former label dating back to 1998, subsequently overlooking my current works and contributions which directly benefit me now, he is treating me less like an artist that has, and continues to contribute, influence, and inspire an even younger generation of MC’s coming up, and more like an artist that has physically passed on already”. Hmmmm, all I got to say is J.Cole, think before you mention names and who that name belongs to. Let’s continue to pay homage to people that paved the way for us in respect of who they are today. Once again hip hop calls for us to pay ultimate respect to each other. Big up’s to Canibus, not for dissing J.Cole, but for making sure that a battle brings across such issues that affect us, that is a true veteran move.