Ice-T believes that today’s rap beefs have the potential to spiral out of control.
Appearing on “Boss Talk 101”, the West Coast legend gave his thoughts on the history of hip-hop feuds.
“Hip-hop has always been competitive, so saying ‘I’m better than you’ is part of hip-hop.’” Ice-T said.
He also spoke about his sense-squashed feud with LL Cool J saying that “the beef was going, but it was on wax,”
“They wasn’t tripping like they started to do later on,” he added. “The problem with beef is it can escalate away from you.”
After releasing his controversial single “Cop Killer” in 1992 with Body Count, he said he learned to be wiser with his moves.
“When I had the ‘Cop Killer’ beef, I wasn’t worried about a cop. I could run into a cop’s brother or son who wants to start an altercation,” he said. “Having beef is just not smart if you can avoid it.”
He also said that social media can take rap beefs to dangerous levels.
“Social media is an amplifier to everything,” he said. “It forces reactions that really could be squashed so much simpler. Why people would have a problem and take it to social media is beyond me, especially if you know a n—- phone number.”
If anyone is an expert in rap feuds it would be Ice-T. As previously mentioned, he and LL battled for years, releasing several diss records aimed at each other.
In a statement obtained by “AllHipHop”, Ice-T noted that he and LL settled their disagreements years ago.
“LL and I have been together on different occasions. I’ve worked with him on Rock the Bells, we’ve done podcasts and stuff, but as far as an actual physical picture of us? I think there’s probably one other one out there,” Ice-T shared. And I think the other one was before we actually really sat down and talked like grown men about it. But yeah, that’s over and lol the beef never really escalated. It was just rap beef.”
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