What‘s Beef?

2021-09-23

This week Mar, Nesha and Azar are joined by the Bed Stuy legend himself, Poison Pen, to discuss rap beef, especially in light of the leaked Kanye track "Life of the Party" featuring Andre 3000. First, Azar gives a brief history on how she met Poison Pen and fellow members of the Stronghold collective (4:04). Pen talks about his legendary start in the music industry and how that evolved into him becoming an entrepreneur and a seasoned curator of battle rap events in New York and across the US. He also explains ...

This week Mar, Nesha and Azar are joined by the Bed Stuy legend himself, Poison Pen, to discuss rap beef, especially in light of the leaked Kanye track "Life of the Party" featuring Andre 3000.

First, Azar gives a brief history on how she met Poison Pen and fellow members of the Stronghold collective (4:04). Pen talks about his legendary start in the music industry and how that evolved into him becoming an entrepreneur and a seasoned curator of battle rap events in New York and across the US. He also explains why the highly popular Verzuz should pay homage to battle rap industry stalwarts (15:15).

The hosts then discuss various rap beefs; Kanye vs. Drake (18:20); Jay vs. Nas (32:15); Eminem vs. everybody (38:55); Ja Rule vs 50 Cent (52:00); and Ice Cube vs. Common (57:20).

And finally, Pen highlights the top battle rappers everyone should know about today including Team Homi (59:45).

If you're a battle rap fan, then this episode is definitely your bag.

RIP Pumpkin Head & Sean Price

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