Rap beef has always been a source of entertainment, drama and musical inspiration. This year we’ve had some huge rivalries between rappers – Meek Mill and Drake, and that weird situation between Young Thug and Lil Wayne, just to name a few. But today saw a pretty some pretty sad beef between two MCs who (we assume) used to be tight as fuck.
Though Odd Future were thought to have broken up after tweets from Tyler, The Creator earlier this year, over the weekend Tyler held his his annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles, with OFWGKTA on the bill. This brought together Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Left Brain and Mike G, without Earl Sweatshirt or Tyler (or Frank Ocean) alongside them. At the Carnival, during the set, seemingly out of nowhere, Hodgy called Tyler a “fraud” and said that he’d turned his back on his friends. Tyler came back in his set, saying “Ni**as got me fucked up, I put too many ni**as on. I helped too many of my motherfucking friends out, and ni**as gonna come foul? You know who the fuck I’m talking about, ni**a. And yes, this is real. I love you though.”
From there, the beef went online, with both rappers being belted with questions from their fans, and Hodgy continuing with similar statements.
@GO0SE_ I DONT KNOW, BUMMED ME OUT I WAS SIDE STAGE LIKE WTF WOW, WHAT DID I DO
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) November 15, 2015
Do your hw — Hodgy (@HASHISHBEATS) November 15, 2015
I feel good bc I stood up for the ones who are too afraid to say it but they feel that way. Position of power. https://t.co/wRCxKPo1fs
— Hodgy (@HASHISHBEATS) November 16, 2015
think about who built the name OF together as a unit. Now Think about who took the first initial shit on OF. https://t.co/rxNPnjlL1Y — Hodgy (@HASHISHBEATS) November 16, 2015
If it wasn’t for OF where would Tyler be? https://t.co/FOMUJgkg6x
— Hodgy (@HASHISHBEATS) November 16, 2015
Be mad at the truth. — Hodgy (@HASHISHBEATS) November 16, 2015
I have no more words for none of you. You wanna talk come see me. #mindgone
— Hodgy (@HASHISHBEATS) November 16, 2015
Things seem to be back to normal now, with Hodgy posting the video below on Instagram, which shows him and Tyler acting like buds and doing handstands.
Is this the end of the beef though? Was it even a beef to begin with?
Odd Future is as good as over, so will we here more about what actually went on as the years went by? Or is it more a case of Tyler’s friends just being jealous of his success?