The Clap Back: 15 Artists Vs Media Wars

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F The Press: Media And Artists Wars

News media is supposed to be objective but nowadays all media seems to be opinion infused. This gets under music artists’ skin, along with the fact that some media outlets purposely misquote artists or post off-the-record material. Check out some of the most classic artists and media wars.

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Iggy Azalea wasn’t feeling Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning giving Azealia Banks a platform to speak on cultural appropriation. “I find it particularly, personally offensive when they oftentimes take on the general opinion of others or the viewership to try to get clicks,” Iggy said.

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Now you know you can’t talk about Chris Brown on your talk shows. LOL. You see what happened with the hosts of The Real. Breezy called Wendy and Perez Hilton “flunkies,” and sent this message: “Thanks for the publicity. Your insecurities are manifested by your hatred.”

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Method Man clapped back at XXL recently over misquoting him and allegedly causing the beef between him and RZA.

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Don Lemon gets under many people’s skin for well just being him and being wrong. Talib Kweli and Lemon got into it after the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death. CNN aired a heated conversation between the two. “I felt like it was up to me to be here and control the narrative because the media’s done a horrible job of making sure the stories get out in the right way,” Kweli said.

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Ma$e was cutting up last year at Diddy’s Revolt Music Conference. Charlamagne and Pastor Mason Betha got into a mini shoving match after The Breakfast Club host called the Harlem rapper a “hypocrite” for leaving the pulpit and returning to rap. Charlamagne downplayed the incident making a little joke: “He did run up and he got pushed and then we prayed together.

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Geraldo Rivera fired shots at Russell Simmons and Hip Hop. “They have encouraged people to be so different from the mainstream that they can’t participate other than, you know, the racks in the garment center and those entry-level jobs,” he told HuffPost Live. OH NO! Simmons said the news correspondent was just trying to get attention.

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Charlagmagne also got into it with Fredro Starr. Starr made it clear what happens when you bring up his past. 

Via Fredro’s Instagram

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Drake got Rolling Stone all the way together. The problem wasn’t what he said it was the fact that he said it off-the-record and they still published it.

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Azealia Banks is known for beefing with celebs, and Perez Hilton and his messiness are known for starting beef. They went head to head on Twitter and Banks even used some homophobic slurs.

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Remember when Chris Brown threw that chair through “Good Morning America’s” window after Robin Roberts’ persistent questions about Rihanna. That let us know just how well those anger management classes were going.

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The media are not Kanye’s favorite people. He clashes with credible media, stages, award show winners, paparazzi and more. Remember his public Twitter episode and canceled “Today” show performance after host Matt Lauer played footage of his infamous VMA/Taylor Swift interruption, and of George W. Bush reacting to West saying he “doesn’t like Black people.” 

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When Benzino owned The Source, he hated Eminem and tried to use the magazine to tear down the Detroit rapper. We know Em doesn’t take anything sitting down, so lawsuits and diss tracks followed suit.

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Ludacris is clearly a lyrical assassin, so why would Bill O’Reilly even try it. O’Reilly asked why would Pepsi endorse Ludacris, a “thug” who “disrespects women, encourages drug use, and encouraged violence.” Luda struck back on tracks several times, and O’Reilly continued to denounce the rapper for years. The two ended their beef in 2010.

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Bill O’Reilly was a hater again when Jeezy did his celebratory performance of “My President Is Black” in Washington, D.C. when Barack Obama was inaugurated. O’Reilly called it “hateful” and offensive. Jeezy got that azz and added an additional verse to the song, strictly for the purpose of going at O’Reilly.

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Nasty Nas got in Hot 97’s azz. He called out the station on their rival station Power 105, accusing their radio execs of favoritism and he went in on 97’s personalities Angie Martinez and Funkmaster Flex.

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