Quotes & Sayings About Hip Hop Beef

When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with other artists, but after Tupac and those incidents when it spilled into the street and turned into a negative situation, battling turned into a beef. A whole new dynamic. — Curtis Jackson

We live in an era where it ain't about dope rhymes.
When beef is online, and how big is your co-sign ... — Jon Connor

Beef is not what Jay said to Nas;
Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs. — Mos Def

I got mouths to feed,
Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed. — GZA

Beef is best served like steak:
Well done, get a gun in ya face. — Pusha T

How many rappers in the game have "little" in front of their name?
Lil' Wayne, Lil' Boosie it's a lil' shame
Lil' Flip, Lil' Cease, yo they not the same
Lil' Wyte, Lil' Mama, where Lil' Zane?
Little Brother, Lil' Jon, and Lil' Fame
Real hip hop, not about your lil' chain
Lil' Keke, Lil' Kim a lil' freaky
Lil' Fizz, Illegal with Lil' Maliky
Lil' Mo, Lil' Bow Wow had beef with Lil' Romeo
A lil' teenager told me so ... — Ed O.G.

Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok. It's music, it's hip-hop, it's ground breaking. When I do it, it's war. — Tupac Shakur

I got beef with commercial-ass niggas with gold teeth
Lampin' in a Lexus eatin' beef. — Raekwon