Hip Hop History Files

The Bridge Wars.

OK, if you consider yourself a true head of hip hop, then you should know that this title is all about. The Bridge Wars was a hip hop rivalry during the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, that arose from a dispute over the true birthplace of hip hop music and retaliation over the rejecting of a record for airplay. The fued all started once legendary emcee, MC Shan dropped the classic record "The Bridge", which followed up by a record by the rapper KRS One called "South Bronx".
The Bridge by MC Shan

The Bridge IS Over by KRS One & Boogie Down Productions

This beef was the beginning of a new era in hip hop, switching over from the pioneering sounds of Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, to a more new school sound. Any rapper in the present time that wants to star a beef with someone, needs to take a page out the book from this one.. this will go down as the first rap beef. Another one I thought was one of the best was Canibus x LL Cool J. LL ripped him, even though no one else agrees with me, Canibus didn't put out anything worth listening to after that. But thats just me, i'll save that topic for another discussion later on.