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BIOGRAPHY | BEEFS | INTERVIEWS | ARTICLES
THE HORSEMEN | CLOAK 'N DAGGA
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LL COOL J | EMINEM | WYCLEF JEAN | BEANIE SIGEL | OTHER
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This 'beef' is certainly not as big as the one involving LL Cool J but it does exist.
Wyclef Jean, the fugee member, met Canibus via Jay-Z at a party in New York. Wyclef quickly offered to take him under his wing and make him a star. They hooked up, Wyclef putting Canibus on tours etc. The Smoking Grooves Tour had Canibus performing on stage beside a Lion.
Things were going good for Canibus and 'Can-I-Bus' (info), his debut, was soon to hit the streets. Wyclef and his crew would handle production - with Canibus' raw, creative lyrics, no-one thought there would be a problem. Canibus held up his side of the bargain. Spitting amazing verses song after song but the production? It was horrible. The slow RnB type of sound wasn't what went with Canibus and it didn't take a genius to figure that out. Canibus' album was totally hyped up but it was one of the biggest disappointments of the year. Canibus was hurt, angry and frustrated - and he had every right to be. He had worked so hard for this, and for what - to have it all thrown away by the incompetence of someone else. Through a what some would call "controversial" childhood, through everything, he dreamed of being a rapper. His big chance to blow up and Wyclef comes up with that? Its not acceptable.
Canibus dropped Wyclef as manager and cut all ties, giving this statement:
"When we were on the Smokin' Grooves [Tour] and everything," Canibus said, "he was a manager, you know what I mean. [Wyclef] helped me get on Smokin' Grooves. He helped put certain things on soundtracks, like the 'Bulworth' track. He helped me produce the album, and he was like a managerial source... We had a talk, and we kicked it and I feel like I should get management elsewhere, you know what I mean, because he's an artist and it's difficult for him to manage another artist."
It was a very wise decision. He moved on and completed his second album '2000 B.C.' (info). On the song 2000 B.C. (listen), Canibus rhymes:
"You mad at the last album I apologize for it, Yo, I can't call it 'motherfucking Wyclef spoiled it'....."
Nothing serious has developed because of this misunderstanding. The two were just too different for one another, simple as that.
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