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JOE POX: Hip-Hop rivalry
Hip-hop has always been defined by a 'beef' between rival rappers as a means of making them appear more dangerous than they actually are (when we all know they go home and gurgle in front of a basket of kittens while wearing Little Lord Fauntleroy blue velvet shorts). Now 50 Cent has raised the hip-hop 'beef' to new levels of monotony.
Apparently 'Fiddy' (a man who raps with all the 'edge' of a pensioner poaching eggs) said that he'll retire from the 'biz' if Kanye West's new album outsells his latest dry-heave of remedial nursery rhymes. Anything that gets 50 Cent to hang up his spit-flecked mic is clearly a good thing, but he may just have bitten off more than he can chew here (invariably with his mouth open).
Kanye is a pioneer with flash, panache and wit. 50 Cent is so much scar tissue in a vest. I suggest that you all go out and buy 10 copies of Kanye's album so that the world will finally be rid of the most pointless 'star' of the modern age (excluding Victoria Beckham, of course). Vote Kanye. Your grandchildren will thank you.
