Quote
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“Hip hop has just been a whole lot of extra, unnecessary beef. I’m about feel-good energy in music.”
Hip hop artist Busta Rhymes, talking about his new music video and song Touch It.
Definition
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problems, troubles or difficulties; conflict
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
When you’ve got a beef with someone, you’ve got a big problem or conflict with him/her. Recently, billionaire Donald Trump had a beef with Martha Stewart because her version of the tv show The Apprentice was not as popular as Trump’s version. There have been rumors that Madonna had a beef with Gwen Stefani because Gwen is copying Madonna’s image: a pretty blonde who is married to a British man.
In the quote above, Busta Rhymes is saying that a lot of hip hop music is meant to create problems or conflicts. One popular example is the beef between east coast and west coast rappers a few years ago. The beef was primarily between rap artists 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G.
Examples
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“There was a lot of beef between rappers 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G.”