What's Beef?

The latest Hip Hop industry buzz is the Twitter Beef between veteran rapper Cassidy and MMG artist Meek Mills, potentially leading up to a face to face rap battle. In the words of the late great Biggie Smalls “Beef is when you can’t walk in the street/ beef is when I see you/guaranteed to be in ICU.” I think it’s safe to say that these two Philly natives are far from that.

I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Cassidy at Powerhouse Studios, in Yonkers last night. Cassidy shared with me that although he has been off the radar for a while, he has definitely evolved as an artist. He talked about working as a producer, perfecting his flow-play, and maturing as an individual so that he is able to rap about different experiences. Cassidy maintains that regardless of time away, he is still ill: “It’s still the same hard bars, lyrics, similes, metaphors. I still get busy on every record, never let up.”

Cassidy credits the late Tupac as an influence, admiring Pac’s fearlessness, work ethic, and his relationship with God. Cassidy also gives props to 50 Cent for being his own man even before he became signed artist, “(50) He said what he wanted to say and did what he wanted to do. I like that in artists.”

Cassidy’s return is certainly the shake up that the industry needs. If the battle does go down it will be ca-razy for sure. Most of all it would be monumental for Hip Hop! Stay tuned folks!