Ice Cube Vs. Common, Fat Joe, ATCQ, Tim Dog, De La Soul & Jeru - Beef Documentary [East Vs. West]

Ice Cube Vs. Common, Fat Joe, A Tribe Called Quest, Tim Dog, De La Soul & Jeru The Damaja – Beef Documentary | East Coast vs. West Coast

Before the infamous East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry reached its tragic peak, Ice Cube found himself at the center of several lyrical battles with some of New York's biggest names. From direct diss records to subtle shots on classic albums, Cube's move from N.W.A. to a successful solo career made him one of the most respected—and controversial—figures in hip-hop.

In this documentary, we take a deep dive into Ice Cube's lesser-known rap feuds with Common, Fat Joe, A Tribe Called Quest, Tim Dog, De La Soul, and Jeru The Damaja. We'll break down how each rivalry began, the diss tracks that fueled the tension, and how these conflicts reflected the growing divide between East Coast and West Coast rap during the 1990s.

You'll learn how Common's "I Used to Love H.E.R." unexpectedly sparked one of hip-hop's most memorable lyrical exchanges, why Ice Cube targeted A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip and De La Soul during the Native Tongues era, how Tim Dog's anti-West Coast stance made Cube one of his primary targets, why Fat Joe briefly found himself in Cube's crosshairs, and what led to the tension between Cube and Jeru The Damaja.

This video explores:

The origins of Ice Cube's East Coast rivalries
The Common vs. Ice Cube battle and the role of the Soulquarians
Tim Dog's attacks on West Coast rap
The Native Tongues movement and Cube's criticism of conscious rap
Fat Joe's brief dispute with Ice Cube
Jeru The Damaja's comments and Cube's response
The impact these beefs had on the East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry
How each feud eventually ended—or quietly faded away

Timeline:
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Ice Cube meet Common Sense
3:06 - Tim Dog disses the NWA, Compton & the West Coast on "F*ck Compton" & "Step To Me", starting the East Coast West Coast feud while Ice Cube does nothing against it
9:44 - 1994 Source Awards: East Coast Audience is mad that West Coast is winning too many awards, A Tribe Called Quest's speech about New York/the East Coast starting Hip-Hop which upsets Ice Cube, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, 2Pac interrupting Tribe's Speech to perform "Out On Bail", making Q-Tip cry and upsetting the East Coast
15:25 - Rappers start dissing the West Coast: Jeru The Damaja - "Come Clean"
18:32 - Common drops "I Used To Love HER" and Ice Cube takes offense thinking he's dissing the west coast
29:46 - Tim Dog references Jeru's song "Come Clean" on "B***h With A Perm/Dog Baby" while dissing the west coast again, Q-Tip disses west coast haters on the Doo Wop freestyle "Representin Queens"
33:03 - Ice Cube drops "Westside Sl*ugtherhouse" with Westside Connection (Mack 10 & W.C.) dissing Common, Q-Tip, Jeru The Damaja, Tim Dog & critics on the east coast
41:46 - 1995 Source Awards: Death Row's Suge Knight & Bad Boy's P. Diddy take the East Coast West Coast rivalry to the next level, Ice Cube disses Jeru The Damaja on "West Up"
43:02 - Common decides to write the Ice Cube diss "The B*tch In Yoo" & performs the first verse live, meeting Westside Connection in Atlanta and performing it in LA.
49:30 - Ice Cube's May 1996 Source Magazine interview: East Vs. West, inside Hip-Hop's civil war
54:09 - P. Diddy put's the first version of Common's "The B*tch In Yoo" on the Bad Boy Vol 4 Mixtape which makes him part of the East Coast West Coast rivalry
56:02 - De La Soul drops "Stakes Is High" & "The Bizness" to which Ice Cube and 2Pac take offense to
59:37 - A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip responds to Ice Cube's disses on "Keeping It Moving" & Cube drops "Bow Down"
1:02:41 - Common drops the final version of "The B*tch In Yoo" dissing Ice Cube & Westside Connection
1:15:46 - 2Pac dies in Las Vegas & the west coast retaliates, Fat Joe gets beaten up in Miami by Dogg Pound's entourage because of his BET Rap City interview
1:18:16 - Westside Connection drops the album "Bow Down" dissing Common, A Tribe Called Quest and the east coast on "Hoo-Bangin", "Cross Em Out And Put A K" and "All The Critics In New York"
1:26:32 - Biggie dies in Los Angeles, Ice Cube writes a Common diss track in response to "The B*tch In Yoo"
1:27:37 - Louis Farrakhan holds a Summit to end the East Coast West Coast rivalry, Fat Joe and Ice Cube argue face to face
1:32:49 - Fat Joe begs Mack 10 shoot Common after a fight at the Sprite Voltron Commercial video shoot
1:34:56 - Aftermath
1:35:40 - Outro


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Outro (prod. by Phat Crispy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7wQYIs30Kw

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