Watch Yo' Mouth: Controversial Things Rappers Said in 2013
Lyrics and comments that got hip hop stars in trouble.
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Watch Yo' Mouth: Controversial Things Rappers Said in 2013 - Talking ish is a staple in hip hop, a rite of passage even, but sometimes words push the wrong buttons (context is everything, people), and this year, even some of the best wordsmiths got caught up for things they spit on record, on stage or in interviews. Jay Z, for example, recently got the realest side eye from feminists and other folks with common sense for his Ike Turner reference in Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love": "I am Ike Turner, turn up, baby know I don’t play/Now eat the cake, Anna Mae/Said eat the cake, Anna Mae," he rhymed, pointing to a not so pleasant memory in Tina Turner's past. Read on for more lyrics and comments that got artists in trouble this year.(Photos from left: Judy Eddy/WENN.com, REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity, Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Chopped Down - Lil Wayne issued a formal letter of apology to the Till family and promised not to repeat lyrics in the song "Karate Chop" after he used the track to compare a passionate sexual encouter with the brutal beating and murder of civil rights icon Emmett Till.(Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity)
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You Should've Known - Rick Ross got in hot water over his "date rape lyrics," a line in Rocko's original "U.O.E.N.O" where he describes slipping a molly into someone's drink without their knowledge. He apologized once the Internet caught wind of the song and Reebok dropped him.(Photo: Judy Eddy/WENN.com)
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Rotten Apple - Trinidad James raised a fuss in New York, especially with Maino, when he said that the South "runs" NY musically. Maino demanded an apology, but James refused. "My only intentions when I said what I said was to get New York radio — the main stations — to play more young New York artists," he said. (Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)
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Who Got the Hook Up? - Everything Kanye West said this year was picked apart and scrutinized, but he offended some folks when he said that Black people aren't as well connected as Jewish people. The Anti-Defamation League issued a statement saying his words incited "that same old canard that Jews run the world." West later said his words were an "ignorant compliment."(Photo: FameFlynet, Inc)
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