Canibus Beef

[ShaBruv]

How did it start, who made the first diss?

[shadyfreakzul]

well i'll say what i know.
it started when canibus asked em to be on a track with him caleed Phuck you.But em said he wasnt feelin it so he turned down the request.that alone must have pissed bis.
during that period bis was beefing with cool j and bis thought em ghostwrote a diss track for ll cool j.

it might not be in detailed but thats what i have in my head now.i just hope someone expands this.

[Spyder]

ya zuel got it right

[shadyfreakzul]

thanks for the endorsement.

[MikeNUFC]

I was wondering this a year or so ago so googled it and found this. It's long so give yourself 15 minutes of reading time. It's a good read though.

http://www.epinions.com/content_4296515716

According to Em, the beef started in 1998, before Em was even signed. Of course, a different beef was heating up at that time: Bis and LL Cool J. LL had just released “The Ripper Strikes Back”, a response to Bis’ “Second Round K.O.”. The diss track as a whole was decent, though L relied on using stuff Bis said in his track to go back at him, and not doing anything original. In fact, the best original disses were aimed not at Bis, but at Mike Tyson, who appeared with Bis on the track. Canibus’ manager at the time, Wyclef Jean, told Bis that he heard Eminem ghostwrote the lyrics to the track. With that, Bis and Wyclef invited Em to the video shoot of the Canibus song “I Honor U” so they could talk to him about it directly. Wyclef asked him first, and Em denied the claims that he wrote it. Later, Bis asked Em again separately. Em’s reply to him was that “Yo, I’m a grown man. I would tell you if I wrote it or not”. Em then said he wanted to do something with Bis, like a collaboration or something. Bis’ response was “Yo dogg, get to know me first”, with Bis basically acting rude towards him.


That's from the link at the beginning. But remember that's from Em's point of view as the writer quotes his interview so could be bias.

It must be noted that Em apparently had much love for Bis before the situation at the video shoot. However, after this whole situation went down (as well as Bis' debut coming out and receiving less-than-stellar reviews), Em's opinion obviously seemed to change. And that's when the dissig started.

Em started taking shots at Bis in two of his tracks. The first was on his major label debut, “The Slim Shady LP” on the song “Role Model

Ok, now back to Em’s explanation of the beef from the Westwood show. According to Em, Canibus came to see him on the Warped Tour the following year and apologized for his reactions and asked if Eminem was still up for doing collaboration. Em said yes and so the track was going to be made for Bis’ second album, 2000 B.C. Bis presented Em with the track “Phuk U”, with only Bis’ first two verses on there, and the third verse for Em to fill in. Unfortunately, Em said he wasn’t feeling the track and turned it down

[dR3]

Lol, I actually have never thought about how it started, thanks