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And Finally
MC Hammer attacks Jay-Z
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 2 November 2010
Beefs in hip hop are generally quite tedious, and mostly laid on for promotional purposes. This one, however, is brilliant. MC Hammer has penned a new track, and filmed an accompanying video, after taking offence to lyrics added to a new Kanye West track, ‘So Appalled’, by Jay-Z.
Jay-Z rapped this: “And Hammer went broke so you know I’m more focused. I lost 30 mil so I spent another 30, cause unlike Hammer 30 million can’t hurt me”. It’s not clear if Hammer was offended by the slight against his ability to smartly invest money, or Jay-Z’s vulgar display of wealth. Whatever, he yesterday uploaded his video for a track called ‘Better Run Run (Official Jay-Z Diss)’. That’s right, it’s an official diss.
The video sees Jay-Z (well, a lookalike) chased through some woods by the devil while Hammer threatens to “knock him out”. Eventually Jay-Z stumbles across Hammer by a lake, who fends off Satan before turning his attention to his rival and – yeah, you know what’s coming – he baptises him.
