RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2002–present
Birdman vs. Clipse
“What Happened to That Boy” and the Cash Money grudge
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Birdman and Clipse share a hit before a reported Neptunes-payment dispute poisons the relationship. Clipse and Pusha T’s later Cash Money records turn the business grievance into a long-lived musical fault line.
THE RECORD
The moments
Music industry
A hit record comes before the rift
Birdman and Clipse join forces on “What Happened to That Boy,” produced by the Neptunes. It is the collaboration at the center of later payment-dispute reporting.
▶ Watch “What Happened to That Boy”Diss track · disputed account
The Cash Money grievance becomes a Pusha T campaign
Pusha’s “Exodus 23:1” and later records give the Clipse camp’s reported business grievance a long afterlife in public rap conflict.
▶ Watch “Exodus 23:1”
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Birdman ft. Clipse — “What Happened To That Boy” ↗Pusha T — “Exodus 23:1” official video ↗ARTIST LENSES