RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2000–present
Fat Joe vs. Cuban Link
Terror Squad after Big Pun
Big Pun’s death leaves Terror Squad with severe emotional and business fractures. Cuban Link’s dispute with Fat Joe expands from group operations and royalties into diss records and a long-running public grievance that never reaches a clear public truce.
THE RECORD
The moments
Business dispute
Big Pun’s death fractures Terror Squad
After Big Pun dies, administrative and financial disagreements split the group and form the background to Cuban Link’s later public accusations.
Read the receipt ↗Personal relationship · disputed account
A Miami brawl leaves Cuban Link injured
A physical confrontation involving Cuban Link and Terror Squad affiliates is reported in Miami. Accounts of responsibility vary; the injury becomes a permanent part of the feud’s story.
Read the receipt ↗Diss track · disputed account
“Letter to Pun” makes the business grievance musical
Cuban Link releases a direct record that accuses Fat Joe of betraying the group and mishandling the aftermath of Big Pun’s death.
“I'm doin' this for you, Pun... To let the world know who the real snake was in the squad.”Cuban Link, “Letter to Pun”
Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Fat Joe & Cuban Link — Terror Squad dispute ↗ARTIST LENSES