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Ghostface Killah blasts Action Bronson after ESPN appearance
by Jeremy Mersereau
July 20, 2015
The Wu-Tang rapper is finally tired of the endless comparisons.
Looks like Ghostface Killah is finally making good on his name… verbally at least.
The Wu-Tang member has put rapper and NXNE controversy magnet Action Bronson on blast with a six-minute video wherein he describes the former chef as a fraud, a fake, and worst of all, excoriates Action for not wearing shoes in the club. Clown on him, Ghost!
The endless comparisons to Ghostface’s style have defined Action Bronson ever since his 2011 debut Dr. Lecter, but Action has so far been humble about his status in comparison to the Wu-Tang icon, telling HipHopDX back in 2011 “To me there is no comparison; [Ghostface] is a legend and I am a newcomer.”
However, an appearance by Action on the ESPN show SportsNation earlier this month appears to have sparked Ghostface’s vitriol. The Queens rapper unwisely said to one of the show’s hosts that “[Ghostface] ain’t rappin’ like this no more”, in reference to his own mic skills. Sounds like someone’s getting too big for their britches… and they were already plenty big.
In a new beef video, Ghostface goes beyond just expressing his displeasure: He also threatens that he ‘knows [Action’s] tour schedule” and that he has shooters “that will do disappearing acts all over motherf*****s for nothing, in all states”. Pfft, big words from a man in sweatpants… oh wait, I just realized that’s actually terrifying.
The video, which you can watch in full below, is full of choice quotes like this one:
“So you playin’ with me, brah… don’t let me hang you from a f****n’ rope and gut you like a pig, and leave you out to dry! Be for real, just like this n***a Teddy said! Listen! *gestures wildly to stereo playing Teddy Pendergrass’ “Be For Real* “I gave you a grace period, you fat f***… Get your own style!”
Action Bronson knows the score, capitulating immediately through Twitter, and who could blame him? Damn, I thought we were gonna have a big beef on our hands, which Action could then marinate or whatever.