Azealia Banks Disses T.I.

Azealia Banks seems to have figured out that nothing beats controversy when you're trying to promote yourself. Ever since she first began gaining notice, the NYC rapper has gotten attention for antagonizing other stars--ranging from Kreayshawn to Nicki Minaj. But ever since Australian rapper Iggy Azalea made XXL's 2012 Freshman cover--which Banks did not--Azealia has decided to make a full-time job out of taking shots at the Aussie rapper.

But once superstar T.I.--who is Iggy's mentor and who is executive producing her debut album--made some cracks about Banks--it was open season on the King of the South.

"Lol I NEVER needed the next n***a to sit up on a radio show with me and defend me.," she tweeted. "Ahahahhahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa"

"Furthermore, n***as r sitting up here trying to mask/defend what homegirl said. F*ck outta here," Banks continued. "Everybody got something slick to say, but no one got an explanation."

"Come on T.I.... N***as is not scared of u and whatever sh*t u got to say on some radio show," Banks tweeted. @tip you corny for that one."

"LMFAOO how u a grown man commenting on what's going on between two girls?" she added. "Come on son. Stop it."

Mobb Deep's Q-Tip Story

Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep want fans to know the potential dangers of Twitter. While speaking with FUSE, the two members of Mobb Deep revealed just how hectic things can get when you're not paying close attention on the popular social networking site.

Just ask Q-Tip.

"You have to think before you tweet," P said in an interview. "H*ll yeah," Hav added. "You definitely -- if you mean to DM [direct message], make sure you're not tweeting. [laughs] 'Cause you be like, sending some ill provocative message and you think you're DM'ing and you look and you're like, 'Holy sh*t!' [laughs] Q-Tip, he meant to DM me one day and he actually tweeted me but he tweeted his number and -- I had to look at it like, 20 seconds later, 'Yo son, you tweeted your number out.' He was like, 'F*ck! I gotta change my number.' .

Q-Tip & Consequence Squash Beef

After about a year of hostility hip hop cousins Q-Tip and Consequence have finally made amends. Consequence had previously dissed his famous cousin and superstar Kanye West in several interviews for what he felt was mishandled during his career.

But in the spirit of the holidays, the relatives have put their differences aside heading into 2012.

"After a very intense & extensive meeting, Q-Tip & myself have resolved our public & private issues. With so many manufactured “beefs” in Hip-Hop, this situation was very real and shows that their can be resolution through humility & dialogue," Consequence shared.

He also added a photo of he and Tip playing with Cons' newborn son.

"Check out this pic of us welcoming my son Caiden into our historic fold." he added.

Consequence had been affiliated with Tip's legendary group A Tribe Called Quest in the 90s and joined Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music before departing acrimoniously last year.

Drake's Producer Disses Common?

Drake's producer and longtime friend, Noah "40" Shebib, has come to the Toronto rapper's defense in his ongoing (and, up to this point, one-sided) feud with Common. 40 took to Twitter to share how Common's music played a role in 40's childhood--and not exactly a positive one.

The producer sarcastically recalled being mocked for listening to the Chicago rapper.

"@common, I remember being called a b*tch in grade 9 cause I had your cd. Good thing I also had 456 by kool g rap on me. Now that's real ;)," he tweeted. "After [1997's] "one day it'll all make sense" came out I spent months arguing weather or not @common was hip hop. Everyone was saying it was too rnb."

"I'm not dissing, just facts. I love common. I also love swv and John b," he added.

Rapper Q-Tip came to Common's defense, and 40 'clarified' his position. "@QtipTheAbstract, never! Common is in my top 5 always has been," 40 tweeted. "Hes also been brave enough to be different. I respect that as well. #irony"

Watch The Throne NYC Listening Session

Good question. Just a few weeks after Jay held is own, The Throne held a private listening session last night at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Guests included Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, DJ Khaled, Pusha T Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip and more. Watch The Throne drops digitally August 8 and in retail stores August 12.

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BirdMan, Joe Budden, Dj Whoo Kid, & Q Tip React To Mavericks Win

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat to win the 2011 NBA Finals 4-2. Several rappers tweeted their reactions to the outcome of the series, which saw the 'superteam' of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh lose to the less-glamorous Mavs, led by Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki.

"S/O to both teams 4 an amazing final. Now ..... handle all this lockout talk," Joe Budden tweeted. "Heat fans ... y'all have a great team & had a great season. Nothing to be mad at. & on 2nd thought, i won't be bashing y'all. But i called Dallas in 6 & i'm up about 8 stacks ... i'll take free $ all day long."

"ok BIRDMAN loses 2million -- I win $250 x 16 idiots = $4000 --- nice and CLEVELAND, Ohio wins the NBA finals!!!!!!!!" DJ Whoo Kid tweeted.

"And next year its gonna be even worse for miami," Q-Tip tweeted. "This was their year. #choke."

Q-Tip Responds To Consequence

Rapper Q-Tip has taken exception to comments made by his cousin and fellow emcee Consequence regarding Tip's alleged ambivalence towards getting Cons' second album released, which Q-Tip was reportedly executive producing alongside Kanye West. In a recent interview, Consequence blasted his cousin and also called himself 'the glue' within A Tribe Called Quest's latter years. Tip, the famous frontman for Tribe, didn't take too kindly to Consequence's choice words.

"GLUE? I gave the nigga a look," Q-Tip tweeted. Consequence was featured on several mid-90s Tribe songs when he was still an unknown rapper. "He doesn't know what he's talking about."

Consequence Blasts Q-Tip & Kanye

Rapper Consequence is no longer affiliated with G.O.O.D. Music and he is no longer friends with G.O.O.D. Music head Kanye West nor is he friends with his cousin Q-Tip. The rapper revealed in a recent interview that there is some bad blood between him and his more famous former associates.

“We definitely have personal issues,” he told Sway Calloway. “[Q-Tip] and Kanye elected to be executive producers of my Cons TV project. It's ABG [ed: anybody gets it].”

“I’m not harping on anything, but I’ma point out the obvious. I committed my time, my energy, my efforts to what we all committed to,” he added. “That’s the Cons TV project. It’s not to be understated. They rolled with me through everything. They heard the stories on the ‘Job Song.’ They heard ‘Uncle Rahiem.’ They rooted for me. This was the coup de gras.”

“My purpose for coming here was clarification," Cons said. "There are many fans who still align me with G.O.O.D. Music, and it’s not fair to their intellect that they’re fooled in that matter."