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EDITOR'S CORNERR BRAVEHEARTS FIELD player haters GAME Hip hop is a game driven by competition. It's like boxing, emcees goes after one another lyrically. Once upon a time there were this rapper's fans who did not know about this other rapper until the other rapper loaded his guns and threw shots at the other rapper. Who then told the ignorant that beef don't grow hip hop? The hard-core fans of Jay-z were forced to listen to Nas tapes just to know who their icon was dealing with. Some fell in love with the rival or felt the rival's shots while to some the more disgusted they get but still wanna hear from the rival. Same thing happened Nas fans. And in the middle of this; there were those who just came and say I just support both Kats, I ain't into this beef thing. Yeah it is Hip hop people and it will always be like this, it is a game played by straight haters. They tried to change it and they failed. To this date Hip hop is still like that, whomever fan of Drake who did know who Meek Mills was, today they know him and can Facebook and tweet about him. Some follow and like his pages for different reasons. Who still says beef ain't good for Hip hop? From time to time people do have their differences, crack each other's heads and decide from there whether they squash their difference and smoke peace pipe. Ice cube and Dr Dre were once on each other's throat and today they homies again, Jay and Nas, Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 etc. Yes we all in life want a happy ending but before the happy endings there's pains and hardships. As a Hip hop Kat you'll know when to run your mouth, about who and not the other. People react differently in this game and not everything you say will be accepted. Some will challenge it while some will sing praises. Some people starts beef but be cowards when they have to finish it. I mean if you take it to a social network that the other player is whack. What do you expect him to do, dance? If you know you do not like beef! Keep your opinions to yourself and stay off social media. Do not expect everyone to love your music, haters will always arise. Sometimes it is even better if you recognize haters in your own camp that you may up your flippin game to face outside haters. This is hip hop player haters game.