Common Details A Near Physical Fight With Ice Cube Following Confrontation: ‘This Might Get Ugly’
During a recent interview, Common recalled a time he almost got into a physical fight with a fellow rapper after a confrontation.
The Chicago-born artist hinted at a potentially violent escalation between himself and Ice Cube stemming from a tense "conversation" they once shared.
During a guest spot on retired NBA player Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero's podcast, "7PM in Brooklyn," Common, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, disclosed that he chose to enter into a feud with Ice Cube, born O'Shea Jackson Sr., as he felt compelled to stand up for himself. Describing the intensity of the situation, Common, 52, hinted that it nearly escalated beyond the realms of music.
"Ultimately, I felt good that we kept it on wax. It was getting to that point with me and Cube, because they was looking at me like, 'Oh, Common's just the backpack dude.' "
"But then we had a little confrontation in Atlanta and this was like '95 where — and like I said, me and Cube, it's all love now — but at that point we had a little confrontation and I was like, 'Man, this might get ugly.' "
The feud between Ice Cube, 54, and Common ignited when the creator of "Friday" took offense to Common's lyrics in his 1994 track "I Used to Love H.E.R."
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"Now, black music is black music, and it's all good / I wasn't salty she was with the Boyz n the Hood / 'Cause that was good for her, she was becomin' well-rounded," he rapped.
In retaliation, Ice Cube responded with a diss directed at Common on Mack 10's track "Westside Slaughterhouse." This prompted Common to fire back with his iconic diss track, "The B**ch In Yoo."
Common, who is currrently dating Jennifer Hudson, credited three things that helped mend their relationship and wave the white flag by 1997. The three-time Grammy Award winner named the deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur as a wake-up call, and lastly encouraging words from the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
