
So, would those of you hoping for a beef between an under-performing MC and a sing-song, emo-brat please raise your hands? No one? I'm not surprised. Even though I'm sure none of us really gives a shit about it, Wale and Kid Cudi are now beefing. Yes, the same two MCs who broke through around the same time, spit mixtape features for one another, and were thought to be the next big things in the rap game are no longer pals. I know, I can feel your heart(s) breaking.
This whole "beef" kicked off more or less when Wale threw a mini-diss at his opponent on "Thank You Freestyle," during which he rapped: "Throwin' 'round wallets like the dude that Kid Cudi hit." Those of us who listened to that freestyle caught the sort of-subliminal line, but Complex was the first to really ask CuDi flat-out how he felt about it. His response, per Complex's interview, is as follows:
It wasn’t a shot, it’s just a simple-ass rhyme by a simple-ass rapper. You can’t let that shit faze you. That’s one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor? Everybody think they Hov. Niggas ain’t got the magic like they think they do; there’s only a couple of wizards in this game. I’m a wizard and I know it.
Now, I'm not going to say which of these two is the better rapper *cough*Wale*cough* or who makes the better actual album *cough*CuDi*cough*. But does anyone expect this to go beyond a few more foolish, loose-lipped quotes and one-off punch lines? I guess we just have to wait and see if Wale's really going to go through with what he tweeted last night:

Thanks to 2DopeBoyz for the screen capture. And thanks to Wale and CuDi for providing what will likely be the lamest "beef" we have seen in several years. Well, aside from that Soulja Boy and Bow Wow nonsense. And that Soulja Boy and Ice T thing. And, well, anything involving Soulja Boy.
under performing? lmao..Wale is far from under performing..he is under "rated". Listen to his More About Nothing mixtape..seriously if you think this is a waste of a beef, then why waste your time and write about it? Talk about critical thinking. Lmao.
Jav
I love both of these guys, wonder if they gonna make diss songs like nas and j.hov
slamfan4life
you sir are a mug. kid cudi is hands down the best rapper in the world.
tom
cudi is by far better. f wale
josh
cudiiii alll dayyy son!!
memo
kid cudi is a way better rapper than wale
LTM41
like the author said (sort of)....Wale is a better rapper, his lyrics on his tapes/album are way ahead of Cudi's. But Cudi made a better album, in terms of production, entertainment value, popularity, etc. Who is a better artist, then, is just opinion.
donpapa
"Niggaz aint got the magic like they think they do" Is Cudi also dissing B.o.B.?
I remember thinking these guys had promising futures after Mixtape About Nothing & A Kid Named Cudi.. sheeeit, was I wrong.
"kid cudi is a way better rapper than wale"
LOL kid cudi doesn't even fckin rap HAHA!!!! once he can do a song like diary then he can battle against mr. folarin!! NO DAYZ OFF!!!
Cudi should just quit and do coke with soulja boi!
rofflefries
i'm losing alotta respect for cudi , if u guys havent been paying attention cudi is on coke hard he says he stopped its a lie he still on it , go listen to wale's song "the numbers one" the whole first verse is about how him and cudi fell out of thier friendship. cudi's just becoming a a-hole from the cocaine wale' is a way better rapper hands down but cudi makes better songs sometimes. cudi has better promotion. if u dont think cudi's on cocaine then tell me why more than 85% of his songs are sad and bittersweet??
zerin
Dear Mr. Martin
IF you don’t even give a sh!t bout Cudi or Wale why the f-ck you even writing your sorry ass article.. I know you think your sh!t funny cough *its not* cough only thing that’s under-performing is ur journalism skills,. I hope you don’t make it a career but enough about you… what it’s really about is Kid Cudi and Wale. I really feel in no way saying “throwing round wallets like the dude that kid cudi hit” is any way a diss.. What was a diss tho is “ Im outta this world and you just a man on the moon” sick ass f-ckin line by the way… if cudi wanna hate on that he sure can… but n-gga wont even try cuhz apparently hes above using metaphors {his words not mine)... no sh!t ur above metaphors cudi cuhz you cant even rap…. Cudi’s sh!t is wack only thing that makes him tight is Kanye West.. But Wale don’t need that he’s got real flow… Sh!t you aint never heard…. Sh!t that makes you go back and rewind to see if you just heard that straight…..Wale Folarin is a gifted f-ckin artist he aint the best rapper I will give you that but I do think he is one of the best overall artist I have ever heard… if you don’t believe it download any one of these songs and you will be grateful you did…
The Problem
Rediscover Me
Center of Attention
The Light
The Breeze
Penthouse Anthem
Sharp
The Sun
Beautiful Bliss
The Trip
Shades
Word Play
The Meeting
The Kramer
ADD
Artistic Integrity
Am i Dreaming
THE NUMBER WON
i can keep going but eventually i will just name every Wale song ever made
By the way Jav is only one whos making any sense on these comments that’s a really Wale fan but more than that a real hip-hop fan… Cudi ain’t a rapper.. he's just a dude that got lucky got signed to GOOD music and made a converse commercial as some kind of bobble head
Tom
Josh
Memo
LTM41
Ya’ll aint real hip-hop fans if you trying to rep Cudi… I bet the only songs you ever heard by Cudi are Man on the moon, pursuit of happiness, poke her face, and day n night… radio play songs…. Mainstream bullsh-t… not real hip-hop… and if you wanna prove me wrong be my guest… send me your best Cudi song guaranteed I’ve heard it and deleted that sh!t off my computer right after my first listen cuhz Cudi cant rap… Ya’ll just jumpin on his d-ck cuhz you think it’s cool..
Darrell
"if u dont think cudi's on cocaine then tell me why more than 85% of his songs are sad and bittersweet??"
because you can't be sad and bittersweet without cocaine.
D. Rock
haha all you guys are f**king stupid. Mainly the author and darrell.
Terrell
Darrell is the biggest douchebag I've ever heard lmao... what an idiot... Cudi makes MUSIC
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DjH2
broke and no one notices/ you get a whip you lease like you margerie and homer kid/ rather beatin on a bitch/ modify ya quota bitch - Wale; "Workin"
pretty sure that's a shot at cudi as well
idrum875
A lot of CuDi and Wale hate on here. First off, I'm a FAR bigger CuDi fan than Wale, but a fan of both nonetheless. I'll admit CuDi ain't much of a rapper w/ the metaphors and sh*t but dude be talkin about real sh*t & his experiences, which is why I listen. & nah, I ain't emo. I listen to J. Cole, Blu, Lupe & them too. Cudi's a messed up dude but at least he's up front about it, he's talked about coke, shrooms, ex, weed, etc. in his songs before so idk why ppl are shocked. On the other hand, Wale IS a rapper. Metaphors & all. Just like EVERY OTHER rapper is doin. Metaphors. Ain't no different than others. I think ppl givin Wale the W already just cuz CuDi don't be usin metaphors? Idk. SMH. I give this beef 1-2 weeks. *kanye shrug*
Kris
WOW. Darrell. You sound like a lil ***** making an argument about you favorite food. I listened to all of Wale's "Greatest Hits" that you said made him one of the greatest artist out there. Yes he does have rhythm and can rip a hook real well but you are comparing two artists that you say are from different genere's because Kid Cudi sings and Wale doesnt. Listen to any of Cudder's freestyle's online especially Drop Freestyle. He can rap off and on the dome like no other AND he can sing like you said which makes him such a versatile artist. Also you cant have an opinion about Cudi if youve only listened to his recent sh!t. Look at his old mixtapes when he was a scrub with no ligit record label, (kinda like Wale is right now). Ive followed Wale's career since his single Nike Boots was free on Itunes and doin concerts in low key cities. He's a good rapper and has potential but Cudi is a bigger league.
Kid Cudi songs: Down & Out, Cudderisback, Know Why, Freestyle Dj Enuff part 1, all songs go harder than Wale even if you disregard the singing
oh and yes Andrem Martin you should either get a new occupation or start writing about **** you know the hell about
Brian
My take on it:
Wale has the delivery of a hood nigga but the prose of a....lyrical wizard for lack of a better word.
Cudi on the other hand is pretty fuggin sick with the freestyles and his songs are easy to relate to BUT his delivery is like none other. Absolutely no one can be compared to Cudi in terms of his delivery. He does that weird fuggin sing along-rap in between sorta thing.
If it were to come down to it...I think wale would annihilate cudi simply because wale is traditional in his style and he's good at it. Can you imagine Cudi trying to sing song his way through a diss?
cmoney
SIMPLE ASS RHYMES FOR A SIMPLE ASS RAPPER
aibee
you are an absolute moron. First of all, if you would have BOTHERED to listen to every single on of cudi's songs or wale's new mixtape, then they are not under performing at all. Apparently who ever is not on mtv's music videos is not a substantial artist to you. And instead of you complain about how crappy they are, why don't you write about the beef and quit being a judgemental idiot. Also, if you think they suck, why would you take what probably took you 2 weeks to write an article on them?
Ether
you ****** have you never listened to rap in your life?
CLAYFUN
Yo! All the kid cudi haters need to get their lives together... Kid cudi is one of the best right now because he's different! He got his own style, while Wale is nice but he's just another rapper.. Nothing Special... People are tired of hearing those "SIMPLE ASS RHYMES from those SIMPLE ASS RAPPERS" I don't think this beef is going to escalate tho cuz cudi isn't that type. (We're not in the 90s anymore! beefs got played out awhile ago!) I just think Wale is hating on Kid Cudi's success.
C-los
if any1 wants to hear a sick freestyle from kid cudi thn listen to him on tim westwoods radio show. he rips it frm start to finish.
Damien
kid cudi is a fake ass rapper, he is no type of wizard, wale isnt even good but wale can rap. lupe is the only wizard in the game
cudiisweak
kid cudi is in a different league than wale. fan of both, but cudi is better, hands down.
ratatatcudi
f cudi wale kills him lyricly ppl don't give wale his credit wale will kill cudi in a rap battle
Juan
THERE IS NO FU€KING WAY WALE COULD EVER!!! BE BETTER THEN CUDDER..... ever..... if you guys seriously think a song about Nike Boots is better than a song called Heart of a Lion or Scott Mescudi vs. The World or pretty much anything CuDi has ever rapped on you are a fu€kin idiot, CuDi has content and heart, so he did cocaine for a while. Dude was depressed he thought he found a way out and was wrong and got back to music, I have and respect for both artists but Wale is pretty fake, he's not on Cudi's level by ANY means, Wale will never fu€k with people like J. Cole, Asher, KiD CuDi, B.o.B, and Charles Hamilton.... Wale has NO message
I end my rant with the words of Immortal Technique
"so if your message ain't sh!t, fu€k the records you sold
cuz if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck
it just means that a million people are stupid as fu€k"
Austin
Kid cudi is a rapper?
LOL really? Wale is waay better than cudi is it rlly even something you need to think on....cudi thinks he is a Wizard, he iight but he aint nothing like hov and wale is Lyricist hands down
SMH@ chu
Ok everyone here is literally retarded. Kid Cudi does NOT do drugs anymore... in this exact interview he says so. And Wale is one of the best rappers alive. Cudi is a Wizard.... Wale is a wizard and for those saying Wale could kill Cudi in a freestyle, have you ever heard Cudi freestyle? He's a god. Wale is a monster to and I'd love for them to actually battle. Plus, this is kinda old so I doubt they still have beef, and if they do who cares? Sure Cudi doesn't rap all the time but he still has some of the best music out there. And Wale is too dope for radio and obviously some of you kids iPods.... They are both great and let them do they're own thing you haters.... Stop saying "I lost respect for Cudi because of this..." Because he's saying he's a wizard? You act like Michael Jordan said "Nah I'm not the best." When you're great, you should be able to say your great.
Sooooo hop off both of them please
Who cares
It is degrading to call kid cudi merely a rapper/song writer... The kid is a philosopher and a psychiatric genius. All his stuff is dope. Everything he spits is real. Definitely one of the best entertainers to pick up a mic
Brad jacob
counting creativity, meaningful lyrics, lyricial composition, and groove, cudi kills it. both are good though so why even compare? why cant they both be musicians and make music to listen to and you either dig that ish or not. its always gotta be one is better.
will daniels