2014-05-19

Welcome to #HipHopFanFic, where we take the biggest headlines in hip-hop and re-imagine how they went really down. This week we take a look at Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Raekwon’s recent beef and why the latter went on strike against his own group. Illustration by Jeremy Nguyen exclusively for WatchLOUD.com “YO, YOU HAVE THIRTY DAYS. U IN OR U OUT?” Raekwon read on his iPhone. He rolled his eyes. This was sooo typical RZA. Raekwon was pretty sure he got this news in a Google Alert before RZA even texted him about it. GZA totally sent Raekwon a YouTube video of an interview for that stupid Parkour movie and RZA said, verbatim: “Nah man I’m not gonna talk about that Raekwon shit except to say he’s an idiot and selfish and stupid and I can’t meet his outrageous demands.” What was so wrong with having snack-size bags of Doritos at the studio? Was that really so outrageous? RZA had to have it his way aallll the time: when it came to snacks, when it came to music, when it came to people’s feelings. He was a control freak. Raekwon had feelings, too, which RZA never noticed, because RZA’s entire world ...

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