Consequence and Talib Kweli got into a light beef online over the Kanye West controversy. Talib invited Consequence to be a guest on his podcast and his invitation was accepted.
“I’m down to do interviews because I feel clarity is needed to be conveyed thru productive communication in order to move forward, but n-ggaa, let’s not play no stupid games,” wrote Consequence.
He continued, “One minute, you Internet thuggin’, next minute, you want an interview. Come on, beloved, [Talib Kweli], what we doing? When I saw you with [Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle] you expressed that you wanted to put it to bed with Ye, so this feels like you trading integrity for clout. If you want me to do a sit down with you to be in the ‘hot seat,’ then call me like a real one. Either [Q-Tip, Khalil Moses, Chris Rock] or DJ Chicken Fingers got my math. Oh, that’s right, you think you DJ Chicken Fingers. Let me know what we doing. Queens get the money.”
Talib clapped back with an excerpt from Billboard magazine:
“‘Yasiin Bey Wears’ White Lies Matter’ Shirt Amid Kanye West Controversy. Yasiin Bey, best known as Mos Def, took to Instagram on Friday (Oct. 7) to share a photo in response to Kanye West wearing a ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt to his Yeezy Season 9 runway show during Paris Fashion Week. The Brooklyn native shared a photo of himself wearing a shirt that also read ‘White Lives Matter.’ However, the ‘v’ was faded, and the shirt read ‘White Lies Matter,'” the comment reads.
The back and forth continued with then emcees exchanging insults towards each other.