LL Cool J has admitted to his part in the Canibus beef…saying it was actually more his fault than the then rising-rapper.
“With him, I think it was more my fault because I could have addressed him a little differently. He wanted to get a tattoo like mine. I could have said, ‘Good luck with that,’ but I didn’t understand that path at that time,” he told Gillie Da Kid and Wallo.
LL Cool J took offense when Canibus rapped, “Yo L, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that,” on LL’s track, “4,3,2,1.”
The beef between them got so bad, that it basically ended Canibus’ career.
“I wasn’t there yet mentally so I was like, ‘The f-ck you mean you gonna get something like me?’ That sh-t sounded crazy to me at that time. My brain was not developed, I was not developed like that…Now I understand it was a compliment, he was just showing love and, you know, admiration. That’s why I don’t go at him now or try to hurt these dudes. I’m not gonna play that.”
