King Sun never hit it big with mainstream hip hop listeners but certainly developed a cult following amongst east-coat hip hop purists. He definitely got respect in New York and initially helped Ice Cube avoid getting snuffed out by Above The Law and their crew at the New Music Seminar in 1992. From that point on, Cube and Sun were pretty tight and when King Sun was released by Priority from his deal around 1992, both rappers kept in touch and would play each other shit they were working on. So legend has it that they were cool until Cube's Predator LP comes out. Apparently, Cube's single "Wicked" bared quite a resemblance to a track King Sun had played him earlier. Sun-Dulah was not a happy camper. From this point on, he hated Cube and even went to one of Cube's New York shows, grabbed the mic, and told Cube he was gonna fuck him up. Apparently, Cube didn't back down but club security wasn't having any part of it and the show was shut down. Shortly after the beef was deaded when Sun, a devout 5%er, met up with Shorty from Da Lench Mob and decided to let the shit slide on the strength of both of their Nation Of Islam ties. Most of the story is documented in King Sun's "Suck No Dick" track from 1994's Strictly Ghetto EP. An excerpt from the third verse...
"But yo, check it
This is from your peoples on the East Coast
Ice Cube, you on the tube playin all high post
But when you was in some beef, I was there to help
Then when I needed help, I had to help my damn self
This is for the record, yo, but off the books
I hit you with my demo, when you crooked my hook
Yo, that's wicked, I kicked it and pursued Uptown
When the 'boys in the hood' 'trespass', we beat em down
Check your neck while I flex some New York slang
Niggas don't really be true to the game
But what's so hard about puttin me on
Yo, 'today was a good day' for O'Shea, and not Sun Born
Now I know how you're livin, punk
On the East Coast you got beef in the Bronx
So when you come to New York, you best to roll thick
And don't be tryina suck Zulu Nation dick
Yo, half the rappers in New York went soft
Sweatin niggas from Cali is how New York fell off
Get your best MC, I dust him off right quick
Cause real niggas in the Bronx don't suck no dick"
This wouldn't be the last time Cube had a fall-out with a former friend over biting people's shit. Cube and Cypress Hill were actually quite cool in the early 90s. Cube appeared in Cypress Hil's "How I Could Just Kill A Man" video, and B-Real returned the favor appearing in Da Lench Mob's "Ain't Got No Class" video. Fast forward to 1995, Cube is filming Friday and Cypress Hill is working on III: Temples of Boom. Cube loved the lead single, "Throw Your Set In The Air", and wanted to use it for the Friday soundtrack. When Cypress refused, Cube recorded "Friday". Cypress Hill felt that "Friday"'s hook was a little too similar to theirs, however, and were rightfully pissed. They, in turn, recorded "No Rest For The Wicked", an Ice Cube diss track. This was followed by Westside Connection's "King of the Hill" and "Cross 'Em Out and Put a K". Those were then followed by Cypress Hill's "Ice Cube Killa." Due to his allegiances with both Ice Cube and Cypress Hill, WC of Westside Connection did not partake in the war of words. The beef my have reached it's highest point when one of Ice Cube's cousin and former artists, Kam's boy, upset with Cube, hit him up and snatched his Westside Connection chain. Kam spoke about the beef and the incident on his "Whoop, Whoop" single. Eventually the chain ended up in B-Real's hands as he posed for several pictures with the chain. Despite all of this ugliness, the beef was deaded in 1998 and shortly after both appeared on Shaquille O'Neal's "Steel" record from the movie's soundtrack together.
King Sun- "Suck No Dick"
King Sun putting Cube in his place.
BONUS
Kam- "Whoop, Whoop"
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