In 2008, rapper Young Buck chose to end his career after saying “f*** G-Unit” during a performance in Tampa, Fla. His boss at the time and leader of the rap group, 50 Cent, subsequently dropped Buck from G-Unit, a music label that the rapper was legally binded to prior to his statement on stage. Although 50 Cent exiled Buck from the group, he didn’t allow him out of his contractual obligations. Thus, this put an end to Buck’s career, by not allowing Young Buck to put out music.
In 2008, rapper Shawty Lo had a highly publicized spat with fellow ATL native T.I. The two went back and forth for several iterations, where Lo accused T.I. of not being from the Atlanta neighborhood of Bankhead, where both rappers claimed as their roots. Fans eventually sided with T.I. after the rapper recorded a music video in Bankhead’s Bowen Homes project which Lo claims he’s from. Lo’s career took a significant nose dive directly after the riff.
Keri Hilson took a subliminal jab at Beyoncé on her “Turning Me On” remix, and her music career has been almost been invisible since then.
In the song, Hilson said these lyrics, which many perceived that she was talking about Beyoncé.
“you can dance, she can sing but need to move it ‘TO THE LEFT'”
“you need to go have some babies, she needs to sit down she fadin”
Using Beyoncé’s “To The Left” lyric to possibly combat her could have contributed to the decline in Hilson’s music career.
