never do to a musician: he broke one of
Noel's guitars.
That did it, Noel quit that night, and the
brothers have not been together since.
Morrissey vs. Robert Smith
Of all the things to fight about, you'd think
"Best Sad '80s Singer Guy" would bottom out
the list.
And yet, Robert Smith of the Cure and Morrissey
of The Smiths have been constantly swiping
at one another since the '80s.
It started when Morrissey was doing what he
did best: insulting people.
When asked during an interview who he'd shoot
with one bullet: Robert Smith or some other
guy, he answered "I'd line them up so that
one bullet penetrated both simultaneously—Robert
Smith is a whingebag."
"Ooooooh."
Smith has also called Morrissey "a precious,
miserable bastard … all the things people
think I am," and even
quipped,
"If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I'll
eat meat, that's how muchsurgical precision on 2001's "The
Takeover" that really set this lyrical death
match in motion.
The ball was in Nas' court, and Nas took the
ball, doused it in lighter fluid, and shot
it out of a cannon.
His "Ether" dropped a few months later and
was so devastating that the word "ether" has
become a shorthand term for having lyrically
destroyed your rival on a track.
Some fans thought it was over then and there,
but Jay decided to double down and get reckless.
He premiered "Supa Ugly" on Hot 97 FM and
explicitly referenced having hooked up with
the mother of Nas' daughter.
Jay's mother was so appalled that she urged
her son to apologize, which he later did.
Occasional shots were fired over the next
few years, until they performed on stage together
during Jay's "I Declare War" concert in 2005
and publicly quashed this