Music’s Fiercest Feuds and Beefs (VIII)

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楼主 (文学城)

From classic-rock squabbles to hip-hop diss tracks and social media wars, here are the ridiculous, rancorous conflicts that have held us rapt.

Rolling Stone     Jordan Runtagh

Creative differences, financial disputes, drug abuse, love triangles – in the music industry, the opportunities to butt heads are basically limitless. The bigger the star, the bigger the ego, and when two tangle, you get a supernova of spite and bile that holds the world in rapture, turning mature adults into spit-flecked children chanting “Fight, fight, fight!” in a circle at recess.

Pick a side, or simply spectate. No judgment.

Mariah Carey vs. Jennifer Lopez

Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez. Photos by Richard Corkery / NY Daily News Archive, Justin Goff UK Press via Getty.

When the tables were turned, Mimi was just as a brutal to the new diva on the block as Houston had been to her. During an interview with a German television network in 2000, when asked about J.Lo, she uttered the most effective four-word shutdown in history: “I don’t know her.” A master class in shade, the clip has since become deeply embedded in the DNA of Internet culture.

The feud’s origins remain a mystery, but Andy Cohen interrogated Lopez about it during a 2014 episode of Watch What Happens Live exchange. “I don’t have a feud against her at all. I know from back in the day that she’s said things about me that were not the greatest, but we have never met,” she said. “We don’t know each other. I think it’s kind of like from word of mouth or things that have happened in the past that I’m not really aware of, but I don’t know.” She then raised an olive branch, saying, “I would love to meet her and I would love to be friends with her. I think she’s incredibly talented and I’ve always been a fan of hers. ‘My All’ is one of my favorite songs of all time. It saddens me to hear anything that’s negative because I’m a fan.”

Some questioned Lopez’s sincerity in May 2015 at the Billboard Music Awards when, during Carey’s performance of “Infinity,” she was seen scrolling through her phone, seemingly ignoring the show. “I watched most of it,” she insisted during another appearance on WWHL in February 2016. “I may have looked down for one second and people were like, ‘Look at her! Look at her!'”

Lopez’s diplomacy faltered weeks later on The Wendy Williams Show, when the infamous “I don’t know her” comment was mentioned. “She does say that. She’s forgetful, I guess! We’ve met many times.” Carey, for one, didn’t deny it. “You know what? I’m very forgetful. Apparently I’m forgetful because I don’t remember the fact that it was just like, ‘Hi, I’m so and so,'” she later said.

Even after the better part of two decades, during which time Lopez has become a bona fide ubiquitous star in music, film and TV, Carey’s story didn’t change. When TMZ asked for her thoughts on J.Lo in 2016, her answer was the same: “I still don’t know her!”

妖妖灵
累坏我了。先在沙发上休息一会。等有时间来读
欲借嵯峨
凯利唱歌水平远高于JLo, 一般认为JLo是好莱坞最overrated 的女歌手, 结婚离婚走马灯似的, 不知这次和本

能坚持多久

移花接木
thanks God, it's Monday.........
移花接木
那为什么还要结婚?
一荷
好女人想叛逆,坏女人想从良呗
妖妖灵
raised an olive branch:抛出橄榄枝。falter:摇摇欲坠。她们俩也谁都不认识谁:)
妖妖灵
Happy Monday~:)
移花接木
惠特尼休斯敦已经走了,凯利现在根本唱不声了,JLO也会被后来人拍倒,不承认岁月不行
r
renqiulan
There's always some gossip fodder about pop divas.
移花接木
more to come
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renqiulan
No business is quite like show business.
天边一片白云
似乎这一对吵得还算文明的。"I don't know" is good answer for many question
移花接木
有时候忽视的伤害比仇恨还厉害,仇恨起码在心里占有一定地位,忽视就表示对方根本不值得一文,当然

她两都是外强中干,装的,

妖妖灵
我不觉得。仇恨,会产生出负面的东西,比如报复,枪杀。忽视是当作空气,心里反而轻松。