Foreign Policy blogger Marc Lynch caused a sensation with his essay on hip-hop and American hegemony, using Jay-Z as a stand-in for the United States. Lynch likened The Game, who is currently beefing with Jigga, to a rogue state like North Korea or Iran. Last night on his twitter feed, Lynch linked to a story that suggested the Game really didn't like that:
In a recent Foreign Policy article, George Washington University Professor Marc Lynch, likened the feud to the battle of global hegemony -- with Jay Z in the role of the United States, and The Game as the "erratic wildcard": Iran and North Korea.
The Game asks for an explanation of why that's not a favourable comparison, before likening Lynch to Greenland -- isolated from the top writers in the world -- and Jay Z to Iceland "coz he's gone cold".
Not a bad comeback for someone who didn't actually read the piece. As Lynch points out though, in hip-hop, as in foreign affairs, getting dissed means you're tight enough to be acknowledged. So it's sort of a compliment.For some reason though, I find myself wanting to say, "Damn Marc, you gonna let The Game diss you like that?"
-- A. Serwer
