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Jadakiss is not the first Black person to come under fire during a political season, as every election needs a token big, black boogeyman to scare white folks into voting. From Willie Horton in the 80's to Sister Souljah (who was dissed by the Democrats) in the 90's, politicians need a black scapegoat to lay the sins of society upon. This year's poster child just happens to be Jadakiss.
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In the early 2000s, Jadakiss was drawn into a beef with Roc-a-Fella Records artist Beanie Sigel when he made comments about artists from Sigel's hometown of Philadelphia. "Beans", as many refer to him, took exception to this and the two began trading disses, even getting the rest of the LOX and Jay-Z involved.
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Jadakiss of The Lox will have his day in court to stand trial on weapons charges. It seems doubtful he'll receive any punishment due to insufficient evidence, but when will people learn not to smoke weed while driving if you have weapons in the car?
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Jadakiss (born Jason Phillips) became a member of the Ruff Ryders in 1999. Five years earlier, he joined the Lox (who started their saga as a group called the Warlocks) and has remained a member of both groups since. The Lox gained national exposure in 1997 with their multi-platinum tribute to the Notorious B.I.G., "We'll Always Love Big Poppa." Jadakiss released his debut solo album, Kiss tha Game Goodbye, in August of 2001 on the Ruff Ryders/Interscope label. Three years later, second album Kiss of Death was released. ~ Kerry L. Smith, All Music Guide
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Kiss of Death is packed with enough variety to please die-hard Jadakiss fans and to invite newcomers to become acquainted with his sound as well. Jadakiss is no longer a brash emcee with far flung aspirations to Hip-Hop's throne, but a savvy veteran with legit claims to the crown. Produced by Havoc (Mobb Deep) and featuring soul crooner Anthony Hamilton, the retrospective song and single, "Why" is the album's most personal song. "It's just asking why to a lot of things I think a lot of people all over the world might want to know," says Jadakiss. "Kiss of Death" produced by Red Spyda is a verbal spitfest with Jada's ".38 revolver flow" anchored by industrial sized bass, distorted low end and a quick paced drum track. "Written in the Stars" finds Jada tag teaming apocalyptic horns and gut quivering bass with his LOX co-d, Styles P. Throughout the album, almost every rhyme is to be analyzed for fear of missing the punch line, whether subtle or blatant as on the Scott Storch produced "Times Up" featuring Nate Dogg, where he spits, "F--k riding the beat nigga, I parallel park on the track." Meanwhile, production from both neophyte and established producers including The Neptunes, and Kanye West, raise the album's temperature to the boiling point.
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In 2004, Jadakiss, along with Fat Joe, was featured in Ja Rule's "New York" anthem. In the song, Ja Rule took subliminal but obvious shots at 50 Cent. 50 Cent made a song called "Piggy Bank" in which he disses Fat Joe and Jadakiss for rapping on the song. In response, Jadakiss released the now infamous diss songs "Checkmate" and "Ms. Jackson" the latter being a recording over Outkast's "Ms. Jackson" instrumental, in which Jadakiss refers to 50 as a female. 50 Cent responded on "I Run NY", where he calls Jadakiss a disgruntled employee. He ... pokes fun at the fact that Jadakiss still does not own his publishing rights and purports that Jadakiss does not own his own jewlery.
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