Ever since it was announced that Tyga was signed to Decaydance Records, people on the Internet have been pretty vocal about how much they don't like him. The usual jabs -- it's bad rap, they could do better, he'd never be signed to the label if he wasn't Travis McCoy's cousin and Gym Class Heroes didn't become huge last year... standard issue Internet stuff.
Apparently, Travis McCoy just discovered the simplest truth in the world: people use the Internet to bitch about things. As such, he took the opportunity to put out a well-planned, articulate statement on how cruel people can be, coming to the defense of his cousin. Just kidding -- he unleased a vitriolic rant that borders somewhere between "okay, this dude is pissed" and "this dude should have taken a few breaths before hitting "publish," and figured out how to turn off his CAPS LOCK KEY."
I've pulled the full thing off his blog for your reading pleasure:
Now usually i don’t do this but i feel compelled to offer my 2 cents, i’ve seen alot of internet TYGA bashing, i personally laugh the shit off, but on some real real shit, ask yourself this question before you post your next messageboard rant under some silly ” cryptic-lyric-reference” psuedonym, Really, go into the bathroom, where you’ll find good lighting and a nice little ego killer we like to call a mirror, stare deep into your own eyes, and say OUT LOUD, these 5 simple words, “WHY AM I NOT SUCCESSFUL?????”, if an answer doesn’t come to you right away, i have one that may apply…I SPEND ENTIRELY TOO MUCH TIME WORRIED ABOUT OTHER MOTHERFUCKERS INSTEAD OF AT LEAST ATTEMPTING TO DO SOMETHING COMPARABLE OR BETTER THAN WHAT MAKES ME SO ANGRY AND CONSUMES MOST OF MY TIME BY FORCING ME TO SHARE MY ANGER AND ANIMOSITY WITH THE WORLD IN FALLACIOUS, DEPLORABLE AND ESOTORIC BLABS ABOUT SAID MOTHERFUCKERS WHO ARE DOING WHAT THEY LOVE WITH PASSION THUS MAKING THEM SUCCESSFUL AND ME AN ASSHOLE……but I digress, I just spent 7 minutes of my life doing what YOU do for hours and honeslty, i understand why you do what you do, IT FEELS SO FUCKING GOOD, but you know what else feels good??? Knowing that I do what i love to do everyday and i’m paying my rent with passion instead of clocking in to a job i loathe, that feels GREAT!! So, Tyga’s my cousin,AWESOME!! SO, you think your a better rapper, GREAT!! So. he’s on a label you think you are more worthy of being signed to, FABULOUS! So, I stooped to your level by writing this, AMAZING!!! I’ve a suggestion…SEND ME YOUR DEMO!!! LET ME HEAR WHAT YOU’VE BEEN RECORDING LATELY,PLEASE!! NO, better yet just stick to doing what you do oh so well, HATING!! What you don’t realize is that it’s the greatest form of flattery…..I’m Blushing. OH, and TY wanted to say THANKS FOR LISTENING!! DECAYDANCE/BATSQUAD is a MOVEMENT, WE SHAT ON 07’..08’ is gonna be GREAT, imagine 2011…….marin(h)ate on that. I have fun stuff to do. bye bye..
It's nice to see that Travis is so level-headed, cool, and most of all, humble.
I guess, since we're dealing with the random rappers that have somehow become a part of this here culture, this is officially classified as beef. Travis McCoy has beef with... well, everyone.
Now, seeing as I honestly had never heard this here Tyga, I decided to check out his MySpace, which mercifully only has one song. I can't say I made it through the whole thing -- I am but a woman and I am not made of steel -- but I find it hard to believe this is good rap. In fairness, I don't have any rapologists on hand to ask if it is actually as bad as I think it is, and I generally try not to "review" music I know nothing about.
As such, you can listen to it here, but do so at your own risk. I'm picking sides here, and I'm with the Internet on the whole.
