Is it expected of a hustler to be
paranoid? Are the actions stemming
from this paranoia warranted,
given the profession of the hustler
in question? Those are the two
questions I asked myself as I
pondered and pondered how to write
this article this, but let’s go back to
the beginning.
It’s early April and I’m searching
the entire universe for Ms. Hustle.
Disappointed in the results my
search, I turn to our trusted Editorin-Chief, RZilla:
Jon Rines: “Man, I can’t find
Hustle, yo!”
Zilla: “Man, you know where she
is!”
Just as my Spidey senses kicked in, I
run to Unbias Debate Group, and
there goes Ms. Hustle declaring to
the group that she’s the “New First
Lady of URL”, with what appears
to be a couple of side disses to NuNu
Nellz. I hop on the post, telling her
to answer the phone and she hits me
up.
From my understanding at this
point, Ms. Hustle has a lot of
arguments with battle rap fans
online, mostly ending in fans
attacking her looks. In my opinion,
Ms. Hustle is an attractive woman,
body and face. But I’ve always
wanted to know, why do fans come
at her the way they do?
Ms. Hustle: They be trying to
drag me in Unbias! [sic] (Hustle
laughs)
Jon Rines: I noticed. What’s that
about? I also couldn’t help but
notice you took a shot at someone
in particular?
Ms. Hustle: Uh huh! Uh huh!
Jon Rines: Let me guess, she has
red hair?
Ms. Hustle: Yes she does! Don’t
be running around talkin’ about
you the Princess of URL, you
this for URL. You ain’t s**t for
URL. You don’t even understand
f**king bars. She not princess of
s**t! You older than me; how you
Princess of anything? [sic]
For those that’ve been stuck under
a rock since last fall, NuNu Nellz
has become a marketing machine
for URL, as she has started at Battle
Rap Arena co-hosting the radio
show with Norbes and Jesse Rican.
I’m not sure where the animosity
or beef came from, but in Nellz’
latest interview with http://www.
hiphopisreal.com, she states that she
doesn’t have a beef or problem with
Ms. Hustle and wishes her the best.
Ms. Hustle seems to have proven
she is the First Lady of URL, with
her being pushed to their next big
event, N.O.M.E. 4, and Smack
even calling her the First Lady on
the BET Backroom cypher. She’s in
ms. hustle
MURDER SHE SPOKE
the studio with Cam’ron and Kid
Cupri, and it’s really hard to hear
anything about female battle rap
that doesn’t have her name attached.
But what of Jaz the Rapper?
Ms. Hustle: They tried to match
Jaz with me and it didn’t work and
that was my worst performance.
She still couldn’t beat me, so
there’s no question who the queen
is anymore!
I found it interesting that the night
of Summer Madness 3, people
tweeted that Ms. Hustle choked in
the first round, but they still said she
won the round. This makes the fact
that URL edited out the footage of
her choke work both against her in
some ways, as well as work for her in
others. It robbed the fans of making
their own predictions; some may
have still given her the round, even
with the choke. Nonetheless, she did
well enough to leave that night with
a new road mapped out for herself.
Outside of Summer Madness 3,
Hustle was primarily a Queen of
the Ring battle rapper, with one
matchup coming from URL, versus
E Hart. Queen of the Ring provides
a safety net, where there will be tons
of options with other highly talented
artists, such as 40 B.A.R.R.S.,
O’fficial and C3. The move to URL
is a great look, but makes fans worry
about other potential match-ups.
Jon Rines: You’re locked in this
year with Young Gattas and Lady
Luck right, but are you nervous
about potential match-ups after
those, with you being on URL?”
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