So while the many Werz fights – including Alicia Keys vs. John Legend and Gladiators Knight vs. Patti Labelle – are lovefests, or even a passive-aggressive musical show down, this one was definitely hotter. Each man played 24 tracks, and while Gigi jumped into the hits of past hits like “Standing Obsession”, “Go Crazy” and “Air Force”, including several songs named after Gigi, he couldn’t stay away from pure poison. Pookie folk murder.
Tensions also increased between the songs, as the men compared longevity, real estate holdings, costumes and performance. “It was beautiful,” everyone sneered at different points.
On GC’s face, Gucci believers, in particular, sharply expressed their disagreements, the “truth”, hitting him harder, then the men repeatedly interrupted each other, as almost an argument ensued. “I told you to call me straight,” said Gucci. There is nothing we can do if it is not a street. If I can’t do ‘truth’, we can’t do it. GGA responded that he wanted to appear together “for culture”.
“I’m here to bring you here to take care of what the world is going through, because we are a culture,” GGA added, explaining. “Me and you. Where did we come from. What are we going through.” He then showed his influence in the shooting deaths of rappers like King Vaughan, Nipsi Hustle and Pop Pop Smoke before diving straight to another song.
But in a surprising turn, the flow ended on a note of compromise or at least good business. After GCA’s potentially inevitable introduction of “Icy”, each man danced happily and performed his verse in the distance, a joint appearance at a local nightclub, keeping in mind the Gucci mane ragging coronavirus. A new release was arranged for each rapper at midnight – the biggest hit mixtape for Gucci believers, a new album for Gigi – and the monsters were apparently excluded.
“Listen, all respect,” said Gucci Mane. “I commend you for throwing out the olive branch – I accept that. There is no disrespect. It’s all love.”
