Havoc Speaks On 2Pac's "Hit 'Em Up" Diss To Mobb Deep

Havoc says that 2Pac dissed Mobb Deep on “Hit ‘Em Up” over a perceived slight in one of the group’s lyrics. On an episode of Drink Champs, Havoc expressed what he believed the origins of 2pac’s beef against the legendary group were. “I believe it was a combo of things,” Havoc explained (around the 52:30 mark). "On ‘Survival of the Fittest,’ we [rapped], 'Thug life, we still livin’ it.' At the time, [2pac] had an article in Vibe magazine when he was like, ‘I don't want to do this thug shit anymore.' So he probably thought we were like, ‘Thug life, we still living it, fuck what he’s doin'.' It piled up on 'L.A., L.A.' and it was like, fuck these n****as. The “L.A., L.A.” that Havoc’s referring to is Capone and Noreaga's classic response track to Tha Dogg Pound and Snoop's “New York, New York." "L.A., L.A.," which featured Mobb Deep, brought its fair share of static to rappers from the West Coast, ultimately becoming one of the reasons that 2Pac brought the smoke for them on "Hit 'Em Up."Oh yeah, Mobb Deep, huh, you wanna fuck with us?/You lil' young-ass motherfuckers/Don't one of you n***as got sickle-cell or somethin?" said 2Pac on the legendary diss track. Though Mobb Deep would address 2Pac back on the song "Drop a Gem On ‘Em," Havoc explained that the track was pulled after the rapper's death around the time of its release.

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