It’s sad how major labels manipulate their own artist. Label created beefs are lame.!

Charles Hamilton - Dummy (Soulja Boy Warning)

I really hate when labels try to use these manipulative musical soap operas for promotion. It would be one thing if these artificial beefs were clever and at the end of the day those involved looked at the camera like “Gotcha!”, unfortunately we’re not dealing with good writers here in the hip-hop industry.

This week two unlikely foes have engaged in another case of beef 2.0 by exchanging unpleasantries through blog posts, videos and Myspace bulletins. In one corner, you have a new artist by the name of Charles Hamilton (see Sonic the Hamilton is a Reminder of Why Hipster Rap Sucks). In the other corner, you have Soulja Boy, a Green Beret when it comes to online warfare.

So here’s their story in a nutshell. Hamilton goes on the radio and gets agitated (as many artists do) when confronted with the topic of Soulja Boy. He proceeds to throw a few jabs at the youngster and blames him for many of his own struggles, mostly his trouble being taken seriously by the music industry. Soulja Boy was quick to take notice of the statements made by Hamilton and on Tuesday afternoon the rapper released a video responding to Hamilton’s attack.

Soulja Boy Responds to Charles Hamilton (VIDEO)
^We all know the quality of his videos are always bunk. This is dumb!