T.I. & Luda Settle Their Differences

Squashing beef? For what? Doesn't beef sell records? The answer to that may arguably be yes, it does, but truth be told, is that the one an entertainer would want his success measured? By the number of enemies he had?

Forget the menial rap beefs for just one second, and let's make history and get this money just like Jay-Z and Nas did in squelching their anamosity towards one another. With that beef behind us, now two of the other biggest names in hip-hop are following in their footsteps. Ludacris and T.I. seem to have kicked their storied rivalry to the side of the road, and are pearing on Luda's new record "Wish You Would."

On a verse on the song Luda raps: "Surprise, n---a. It was bound to happen sooner or later," starting the song. "They ain't ready for this," Tip chimes in. The duo speak about people trying to violate them, and why no one can put a dent in their success.

"Yeah, I went green and 26s on the hybrid/ Smoke so much green that I can't open up my eyelids," Luda slings in his first verse. "Wake up in London, go to sleep on Atlanta time/ Still, my paint got more candy than your valentine."

"I'm fly enough to fly away," Tip raps later. "Trouble, I don't shy away/ From it, I annihilate suckas in their driveway/ In church on Sunday morning, praying 'bout what happened Friday."

'Cris and Tip have had very competitive back-and-forth for the past few years, once even appearing on the same song (Young Buck's "Stomp") and dissing each other. Last year, Tip had a well-documented physical altercation with Luda's manager Chaka Zulu during one of the events surrounding the BET Awards. Surprisingly, a few days before T.I. got arrested late last year in Atlanta, he and Luda appeared onstage together in a club, and everything seemed all love. During a recent appearance on MTV Jams' "The Parker Report," Tip told host Erik Parker that he and 'Cris did indeed have a spirited hip-hop joust at times, but that it was no real beef.