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In early July, MJ's memorial service was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

More than 20,000 people attended the memorial service that day, including MJ's family, friends, partners, and hundreds of cultural and sports stars.

Including "Queen of Pop" Mariah Carey, black singer Lionel Richie, blind singer Stevie Wonder, movie star Brooke Shields, NBA star Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Madonna, Beyonce, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, etc.

The weather in Los Angeles was too hot that day, with local temperatures exceeding 34 degrees Celsius. In order to avoid fire, the funeral committee conducted a small-scale artificial rainfall before the memorial service began.

Link wore sunglasses and a dark suit and walked in the wet The square was filled with red, white and yellow flowers, like a sea of ​​flowers.

After Link arrived at the scene, he presented a bouquet of flowers in front of MJ's portrait and chatted with Kenny Ortega, the director of MJ's concert. When he was about to leave, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and others came towards him.

A group of black people, wearing black suits, looked black at a glance.

Not far away, Jay-Z, Kanye, Jamie Foxx and others stood in a group, looking over here.

"Link, how about we reconcile?"

Lil Wayne stepped forward and said.

"Oh, how to reconcile? "

Link stopped and looked at the few people quietly.

This week, "Forever" once again topped the rap charts, pushing "Lighters" to the second place.

Although the East Coast rap gang saved face with this song, it also received a lot of criticism, including from the media, peers in the rap industry, and fans who like rap music.

The New Yorker magazine criticized the East Coast rap gang led by "Jay-Z and Kanye" in the music review section last week, believing that they were too domineering.

In May, Link released his first rap single "I'm The One", which rushed to the top three in the first week and was about to rush to the top of the list. Kanye and T.I. released songs one after another, blocking the upward momentum of Link's new song.

Later, Link took a different approach and gained huge traffic and attention through sports games, making "I'm The One" One" rushed to the top of the rap chart, and there is a great chance to keep the top spot on the rap chart.

At this time, Jay-Z, the king of New York rap, released a new song, which was recommended by hundreds of people in the entertainment industry, and snatched Link's championship position in one fell swoop.

For this reason, Link Music had to announce a half-month delay in releasing the new song of its singer Bruno Mars.

But half a month later, when Link Music released its new single "Lighters", it was beaten up by East Coast rappers and failed to rush to the top of the rap chart.

Compared with the two newcomers Link and Mars, Jay-Z, Kanye and others are all top streamers in the rap world, and have many fans in the rap world. They joined forces to suppress several newcomers, and also used means such as pursuit, interception, and group fighting, which is not Fair competition.

Rolling Stone magazine commented that the East Coast rap team joined forces to suppress newcomers, which was too petty. They used unconventional operations to compete for the charts, and there was also suspicion that they treated the Billboard Rap Chart as their private territory, which was not worth promoting.

The New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers also reported the news of the East Coast rap team and Link Music competing for the charts.

They detailed the origin of the conflict between the two sides in the article, saying that it was a continuation and deterioration of the "Grammy Awards conflict."

The Chicago Tribune also specifically mentioned MJ in the report, saying that MJ had participated in mediating the conflict between the two sides and invited Link and Kanye to participate in his comeback concert. The two sides had briefly eased, but after Link released the rap song "I'm The One, and has the hope of getting the first place on the rap chart, the conflict between the two sides broke out again.

The Forum believes that Link's cross-genre entry into the rap field is the fuse that caused the conflict between the two sides.

However, the New York Post disagrees with this statement.

In a recent news report, the Post quoted an insider as saying that Link and Kanye reached a settlement with MJ's mediation during the rehearsal of MJ's concert. At the same time, Link also expressed his idea of ​​trying rap music to Kanye and others, and Kanye and others encouraged him.

It was only after Link invited Eminem to collaborate on the single "Lighters" that he was stopped by Lil Wayne and others. Eminem and Link successively withdrew from the recording of the single "Lighters" and handed the song to new singer Bruno Mars and Atlantic Records singer Little Bobby to complete.

The New York Post believes that East Coast rap has never thought of reconciling with Link, and they are trying to block a very talented new rapper Link Baker in the rap field.

The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers proposed a reconciliation between the two sides in their reports, especially when MJ passed away, it was very inappropriate to continue the conflict.

West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg also publicly mocked Jay-Z and others in an interview, saying that Jay-Z thought he was the boss of the New York music scene, was narrow-minded and could not tolerate others, and suggested that Billboard cancel the rap chart or change it to the East Coast Rap Self-Entertainment Chart.

Rap fans expressed disappointment with the East Coast rap's deliberate suppression of Link's music, especially fans who liked the two songs "I'm The One" and "Lighters", and posted comments online, saying that they would no longer buy any works of East Coast rappers.

Faced with doubts from all walks of life, it is impossible for East Coast rap to not feel the pressure.

This is probably one of the reasons why Lil Wayne and others took the initiative to propose reconciliation.

But Link didn't want to talk to Lille and 50 Cents.

Although these two people are also at the top of the rap industry, with total sales of rap albums ranking in the top 20, they are more than one position behind Jay-Z and Kanye in terms of strength and influence.

"Link, we have more fans. It will do you no good to continue to fight. I think you should understand this. As long as you admit that you are a fan of Jay-Z on Twitter, we will no longer compete with you for the list." , how about it, is this request very simple? "

Lil Wayne wears dreadlocks and has a large green tattoo on his neck and face. He puts his pockets in his pockets when he talks, and his posture is very casual, and he doesn't seem to have much sincerity.

Link glanced at him, smiled slightly, and continued walking forward.

"Hey, you haven't answered me yet."

Lil Wayne wanted to reach out and pull, but Link's bodyguards Bob and Wallace stepped in from behind, blocking the two of them, and put their hands into his pockets.

Seeing the two men showing signs of pulling out guns, Lil Wayne and others were startled and quickly backed away.

In fact, Bob and Wallace did not carry guns. To prevent accidents, the Los Angeles police would use metal detectors to check before entering the venue.

"Hey, man, I just want to talk to Link, nothing else. Link, what do you think of our proposal?"

Lil Wayne raised his hands, took two steps back and said.

"A great proposal, but my request is exactly the opposite. As long as Jay-Z and Kanye publicly express that they like my songs and are my fans, I promise to reconcile with you."

Link said as he paused.

"You want Jay-Z to admit that he is your fan? Are you crazy?"

Several people in Lille looked at him in shock and anger.

Jay-Z is the number one person in the rap music industry at this stage, with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars. It is absolutely impossible for Jay-Z to publicly admit that he is a fan of a small pop singer. Jay-Z will not do that kind of embarrassing thing. thing.

"This is my condition. It's up to you to decide whether to accept it or not."

Link shrugged and left the scene with Bob and Wallace.

"Link, you're going to regret this."

Lil Wayne snorted coldly and took people to report to Jay-Z.