Marlon Wayans calls for peace after fans in Canada began to brawl after Rick Ross walked off the stage to Kendrick Lamar’s diss track to Drake, “Not Like Us.”
After a video went viral of the incident, Marlon Wayans took to Instagram to warn people about history repeating itself. He mentioned that he’s seen how violence took out his friends The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, who were both killed in drive-by shootings.
“Dear Hip Hop. It’s all fun and games until people start getting hurt. Remember this, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF,” he wrote. “I knew Tupac, I knew Biggie. I partied with them, hung out with them, saw them both 20 minutes before they got shot. Violence is real. Everyone can be touched. Don’t entertain the devil. I love @champagnepapi love @richforever love @kendricklamar love @losangelesconfidentinal [The Game] and I say to all my brothers there’s enough for everyone to eat.”
He continued, “Y’all all need to what @realcolworld did. With peace, with love, with positivity. Life is short… even shorter if you spend your energy on breaking each other down instead of building each other up. Hate seeing any of our kings at war. We are too few. STOP! And I say this with love. Always OG MW.”
Wayans isn’t the only person to speak about the civil wars within hip-hop. Rapper Childish Gambino also spoke out against the Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s rap beef, which he explained that it isn’t fun anymore.
“I feel like there’s just people not having enough fun […] When I was a kid, there were big things that would unite us, and I just feel bad for y’all. This generation just does not get — y’all get, like, bad stuff. Everything that everybody can get in on is usually fucked up,” he said on TikTok Live. “Even this year, the most fun we’ve had was from a fight. A song from a fight, from a rap beef. Which I enjoyed every minute of. It was very fun. But still, kinda negative in a certain light, I guess.”
Rick Ross seemed fine and unbothered after the incident took place and went on his Instagram story to write, “Vancouver it was fun, till next time.”