Beef II(Film, 2004)

Beef II is a 2004 American documentary film and the sequel to the 2003 documentary Beef, which continued to document the history of rivalries in hip-hop and rap music. Like its prequel, the film was executive produced by Quincy Jones III (QD3), written by Peter Alton and Peter Spirer (who also directed), and was this time narrated by actor Keith David. Beef II shows a chronological look of battles (some friendly, but many personal), dating back to rap music's infancy in the early 1980s. Among the rivalries that were profiled, they include KRS-One vs. NellyRoxanne Shante and Marley Marl vs. U.T.F.O. (see The Roxanne Wars)LL Cool J vs. CanibusK-Solo vs. DMXCypress Hill vs. Ice Cube & Westside ConnectionD12 (minus Eminem) vs. one-time Detroit cross-town ally Royce da 5'9"EPMD partners Erick Sermon vs. Parrish Smith()