LMAO - Guru got beef with Rocafella engineer...

[Leggy Hendrix]

Gimmel "Young Guru" Keaton, A&R for Roc-A-Fella Records, is regarded as one of the best engineers in the business, but he never thought that he'd be the subject of a friction in Hip-Hop.

However, rapper Guru of the legendary Gangstarr has taken exception to Keaton's moniker.

"There is no disrespect to [Guru]. I big up that dude and it's really not a problem," Keaton told AllHipHop.com. "I've spoke to a lot of people about it and they are like 'Leave it alone, but I just want duke to know that there ain't no animosity. I don't know where it's coming from. I been a fan since Gangstarr came out and that's what makes me what to reach out to duke and correct it. If it can't be corrected, then so be it."

Gangstarr's Guru is a rap veteran whose career stretches into the 1980's and he stated that alone is just cause for the younger guru to change his handle.

The first single off his upcoming album, Guru: Version 7.0, has harsh words for Keaton.

"When [his name] first caught our ears, we were like, 'Huh?' We tried to reach out and no one got back to us. Then we started seeing more and more articles on him. First of all, my name ain't up for sale. You are not going to write me out of history," Guru told MTV News. "You wouldn't hear anybody say 'Young Grandmaster Flash' or 'Young Kool Herc.' There's rules in hip-hop — that's what's being addressed in the song. It's as real as real can get."

Young Guru, who works behind the scenes with Freeway, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Juelz Santana, countered saying that he's simply a fan and isn't interested in any sort of rap beef.

"For the record, DJ Premier is my favorite producer of all-time and Gangstarr is one of my favorite groups. I don't have no problem with dude and I don't know where it came from. I just want people to know I've been DJing since '87 under that name," the Wilmington, Delaware native said. "I'm not a rapper. I'm not a threat to [Guru]. I'm just
an engineer. I really wish nobody knew my name."

Despite upcoming disses, Young Guru said that he's going to stand firm by his assertion that he's going to maintain his moniker.

"At the end of the day, I'm not going to change my name."

www.allhiphop.com

[::Mr. Hahn::]

I stand by Guru sides of course, cunt change ur name!

[Leggy Hendrix]

^^you really think its that serious that a fuckin studio engineer has a similar name to a rapper? imo guru is over-reacting slightly

[Minkaveli]

He should change it.  He has also been a DJ since 87 so he isn't really "young" is he?

[We Fly High]

haha the part where he was making the comments about "young kool herc" or "young grnadmast flash"... and how there was rules in hip hop.. that made me think about how bad kurupt and young assassins violate that rule. they straight up got like kurupt,baby kurupt, tiny kurupt, lil kurupt, baby tri, big tri, lil tri, like straight up Baby, tiny, lil for every name.

[J Bananas]

I think Guru's overreacting a little bit, sure no one has the name young kool herc but then again kool herc isnt a generic ass word like guru. Does he think that he was so creative with his name that no one else could possibly imagine a title like that?
I'm in school right now to become a recording engineer, I can't wait to start beefin with artists in a mid life crisis.

[Don Seer]

He should change it.  He has also been a DJ since 87 so he isn't really "young" is he?

so he should drop the young? haha

[SGV]

haha the part where he was making the comments about "young kool herc" or "young grnadmast flash"... and how there was rules in hip hop.. that made me think about how bad kurupt and young assassins violate that rule. they straight up got like kurupt,baby kurupt, tiny kurupt, lil kurupt, baby tri, big tri, lil tri, like straight up Baby, tiny, lil for every name.

Thats cuz they're trying to be like a gang. Big homies, Lil Homies, 2nd, 3rd Generations etc.

Guru needs to calm down, it ain't that serious. Young Guru is an Engineer.

[::Mr. Hahn::]

haha the part where he was making the comments about "young kool herc" or "young grnadmast flash"... and how there was rules in hip hop.. that made me think about how bad kurupt and young assassins violate that rule. they straight up got like kurupt,baby kurupt, tiny kurupt, lil kurupt, baby tri, big tri, lil tri, like straight up Baby, tiny, lil for every name.

lol

[T-Dub]

I get what he's saying but it's not that serious.  He's not the first in the industry to have somebody have a similar name

[The Watcher]

he should drop the young just to piss him off more

[BigBDrugStores]

He should change it.  He has also been a DJ since 87 so he isn't really "young" is he?

and lil kim is big

[[sepehr]]

Guru is being an asshat.

Has anyone even heard of "Young Guru"? ...didn't think so.

[BigBDrugStores]

^i heard of him, ever listend to a single jayz song. hes always talkin to guru

[::Mr. Hahn::]

same here, some DJ alwyas shouts "Young Guru" blah ablh