2011's Best Twitter Moments
Twitter has brought us several beautiful moments throughout the years. 2010 was responsible for giving us this timeless Lil B tweet and my personal favorite meme: Hurts When Breathe. As 2011 comes to an end, I wanted to go back and revisit some of my favorite Twitter moments.
Reminisce shall we?
Wale vs Kola Boof
Kola Boof, former mistress of famed terrorist Osama Bin-Laden, lashed out against Wale for his use of light skinned girls in his Pretty Girls video. She’d go so far as to call Wale a racial epithet.
Think about the IMAGES in Wale's videos....and then look at why Nigerian kids, both male & female, want to skin bleach. HIS VIDEOS!! partly
— Kola Boof (@KolaBoof) May 23, 2011
@Loyalitv WALE IS a fucking Nigger. That's what he is. And so are millions of other Self-hating Black Men. And I'm African Woman saying it
— Kola Boof (@KolaBoof) May 24, 2011
Wale would reply back to Kola in his typical passive aggressive nature by subtly bringing up her sexual promiscuity with the Al Qaeda leader
And @kolaboof thinks that because she contributed to writing a few books, that she can talk down to me. With all due respect ms....
— Wale Folarin (@Wale) May 23, 2011
@kolaboof I can sit up here and say you were porking terrorist...like a lot of your peers say. But I'd rather not, because I'm ignorant to..
— Wale Folarin (@Wale) May 23, 2011
@kolaboof whatever relationship you had with Ol' Boy. ..and my ignorance to THAT particular subject will keep me quiet. W/ that said u shd 2
— Wale Folarin (@Wale) May 23, 2011
It would go back and forth for the better part of two days before it eventually fizzled out. However, Wale got the last laugh when he spit the following on Uhhnnh (Full Version):
Touché, Wale.
Tyler and Frank Ocean vs Chris Brown
I loathe Chris Brown with every fiber and sinew in my body. He is a despicable human being who I will never support. With that said, he tried his best here, but picking a fight on Twitter with Odd Future is like trying to talk about racial equality with Das Racist… you’re just going to get laughed at and not really understand how bad you are actually losing. When Tyler the Creator breaks out the “soup” references I remember cracking a smile. Also, why is Game intervening here? Doesn’t his relevance depend on dissing people?
A month later some of Chris Brown’s cuzzos would chase down Frank Ocean (who is in a MUCH nicer car than theirs) and proceed to yell “Catch the fade” at him while navigating the streets of L.A. It’s so pathetic and makes Chris Brown look doubly stupid since these people are his family.
Frank would then put this final statement about the Twitter beef on his Tumblr (with accompanying video):
“i never went to anyone’s dance rehearsal looking for anyone. in fact, i didn’t even know you could find gangsters at dance rehearsals. but it’s resolved. all is seemingly well. this isn’t worth escalating any further. just had to put this on my timeline as a memorial of some of the weakest shit i’ve experienced in this business so far.”
Odd Future: 1
Chris Brown: -5
Tyrese and Pandora
One silly typo or dumb question… that’s all it takes for Twitter to ruin your digital existence. We all know and love Tyrese. We all secretly sing Sweet Lady while we are using our loofahs in the shower. Tyrese expresses his appreciation of a mysterious woman named “Pandora” who is always tweeting about his music, and exemplifies the cliche “Ignorance is bliss.”
Pandora.. Whoever you are!! Thank you!! I get tweets about you playing my music all the time!!
—Tyrese Gibson (@Tyrese) Aug 11, 2011
The “Pandora” person in question is, of course, the music site that allows you to create customized radio stations of your favorite artists and not a person. Shouts to Tyrese though… only dude who has ever done a song with 2Pac (Never Call U Bitch Again, Chingy (Pullin Me Back and Da Brat (What'Chu Like. His resume weighs a ton.
Rihanna vs Ciara
There aren’t many things better in the world than when two chicks go at it. However, it’s also equally as great when they just trash talk each other. Women are so underhanded and cruel when they get into arguments with other females. Plus, all the guys around the commotion are just praying that they fight and a titty pops out… sweet, sweet titties… Unfortunately, there were no titties that popped out in this altercation. Buuuuuutttttt after Ciara said some negative things about Rihanna’s attitude, the pop princess sent out some #SubTweets before telling Ciara that she ain’t buying her wolf tickets.
Perfection.
The Few Times Kanye West Tweeted
Kanye used to tweet ferociously… and it was all gold. From complaining about cherub imagery on his Persian rugs to having to worry about mysterious water bottles, Kanye West was an endless supply of humor. After Taylorgate he withdrew from social media platforms this year and only tweeted sparingly (usually to promote something). However, he still supplied us with a handful of quality West-isms in 2011.
Sometimes I fuk with my Timbs on
— Kanye West (@KanyeWest) Feb 1, 2011
I just threw some bassoon on this muthafucka
— Kanye West (@KanyeWest) Jan 23, 2011
This hotel room got the kid sized Patron bottles.. #Thepatronyougiveyokids
— Kanye West (@KanyeWest) Jan 20, 2011
Room service uuuuugh! I hate when I order fruit and I can taste the other food they cut with the same knife. Beef flavored pineapples
— Kanye West (@KanyeWest) Jan 16, 2011
Oh, and you can get this person to embroider your favorite Kanye tweets and hang them up in your house. I inquired if she could embroider ANY tweets (I’m trying to get Marc’s “The girl with the Drag-On tattoo” one done up properly). She said yes, but that she had a high demand and I would have to be placed on a waiting list. :( Still, this type of thing exists in the world.
Tyler and Lil Zane
I live for moments like this on Twitter: a perfect digital storm that brews and converges at just the right time with just the right people with just the right words being said…
That’s exactly what happened one fateful day in April when Tyler The Creator was doing his usual Twitter grandstanding with a string of Lil' Zane tweets (ex: Lil Zane climbed Mt. Everest — twice, Lil Zane beat Rihanna Chris Brown just took all the credit) resulted in Zane saying ‘what’s Gucci,’ an instant classic internet phrase, and then Lil Zane became a trending topic across the world. This is what Twitter was made for.
Honestly surprised Tyler isn’t too young to even remember Lil Zane
This encounter is without a doubt one of the best moments in the history of Twitter. After this, the value of a signed Lil Zane wave cap tripled.
