2011′s Best Twitter Moments

December 14, 2011 7 comments

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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.

Wale would reply back to Kola in his typical passive aggressive nature by subtly bringing up her sexual promiscuity with the Al Qaeda leader

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 Bad Girls Club ft. J Cole:

It’s getting ugly in here, guess I Kola’d the Boof

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 breaks out the “soup” references I remember cracking a smile. Also, why is The Game intervening here? Doesn’t his relevance depend on dissing people?

Chris Brown vs Tyler & Frank Ocean Tweets

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.”

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 Tupac, Chingy and Da Brat. His resume weighs a ton.

Rihanna vs Ciara

There aren’t many things better in the world than when two chicks go at it. It’s also equally as entertaining when they 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.

Rihanna Ciara Twitter Beef

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.

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.

Kany West Embroidered Tweet

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… We originally posted this back in April when it happened. Marc’s post was so beautiful that I don’t have the heart to try and expound upon it:

This is great. Tyler The Creator was doing his usual Twitter grandstanding when 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 now Lil Zane is a trending topic across the world. I love the internet right now.

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.