It's Not Just Google: The Many Feuds of Rap Genius

Can we just decide not to feed these guys any more attention?

Rap Genius has always hung a lot of attitude on a really thin thread. Their product is not special or defensible. Their main claim to fame has to do with their winning a sizable investment and acting like jackasses in public.

Are they delivering anything of value that couldn't be better done on a wiki? No.

As near as I can tell, their main talent is hype; but hype without a product is like discount fireworks; a lot of noise and banging on, but all you're left with is a mess that someone has to clean up.

The real questions are: why have these scumbags been able to raise 15m? What kind of light is this shenanigan casting upon the whole startup scene?

On a side note: I can't help noticing that the author misspelled Berkshire Hathaway pretty badly and that somehow ruined the entire piece for me.

It is so scary to think what Google can do to your business in no time, from a successful website with lots of traffic into a website no one can find. This is why kids you should all try and play clean, wearing your white hat to work :)