This is facts. And before Puff. Being a Playa Hater meant something a little different. It was about nikkas hating ur shine n shyt. Jealous nikkas. That shyt became an out for every criticism and shyt just went downhill.
right. I am younger (at 38!) so I don't even really remember a world before hater, but before a certain point around post 2000, it was "playa hater" as you said, and it was hating on someone just because they had a girl, had your girl, hated a "playa" for being a playa.
and then it became synonymous with "having an opinion", which does kind of suppress opinions and quality.
but as far as passing blame, Puff and Mase were def. using and saying player haters and using it that way. Not sure when it changed. pretty sure puff and mase taught me to not be a hater lol