Freddie Gibbs came at Azealia Banks on social media, this weekend, in response to her recent comments on D.C. Young Fly and his late partner, Jacky Oh. In doing so, Gibbs reposted a diss track in which comedian Dray George labels Banks a “vibranium head bitch.”
“Bitch, did you just compare your birthday to the age in which this man’s wife deceased?” Dray George begins in his clip. “You disrespect — go to the next slide! I’m about to disrespect the hell out of you with a song!”
BERLIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 01: American rapper Freddie Gibbs performs live on stage during a concert at the Astra on November 1, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns)
“I love comedy & u came for my boy @dcyoungfly at the wrong time @azealiabanksforever,” Dray George captioned the post. “You tried to capitalize and get some clout off a grieving family, so now it’s My turn in the studio. You still mad about some sh*t that happen 4 years ago, THAT U WENT ON… Ain’t nobody force u to go up there, @mtvwildnout is the wrong place to show if you don’t have thick skin… but disrespecting this man at a time like this over a joke, 4 YEARS AGO, Yeaah … @mercedesbenz need to hit ya DM shawty.” Gibbs later shared the post on Twitter, adding in the caption, “Vibranium head bitch,” with a laughing emoji.
As for Banks’ initial comments, she criticized D.C. Young Fly while implying that Jacky’s death was karmic. She wrote on Instagram: “Damn DC Young Fly spent years disguising his own deeply rooted hatred of self as joke’s pointed at women’s beauty, projecting his own ugliness unto women perfectly secure in their own skin. Say what you want about my tears. They were pure tears of rage and not at all a sign of weakness. Because in the end… I won. I’m happy I cried and moved on. That Jackie o girl must have been so deeply insecure about herself. And the nerve of DC to call such a gorgeous woman as Azealia Banks ugly on National television while a bunch of Black people laughed. And ironically, Dead at 32 exactly on my 32nd birthday May 31st, 2023, in Miami FL. You n****s are going to learn to stop fucking with me.” The comments were met with plenty of backlash.
Tyler, The Creator dropped Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale at the end of March. The Estate Sale serves as a post-album EP to Tyler’s 2021 Call Me If You Get Lost, which spent one week at #1 in July 2021. The Estate Sale adds a bunch of new tracks to the well-received album but “Stuntman” has had fans speculating ever since it was released.
“Stuntman”‘s last verse in particular has gotten a lot of attention. Many fans believe that the lengthy verse, performed alongside DJ Drama, is a direct call-out of Kanye West. References to meds, hoes, and hypocrisy all helped build to the conclusion that verse was a subtle diss of Ye.
“Stuntman” Verse Not About Kanye
Appearing on RapRadar, the rapper hit back at these claims. “I’ve seen fans saying on the last verse of ‘Stuntman,’ people were like, ‘Oh, he’s talking about Kanye!’” he said. “And I’m like, ‘You guys are fucking stupid and have terrible comprehension skills.’ I would never disrespect — like, no, I love that n-gga. That is not about him. It’s actually about the rest of the world. “When I say, ‘Wipe your feet on that door mat before you speak.’ Again, people just being hypocrites. And I say, ‘How you tell us that you real but you stay off the meds.’ By ‘stay off the meds’ I mean people be out here on every drug in the world talking about they a real n-gga and they one hundred. And it’s like, ‘That’s a lie. You’re drugged up right now. You sound stupid.’
“And then I say, ‘How you call that girl a ho but got 10 baby mommas.’ I hate the double standard people have on grown women having sex and being a fucking adult, that shit is weird. And n-ggas be out here having kids that they don’t even take care of and fucking everything, but have the nerve to call someone a [ho]. N-ggas sound stupid. In fact, Tyler breaks down every single line of the verse to explain how literally none of it is about Kanye. The full clip is well worth a watch.
Ebro Darden says that Drake’s loss during his feud with Pusha T permanently damaged his legacy as one of the all-time greats. The radio host shared his opinion on Twitter while marking the five-year anniversary of “The Story Of Adidon.” On the iconic diss track, Pusha revealed that Drake has a son named Adonis.
“Major L … shifted the universe,” Ebro wrote in his post. “Put a ceiling on Drake’s legend.” Fans took both sides of the argument in Ebro’s replies. One agreed: “Drake should have responded…He needed to respond the way he always used to, similar to the way he responded to Meek and others. He low key folded in one of the biggest moments and as a Drake fan it’s a tough pill to swallow but it’s true.”
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 03: Ebro Darden speaks during Zedd Presents WELCOME! – Fundraising Concert Benefiting The ACLU – Show at Staples Center on April 3, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images)
Others argued that Drake’s success far outweighs the loss of one battle. “Push obviously crushed him on wax, but his legend? Drake has put out 4-5 albums since then and still came out #1 on charts and people still listening,” another user wrote. “Push on the other hand dropped a couple and they’re never in rotation tbh. Push is a legend but this isn’t true.”
Pusha T dropped “The Story of Adidon” back in May 2018 in response to Drake’s diss track, “Duppy Freestyle.” The song reuses the instrumental track from Jay-Z’s “The Story of O.J.” Drake later officially confirmed he had a son on his album, Scorpion.
After the release of “The Story of Adidon,” Drake appeared on LeBron James’ series, The Shop, and said that Pusha T went too far. “Wishing death upon my friend who has MS … I study rap battles for a living,” he said. “When you mention defenseless people who are sick in the hospital, who have passed away, I just believe that there’s a price you have to pay for that. It’s over! Someone’s gonna fucking punch you in the fucking face. The shit’s done, the event’s over.”
Snoop Dogg agreed with Ice Cube’s recent take that “No Vaseline” is the greatest diss song of all time. When Cube fired off the take during an appearance on the Earn Your Leisure podcast, Snoop shared his agreement on social media.
“Hands down he does,” Snoop wrote. “Nothing comes close.” DJ Tony Neal of the Core DJs collective also agreed: “Nothing close except for ‘Hit ‘Em Up.’” Even Ice Cube admitted that “Hit ‘Em Up” is among the greatest of all time during his original comments.
INDIO, CA – APRIL 16: Rappers Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)
The legendary N.W.A. rapper initially said on the podcast that “No Vaseline” is “the top battle song ever” and “it’s not even close.” Although, he did note songs by 2Pac, Nas, Boogie Down Productions, and Kool Moe Dee. “I mean, I would go with, you know, ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ is a good one,” he said. “‘Ether’ is dope. I would go with ‘The Bridge Is Over,’ and I don’t know, I think I gotta go with ‘Let’s Go.’”
Ice Cube dropped “No Vaseline” back in 1991 amid a feud with his former group, N.W.A. With the lyrics, he targets his ex-bandmates as well as their manager, Jerry Heller.
Cube previously discussed the making of “No Vaseline” during an interview on The Breakfast Club in 2014, as noted by HipHopDX. He recalled N.W.A. taking the first shots. “So, for them to diss me on they EP, 100 Miles and Runnin’, I kinda threw a little jab with ‘Jackin for Beats’ at the end,” he explained. “And then they came with another couple of little disses. I said, ‘Okay, man, I’m tired of this. I’ma end this real quick. We gon’ set it all the way off.’ So that’s when I wrote ‘No Vaseline,’ recorded it. I put it on that ‘Cinderfella’ track, that Dana Dane track… we flipped it and it became a smash.”
According to former N.W.A. frontman Ice Cube, he has the best diss track ever in the history of Hip Hop.
In a recent interview n Earn Your Leisure, Cube was asked to name his top five diss tracks, and he wasted no time mentioning “No Vaseline,” which he called “the top battle song ever” and that “it’s not even close.” He mentioned his other four diss tracks, which were made by Kool Moe Dee, BDP, Nas, and 2Pac.
“I mean, I would go with, you know, ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ is a good one,” he said. “‘Ether’ is dope. I would go with ‘The Bridge Is Over,’ and I don’t know, I think I gotta go with ‘Let’s Go.’”
Released in 1991, “No Vaseline” appeared on Ice Cube’s second solo album Death Certificate. Dr. Dre left N.W.A shortly after its release, leading to N.W.A.’s disbandment.
Rap beefs have always been a significant conversation starter in hip hop culture. The causes and seriousness of rap beefs can differ depending on the situation. The nature of the tension arrives in the form of diss tracks, social media disses, or real-life altercations. Many of the high-profile feuds between rappers have ended, leading to reconciliation or artists making a song together.
This is a list of rap beefs that have ended. The nature of each of these situations is drastically different as some were shortly-lived compared to others which took longer to conclude. Some feuds between rappers resulted in more diss tracks, while others were real-life disagreements. These now-over beefs are not listed in any particular order. Take a look at the list below.
JAY-Z & Nas
One of hip hop’s most famous rap beefs is the one between JAY-Z and Nas. Their history runs deep as Jay sampled Nas’s voice for “Dead Presidents II” in 1996. JAY-Z dissed Nas on the track “Takeover” in 2001, which led to Nas releasing the legendary “Ether.” Both of these songs, as well as Jay’s “Super Ugly” response track, were so disrespectful that the winner of their beef is still disputed to this day. Their beef officially ended in 2005 when they performed together in New Jersey. They even joke with each other about their once-serious feud. Since their beef ended, JAY-Z and Nas have collaborated on several tracks, including “Success,” “Black Republicans,” “BBC,” and “Sorry Not Sorry.” Jay also brought out Nas during his B-Sides concert.
Drake & Meek Mill
The beef between Drake and Meek Mill started in 2015 following the release of their song “R.I.C.O.” They had also previously worked together on “Amen” in 2012. In 2015, Meek Mill made the accusation that Drake did not write his own lyrics. This led to the leak of reference tracks of Drake songs performed by Quentin Miller. Drake first hit back with “Charged Up” and then immediately struck Meek with “Back To Back,” with fans declaring Drake the winner upon impact. Meek released a diss that was not well received, which led to another round of sneak disses. The two ended their beef in 2018 and released their collaborative hit single, “Going Bad.”
Chip & Bugzy Malone
Chip and Bugzy Malone’s beef has to hold some sort of record for most diss tracks in one rivalry. The beef started in 2015 via radio freestyles, which escalated to a whopping total of 14 diss tracks between the two. They would out-disrespect each other by filming videos in each other’s hometowns and releasing flagrant disses. While neither of them backed down from a challenge, it was Chip who was the most relentless and warned the scene that he “can’t run out of bars.” It solidified Chip as one of the best in the Grime scene. The beef between Bugzy Malone and Chip officially ended years later in 2021 when the two posed together on Instagram and lent features to each other’s albums. Chip appeared on Bugzy’s “Notorious,” while Bugzy featured on Chip’s “Grown Flex.” Their beef was a legendary time in grime and UK rap culture.
In 2016, Griselda was a unified front consisting of members Westside Gunn, Conway, and Mach-Hommy. They released the Don’t Get Scared Now EP that year, while Mach also appeared on Westside’s classic debut, Flygod. The origins of their disagreements are quite vague, but Mach-Hommy ended up splitting off from Griselda around 2017 following their song “Macho On Coke.” Mach built a prolific career alongside Tha God Fahim and Your Old Droog, while Westside Gunn grew the Griselda brand and audience exponentially during the following years.
There were few exchanges between the two in the music or on social media besides Westside’s jab at Mach and Fahim on 2018’s “Easter Gunday 3.” The two eventually reconciled in 2021. Westside Gunn ended up executive producing Mach-Hommy’s Pray For Haiti album, which was released under the Griselda Records label. Mach also featured on Westside’s Hitler Wears Hermes 8 album.
The beef between Logic and Joyner Lucas started in 2016 when they both appeared on Tech N9ne’s “Sriracha,” and Logic did not perform the expected chopper flow. Joyner expressed frustration towards Logic’s titling of his “1-800-273-8255” song about suicide. He alleged that Logic had copied his 508-507-2209 album title, which also had a song about suicide. The beef was primarily one-sided until Logic subliminally addressed Joyner on “Yuck” in 2018. The two reconciled in 2019 when Logic featured on Joyner’s song “Isis.”
Perhaps hip hop’s most vicious beef, the situation between Gucci Mane and Jeezy was quite serious. Originating back to their hit collaboration, 2005’s “Icy,” the beef escalated both in musical form and real life. Diss tracks were released, bounties were placed on each other, chains were snatched, and Gucci even killed one of Jeezy’s affiliates. Gucci Mane’s “Truth” diss track remains among hip hop’s meanest disses. The feud was one of the most severe and long-standing rap beefs. They attempted to squash their beef multiple times but officially buried the hatchet during their 2020 Verzuz battle, performing “Icy” together. They have also toured together since.
Freddie Gibbs started his career under Jeezy’s CTE label and had a falling out before Freddie went independent and started building his momentum. Since then, Freddie had voiced his beef with Jeezy quite directly on the 2014 song “Real,” one of hip hop’s most cutthroat diss tracks ever. Freddie addressed the beef primarily as he continued to diss Jeezy publicly during the following years. They squashed their beef last year when they ran into each other at an airport. Freddie also apologized to Jeezy and showed his gratitude on the song “Rabbit Vision.”
Cam’ron & Mase
Cam’ron and Mase have had a complicated relationship. The two were childhood friends and worked together in their rap careers. They were in a group called Children of the Corn together, and they featured on each other’s tracks when they achieved mainstream success. Since 1999, Cam’ron and Mase beefed with each other publicly, inside and outside of music. Their beef peaked in 2017 when they exchanged diss tracks towards each other. Since then, Mase and Cam’ron have reconciled, and together, they host a sports talk show called It is What It is. They even recently appeared on a song together with Jadakiss.
Machine Gun Kelly has been relatively quiet in the first half of 2023, mostly making headlines due to the near end of his relationship with Megan Fox. As you may recall, the engaged lovers found their romance going up in flames during Super Bowl weekend, at which time the actress shared a telling Instagram post that immediately caused cheating rumours to fly. After weeks of turmoil and therapy (plus a trip to Hawaii), they’re apparently back in a good place. Photos from a PDA-filled trip to the beach previously backed these claims up, allowing fans – and the couple – to move on from living in limbo.
It seems Colson Baker has since turned his energy back into his music, potentially crafting a follow-up to 2022’s mainstream sellout. While he certainly has many inspirations when it comes to writing songs, the father of one took a special interest in Jack Harlow’s new Jackman album when penning his latest cypher. MGK shared a video of him performing at his house on Saturday (May 6), not-so-subtly dissing the Kentucky native over some braggadocious claims he made about being the “hardest white boy” since Eminem on his “They Don’t Love It” track.
“Never been afraid to say what’s on my mind at any given time of day ,” The Dirt actor wrote in his caption. “New cypher out now.” As he raps, Kelly reminds listeners, “I’m the shit when I sit, stand, talk, walk, rap, sing / My mouth sewage,” before leaning into his spiritual side with bars like “I’m cross-legged in my sanctuary / Like a Buddhist / I’m cross-eyed from this weed I’m smokin’ / That’s colour blue-ish.”
His obvious diss aimed at Harlow comes later on when he spits, “I’m a Great White / I could eat these Barracudas,” followed by “I see why they call you Jackman / You jacked man’s whole swag / Give Drake his flow back, man.” If you haven’t already heard the Come Home The Kids Miss You artist’s original bars that sparked Machine Gun Kelly’s diss, check them out along with the “They Don’t Love It” visual below. Afterward, tell us your thoughts on the older lyricist’s new cypher in the comments.
Revisit Jack Harlow’s Eminem Comparison on “They Don’t Love It”
Lil Yachty was recently on Kai Cenat’s stream, where the two talked about a lot of different topics, some funnier than others. For example, the Let’s Start Here artist complained about Drake’s “annoying” toilets that apparently play a Tupac song whenever you open one. However, Lil Boat also took the chance to stroll down memory lane for a second, and remembered when DDG dissed him on the track “Big Boat.” Moreover, he also explained that he said he didn’t know who the YouTube rap star was (which prompted the diss) because he already knew of a group at his high school that went by the same name.
The record-breaking and award-winning streamer remarked that DDG is the type of person who will really capitalize on a successful endeavor. Not only that, but the “Minnesota” MC agreed, stating that he really respects and likes him as a businessman and hustler. Kai Cenat also asked Yachty how he felt when he saw it, and he said he felt “so confused.” Still, they made sure to give credit where credit was due when it came to DDG shaping his brand and feeding his fans.
DDG’s “Big Boat” Diss Track
Despite that initial beef, Lil Yachty and DDG would actually go on to release music together. For one, there’s the latter’s track “Rule #1” produced by OG Parker, which landed on Parker and DDG’s collaborative tape, Die 4 Respect. Even though he faced a lot of criticism and came up in quite a clout-chasing-heavy scene, the 25-year-old is still a relevant figure in the Internet world. Whether it’s for his collabs with other rappers or his continued (albeit sporadic) success on YouTube, he’s always got something cooking.
Back to the stream, though, Lil Yachty and Kai Cenat seemed to have a really good time, even as they talked about toilets. “Every bathroom in [Drake’s] house has heated seats,” Yachty revealed. “And every bathroom in his house, when you walk up to the toilet, it opens and starts playing 2Pac’s ‘Hit ‘Em Up.’ I swear to God! Every time it’s like, ‘Yeah, you fat muthaf*cka!’ It’s so annoying when you gotta take a s**t ’cause it keeps looping.” Regardless, come back to HNHH for the latest on Lil Yachty, DDG, and Kai Cenat and check out the clip below.
Snoop Dogg recently shared his thoughts on one of the 90’s most famous diss tracks. Tupac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” was released in 1996 and featured disses of several prominent East Coast rappers. Most notably, Pac took aim at friend turned rival Notorious B.I.G.. Pac’s bombastic takedown of all things East Coast earned many fans and detractors alike. Moreover, the song has gone down as one of the most indelible tracks of both the decade and hip history. Indeed, It speaks to the track’s longevity that it still gets play to this day. However, Snoop now admits that he wasn’t a fan of the track.
Snoop recently sat down with Big Boy TV to discuss his relationship with Tupac. During the conversation, Snoop recalled being shot at while visiting New York. Despite this, he would later express an interest in working in New York artists after the incident. Snoop revealed that this angered Pac. “I went and did an interview and was asked how did I feel about Puffy and Biggie. I was like, ‘I like them n-ggas, I wanna do some music with ’em,’” he said. “And that just rubbed cuz the wrong way, like, ‘N-gga, fuck them n-ggas, them n-ggas tried to kill me. N-ggas shot at you, and you talking about you wanna do a song with them n-ggas?”
Snoop Dogg Angered Tupac By Wanting To Work With New York Artists
Furthermore, tension had already been growing between the East Coast and West Coast at the time. “Hit ‘Em Up” only made that tension worse. Subsequently, Snoop voiced his disapproval of the track. “Even when he played the video for me to ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ even when he played ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ the song, I didn’t like the song,” he said. “Like, you buying more problems, cuh. You buying problems. Gangstas is everywhere. They make ’em everywhere.”
Meanwhile, Snoop also spoke on his relationship with Pac in the weeks leading up to Pac’s death. Snoop revealed that the relationship with his Death Row Label mate was unpredictable and could change quickly. “I’d say a week before he died, we was best of friends,” he said. “Two days before he died, I don’t think he liked me,” Tupac was killed in Las Vegas in September of 1996. Additionally, Notorious B.I.G. was murdered the following March. Subsequently, many have speculated that increasing hostility in hip-hop may have played a role in the two legends’ untimely deaths.
Many might believe that Yung Miami can’t catch a break these days, but she’s clearly letting all that dirt roll off her shoulder. Moreover, she recently responded to a diss track aimed at her from Chicago rapper Big Mulla. From what reports indicate, it seems their beef began when the City Girl made fun of Mulla’s looks in an Instagram comment. “Why your eyes so far apart?” she wrote at the Windy City native under an IG post. While rumors of beef between her and Mariah the Scientist proved incorrect, it seems another feud came in to take its place. However, the Miami rapper took to the comments of The Neighborhood Talk‘s post covering the diss with a simple clapback.
“Booooooooo,” she wrote, adding a couple of tomato emojis. As such, she quickly and quite comically dismissed the shots taken at her music, her relationship with Diddy, and a few other things Mulla pointed out. This likely won’t manifest into an actual response track, but at least she gave it the time of day. Unfortunately, the 29-year-old is dealing with a lot of flack at the moment.
First, there’s the whole reason that fans speculated Mariah dissed Yung Miami, and that’s her recent performance on BMF. Of course, to appear on the hit TV show in the first place should be a big moment of celebration for the “Act Up” MC. Instead, many criticized her acting chops and proceeded to clown her all over social media. While she fought back and forth with a few users and responded with apathy and sometimes anger, she expressed indifference to the hate at the end of the day.
With that precedent in mind, it’s no surprise that she would so bluntly respond to a diss track about her. What’s more is that she’s also one to stick up for people when they’re getting this level of undue animosity thrown their way. Recently, she defended Chrisean Rock amid Blueface’s social media attacks at her. “You’re beautiful and FULL OF LIFE!” she messaged Rock on Twitter. Regardless of the naysayers, stick around on HNHH for the latest on Yung Miami.
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,” The Dirt actor wrote in his caption. “New cypher out now.” As he raps, Kelly reminds listeners, “I’m the shit when I sit, stand, talk, walk, rap, sing / My mouth sewage,” before leaning into his spiritual side with bars like “I’m cross-legged in my sanctuary / Like a Buddhist / I’m cross-eyed from this weed I’m smokin’ / That’s colour blue-ish.”