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Beef Trees
20 tracked beefs. Each links to a vertical diss-track chronology (the "tree") with key tracks highlighted. Full side-by-side visual tree is a v1.5+ deliverable; v1 ships the chronology view.
- Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee Starski (Harlem World, 1981)
At the Harlem World club in December 1981, Busy Bee Starski performed a set of his characteristic crowd-pleasing party rhymes. Kool Moe Dee of the Treacherous Three followed and im…
- Roxanne Wars: UTFO / Roxanne Shanté / answer records (1984-1985)
UTFO's B-side 'Roxanne, Roxanne' (1984, on Select Records) recounted three rappers being rejected by a woman named Roxanne. A 14-year-old MC from the Queensbridge Houses named Loli…
- Bridge Wars: BDP vs Juice Crew / Marley Marl (1985-2007)
MC Shan's single 'The Bridge' (1985, produced by Marley Marl on Juice Crew/Cold Chillin'), celebrating Queensbridge as a hip-hop birthplace, was interpreted by KRS-One and the Sout…
- LL Cool J vs Kool Moe Dee (late 80s)
On Kool Moe Dee's How Ya Like Me Now (released November 17, 1987), the album cover featured Moe Dee's Jeep parked over a red Kangol hat — LL Cool J's signature accessory. The title…
- N.W.A. vs Ice Cube (1989-1993)
Ice Cube left N.W.A. in December 1989 over disputes about royalty payments and a refusal to sign a contract presented by Ruthless Records manager Jerry Heller. He went solo with Am…
- Ice Cube vs Common (1994-1997)
Common's track 'I Used to Love H.E.R.' from Resurrection (October 1994) critiqued the trajectory of hip-hop using a woman as an extended metaphor; Ice Cube and the Westside Connect…
- 2Pac vs Notorious B.I.G. / Bad Boy vs Death Row (1994-1997)
On November 30, 1994, Tupac was shot five times during a robbery in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan, while Notorious B.I.G., Sean 'Puffy' Combs, and Bad Boy associ…
- Lil' Kim vs Foxy Brown (1996-present)
The feud emerged in 1996-1997 alongside the near-simultaneous breakthroughs of both artists — Lil' Kim's Hard Core (November 1996, Junior M.A.F.I.A. / Big Beat) and Foxy Brown's Il…
- Mobb Deep vs 2Pac (mid-90s)
Mobb Deep had aligned themselves with Notorious B.I.G. and Bad Boy in the developing East/West conflict, including a guest appearance by Prodigy on Big's 'Last Day' and shared bill…
- Nas vs Jay-Z (1996-2005)
The feud's origins trace to the mid-1990s — Nas declined to appear on Jay-Z's 'Bring It On' for Reasonable Doubt (1996), and Jay-Z used a sample of Nas's 'The World Is Yours' on 'D…
- LL Cool J vs Canibus (1997-2014)
On LL Cool J's track '4, 3, 2, 1' from Phenomenon (released November 11, 1997), Canibus appeared as a guest along with Method Man, Redman and DMX. Canibus's verse included the line…
- 50 Cent vs Ja Rule / Murder Inc (1999-ongoing)
Per multiple Vibe, XXL and Rolling Stone reports, the feud originated when 50 Cent was robbed in Queens in 1999 and Ja Rule was present, or when 50 Cent identified a Ja Rule associ…
- Eminem vs Benzino / The Source (1999-2003)
Per Vibe, XXL and Rolling Stone reporting, the feud began with Source magazine co-owner Raymond 'Benzino' Scott's editorial framing of Eminem as a culturally illegitimate beneficia…
- 50 Cent vs The Game (2005-2016)
On February 28, 2005, 50 Cent appeared on Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex show and announced he was kicking The Game out of G-Unit, accusing him of disloyalty. Immediately after the broad…
- Gucci Mane vs Young Jeezy (2005-2020 Verzuz reconciliation)
Gucci Mane's debut single 'So Icy' (2005) featured Young Jeezy as a guest. A dispute over ownership and credit for the record escalated into a wider Atlanta beef. On May 10, 2005, …
- Drake vs Pusha T (2017-2018, Story of Adidon era)
Tensions between Drake and Pusha T (and his former group Clipse) had been building since 2011-2012 via subliminals. The feud's modern phase escalated when Pusha T released 'Infrare…
- Eminem vs Machine Gun Kelly (2012-2018)
Machine Gun Kelly tweeted in 2012 about Eminem's then-teenage daughter Hailie in a way that Eminem and Shady Records personnel took as inappropriate. Tensions simmered through the …
- Drake vs Kendrick Lamar (2013-2024)
Kendrick Lamar's guest verse on Big Sean's 'Control' (August 2013) named Drake among the rappers he was 'trying to murder' lyrically. Drake initially declined to escalate; the cold…
- Drake vs Meek Mill (2015)
On July 21, 2015, Meek Mill posted a series of tweets alleging that Drake had used a ghostwriter (Quentin Miller) for his guest verse on Meek's song 'R.I.C.O.' from Dreams Worth Mo…
- Cardi B vs Nicki Minaj (2017-present)
Tensions between the two artists were widely reported through 2017-2018, including over subliminal lyrics, guest features and label politics. The flashpoint was a physical altercat…