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The following is a list of diss tracks, recorded songs the primary purpose of which is to verbally attack someone else, usually another artist.
| Date Released | Song Title | Artist(s) | Target(s) | Response to (if applicable) | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1755 | "Yankee Doodle" | Dr. Richard Shuckburgh | The American Colonists | Originally written and sung by British soldiers in Colonial America to mock the American colonists from the time of the French and Indian War through the American Revolution. However, during the revolution, Americans turned the tables on the British and sang the song as an anthem, writing new verses to spite their enemies. | [1] | |
| 1863 | "Union Dixie" | Unknown | Confederate States Of America | |||
| 1913 | "学科嫌い (Gakka girai)" | Satoru Mizushima | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | This song, created by Shuhei Mizushima, a 10th class student at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, was sung by Japanese junior cadets. In 1911, it was included in a song collection unveiled at the Baekilje ceremony, meant to mock the strict curriculum but was censored and confiscated. Nonetheless, it survived orally until the end of the war. The original lyrics of The Infantry's Main Order were also in the same collection. | [ citation needed ] | |
| 1933 | "Rapaz Folgado" | Noel Rosa | Wilson Batista | "Lenço no pescoço" | This samba was sung in Brazil, by Noel Rosa, as a critic for the singer Wilson Batista, in the context of the golden age of Malandragem culture. The song started a musical dispute between artists that is probably the first recorded in history. | [2] |
| 1938 | "La Gota Fría" | Emiliano Zuleta | Lorenzo Morales | Zuleta mocks Morales in the lyrics for fleeing from an accordion challenge. The song became a standard and is one of best known in the vallenato repertoire. | [3] | |
| 1948 | "Carl Nielsen, vor store komponist " | Rued Langgaard | Carl Nielsen | Among the driving forces behing Langgaard's hectic period of productivity towards the end of the 1940's seems to have been sheer pig-headedness, a form of protest against the musical world around him, and not least against Langgaard's private symbol for this, that is, Carl Nielsen. | [4] | |
| 1952 | "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | Kitty Wells | Hank Thompson | Hank Thompson song "The Wild Side of Life" | The song says that contrary to Hank Thompson's view on women in his song "The Wild Side of Life" men are often at fault for adultery. | [5] |
| 1954 | "Old Man Trump" | Woody Guthrie | Fred Trump | Trump's alleged greed and racially discriminatory housing practices | [6] [7] | |
| 1962 | "You Keep Her" | Joe Tex | James Brown | Brown's affair with Tex's wife, leading to their divorce, and Brown later telling Tex that he was through with Ted's ex and if Tex wanted her back, he could have her. | [8] | |
| 1963 | "Blackhead Chinaman" | Prince Buster | Derrick Morgan | Morgan recording for producer Leslie Kong | [9] | |
| 1965 | "Positively 4th Street" | Bob Dylan | Unknown/Multiple | Electric Dylan controversy | The song likely refers to the residents of New York City's Greenwich Village, who opposed Dylan's shift away from folk, though the exact target(s) of the song is/are unclear. | [10] |
| 1967 | "Run for Cover" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Coxsone Dodd | Dodd's alleged underpayment of Perry | [11] | |
| 1968 | "Sexy Sadie" | The Beatles | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | |||
| Sep 11, 1970 | "Happy Family" | King Crimson | The Beatles | Makes fun about the separation of Beatles | [12] | |
| Aug 2, 1971 | "Too Many People" | Paul McCartney | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | The Beatles' breakup | The song criticizes Lennon and Ono for "preaching practices", as McCartney felt that they were telling people what to do. | [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] |
| Sep 9, 1971 | "How do You Sleep?" | John Lennon | Paul McCartney | It's a response of Paul McCartney's successful lawsuit in the London High Court to dissolve the Beatles as a legal partnership and the diss track "Too Many People" | Lennon references the Paul is Dead theories in the song, mentions the beef with Allen Klein, criticizes about Paul's ego, and attacks Paul's musical style. | [18] [19] |
| Nov 12, 1971 | Five Per Cent for Nothing | Yes | Former manager Roy Flynn | An agreement negotiated by Flynn, who they had fired the year before, that gave him five percent of the band's revenues in perpetuity. | The title of this 35-second instrumental, the shortest song Yes has ever recorded, was changed after the band learned of Flynn's deal | [20] |
| Nov 29, 1971 | "One of These Days" | Pink Floyd | Jimmy Young | The only lyrics of the song are "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces.", and was a threat directed towards the then BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 DJ, Jimmy Young, whom the band disliked due to his tendency to babble. | [21] | |
| 1972 | "Tomorrow" | Strawbs | Former band member Rick Wakeman | Dave Cousins wrote this song to express disappointment with Rick Wakeman leaving the band without a proper farewell [22] | Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins have since made amends, even recording the album Hummingbird together | [22] |
| "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | Warren Beatty, two unknown men | Simon admitted in 2015 that Beatty was the principal subject of the second verse of the song, but alluded in interviews to two other men also being subjects. | [23] | ||
| Nov 1975 | "Only a Fool Would Say That" | Steely Dan | John Lennon | Statements made by Lennon on national talk show appearances | Fagen critiqued Lennon's idealism as out of touch with the problems of the common man. | [24] |
| 1973 | "Smooth Dancer" | Deep Purple | Ritchie Blackmore | [25] | ||
| "Cow Thief Skank" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Niney the Observer | [26] [27] | |||
| 1974 | "Sweet Home Alabama" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Neil Young | Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama" | The band felt that Young had slandered the entire American South based on the actions of a few individuals. | |
| 1975 | "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" | Queen | Norman Sheffield | Sheffield's alleged mismanagement and embezzlement of the band's earnings | [28] | |
| Apr 21, 1975 | "Let's Take It to the Stage" | Funkadelic | James Brown, Kool & The Gang, Rufus and Others | Makes fun about the status quo of R&B, Funk and Soul of his era | [29] [30] | |
| Apr 1, 1976 | "Silly Love Songs" | Paul McCartney and Wings | John Lennon | McCartney recorded the song in response to a comment John Lennon made referring to McCartney's compositions as "silly love songs". | [31] [32] | |
| Dec 20, 1976 | "Silver Springs" | Fleetwood Mac | Lindsey Buckingham (Band Member) | Silver Springs was written by Stevie Nicks to talk about her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham | [33] [34] | |
| Oct 27, 1977 | "New York" | Sex Pistols | New York Dolls | Attacks on New York Dolls, accusing them of being frauds. | [35] [36] | |
| "E.M.I." | Sex Pistols | EMI | EMI's termination of the Sex Pistols' contract | [37] [38] [39] | ||
| 1977 | "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" | Pink Floyd | Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse | The song's writer, Roger Waters has stated that the second and third verses of the song are directed at the two political figures respectively. The first verse of the song is more general and is widely agreed upon by fans to be directed at businessmen in general. [40] | [41] | |
| "Idiot Box" | the Damned | Television and Tom Verlaine | Television refusing to allow the Damned to play a show with them. | [42] | ||
| 1979 | "California über alles" | Dead Kennedys | Jerry Brown | Brown's campaign for president | Satire of Brown from his perspective, which imagines him establishing a "hippie fascist" society. | [43] |
| 1981 | "Battle w/Busy Bee" | Kool Moe Dee | Busy Bee Starski | John Wayne's advocacy of white supremacy. | Often viewed as the rap battle that changed rap forever, it saw Kool Moe Dee going directly at rival emcee Busy Bee at the Harlem World Christmas celebration in 1981. In most emcee battles of the time, the competing emcee would say his rhymes to the crowd, brag about his skills, and the winner would be chosen based on how much noise the crowd made for a particular emcee. | [44] |
| 1982 | "John Wayne Was a Nazi" | MDC | John Wayne | John Wayne's advocacy of white supremacy. | The song attacks him for his films that glorified white supremacy and war, casting him as a Nazi. | [45] |
| 1984 | "Roxanne's Revenge" | Roxanne Shante | U.T.F.O. | "Roxanne, Roxanne" | "Roxanne's Revenge" was a 7-minute response to the "Roxanne, Roxanne" - the misogynistic social commentary against women who turned down their sexual advances. 14-year old Roxanne created the renowned diss track after freestyling on the instrumental of the original "Roxanne, Roxanne" for 7 minutes straight due to the group, U.T.F.O bailing out on the show organized by Roxanne's friend. This began the infamous Roxanne Wars, leading to several diss tracks being directed towards the teen Roxanne Shanté | [46] |
| 1985 | "Zanz Kant Danz" | John Fogerty | Saul Zaentz | Fogerty's long-standing financial dispute with Zaentz and his label Fantasy Records. | The song was altered and re-titled "Vanz Kant Danz" a few months after the release of the album Centerfield in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid a defamation lawsuit from Zaentz. The altered version appears on all post-1985 pressings of the album. | |
| 1986 | "Mentiras" | Lupita D'Alessio | Carlos Reinoso | D'Alessio's abusive relationship with Reinoso | [47] | |
| 1986 | "En Cuba No Falta Nada" | Tommy Olivencia's Orchestra | Fidel Castro | Castro's authoritarian rule of the country. | Lead vocals by Héctor Tricoche. A censored version of the song titled "El del Tabacón" was also released | [48] |
| Oct 12, 1986 | "Scum" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | NME journalists Mat Snow and Antonella Black | Single-sided flexidisc given away at gigs promoting Your Funeral... My Trial and including a fold-out poster of the lyrics. Later included on CD pressings of the album. | [49] | |
| Dec 1, 1986 | "South Bronx" | Boogie Down Productions | MC Shan and the Juice Crew | DJ Mr. Magic's criticism of one of KRS-One's early records. | The first diss track in The Bridge Wars. The exact release date of the single is unknown; its album was published March 3, 1987. | [50] |
| 1987 | "Astley In The Noose" | The Wonder Stuff | Rick Astley | The track was recorded in the sessions for their debut album, "The Eight Legged Groove Machine", but only originally released as the second track on the "It's Your Money I'm After Baby" EP although it does appear on later versions of the album. The song disses Astley's voice in general but makes reference to his cover of the track, "When I Fall In Love" | [51] | |
| Mar 3, 1987 | "The Bridge Is Over" | Boogie Down Productions | MC Shan, Marley Marl, the Juice Crew, Roxanne Shante and rappers from Queens, NY and the Queensbridge projects. | "The Bridge" by MC Shan | Part of The Bridge Wars, one of the earliest hip-hop rivalries. | [50] |
| Aug 8, 1987 | "Kill That Noise" | MC Shan | Boogie Down Productions | "South Bronx" | Part of The Bridge Wars | [52] |
| Nov 3, 1987 | "How Ya Like Me Now" | Kool Moe Dee | LL Cool J | The claim that LL Cool J stole his rap style | [53] | |
| 1988 | "Mother" | Danzig | Tipper Gore | The Parents Music Resource Center, led by Tipper Gore and parents groups, introducing the "Parental Advisory" warning on music albums | [54] | |
| 1988 | "Culpable o No (Miénteme Como Siempre)" | Luis Miguel | Mariana Yazbek | Mariana's Yazbek Infidelity | According to the television series, developed by Telemundo and Netflix with the authorization of the same singer, Calderón composed the song based on the crisis in Luis Miguel's relationship with the photographer Mariana Yazbek, his first great love, the same one that was followed closely by the media. | [55] |
| Jan 19, 1988 | "Liar" | Megadeth | past band member Chris Poland | Lead vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine claimed Poland was stealing guitars and selling them for heroin money. | [56] | |
| Aug 16, 1988 | "Bye Mamá" | Alejandra Guzmán | Silvia Pinal | Family distancing between Pinal and Guzmán | The song was written as a complaint by Alejandra Guzmán towards her mother Silvia Pinal for having been an absent mother | [57] [58] [59] [60] |
| Sep 28, 1988 | "Miracle Man" | Ozzy Osbourne | Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart | Swaggart's various controversies | Osbourne attacks Swaggart over his hypocrisy of being a televangelist that preaches moral behavior while also engaging in sin and vice. | [61] |
| Jun 4, 1990 | "Kool Thing" | Sonic Youth feat. Chuck D | LL Cool J | A response of the interview LL Cool J gave in the September edition of 1989 in Spin Magazine where he talks to Kim Gordon (the interviewer himself) his satisfaction with the lack of Female Personalities in Rap. | [62] [63] | |
| Jun 17, 1990 | "To da Break of Dawn" | LL Cool J | Kool Moe Dee, Ice-T, and MC Hammer | The Syndicate and I'm Your Pusher by Ice-T | After the two disses in 1988, Ice-T later defended Cool J when he was arrested for profanity in his 1989 track Freedom of Speech, before LL Cool J released his response diss. | [64] |
| Aug 14, 1990 | "100 Miles and Runnin'" and "Real Niggaz" | N.W.A. | Ice Cube | Start of the N.W.A.-Ice Cube rivalry; Ice Cube left the group over royalty disputes after the Straight Outta Compton Tour, leading the other N.W.A. members to refer to him as a "traitor". | [65] | |
| Mar 4, 1991 | "Fuck Compton" | Tim Dog | DJ Quik, Michel'le, N.W.A, Compton, West Coast Rap, and Gangsta Rap | East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry | [66] | |
| May 1, 1991 | "Pop Goes the Weasel" | 3rd Bass | Vanilla Ice | [67] | ||
| Aug 13, 1991 | "Word to the Badd!!" | Jermaine Jackson | Michael Jackson | The song was changed for the album | [68] | |
| Sep 17, 1991 | "Get in the Ring" | Guns N' Roses | Music critics. Mentioned by name are critics from Hit Parader (Andy Secher), Circus , Kerrang! (Mick Wall) and Spin (Bob Guccione, Jr.). | Mick Wall was thought to have been mentioned because of his book Guns N' Roses: The Most Dangerous Band in the World, which was a no holds barred collection of interviews and stories about the band. Wall denies this, and claims the real reason was an interview he conducted in early 1990 for Kerrang! that included Rose's threat to harm Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe after an incident involving Neil's wife and Izzy Stradlin. [69] | [70] | |
| Oct 29, 1991 | "No Vaseline" | Ice Cube | former N.W.A bandmates Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella and their manager, Jerry Heller | "100 Miles and Runnin'" and "Real Niggaz" from 100 Miles and Runnin' , and "Message to B.A." from efiL4zaggiN by N.W.A | Ice Cube had previously made brief disses to N.W.A on his Kill at Will EP in the tracks Jackin' For Beats and I Gotta Say What Up!!! | [64] [71] |
| Dec 9, 1991 | "Miserablism" | Pet Shop Boys | Morrissey | Tennant pokes fun at Morrissey's miserable persona and how seriously he was taken by the shoegazing crowd in the 1990s. | [72] | |
| Dec 15, 1992 | "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" | Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg | Eazy-E, Tim Dog, Ice Cube and Luther (Luke) Campbell | "Fuck Compton" by Tim Dog | Eazy-E was Dre's former accomplice from the group N.W.A | [64] |
| Aug 26, 1993 | "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" | Eazy-E feat. Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out | Former N.W.A bandmate Dr. Dre, his protégé Snoop Dogg, and their record label Death Row Records | "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" and "Bitches Ain't Shit" by Dr. Dre | [64] | |
| Oct 19, 1993 | "It's On" | Eazy-E | Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Tha Dogg Pound | Another diss track from Eazy-E in response to comments made about him from Dre's debut The Chronic. This song also had several shots thrown at Snoop Dogg calling him broke, a fake gangsta, and that he gets no love from Long Beach. Contains some very smart word plays of well-known lines off "Deep Cover", "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" and "Fuck Wit Dre Day". | [73] | |
| Mar 28, 1994 | "Poles Apart" | Pink Floyd | Roger Waters | Separation of Roger Waters from the band | David Gilmour talks about how Roger Waters run from everybody, from the job and from his reputation | [74] [75] |
| Apr 25, 1994 | "Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" | Chumbawumba | Bob Dylan | Dont Look Back | The title references a scene in a limousine where manager Albert Grossman tells him "They're calling you an anarchist now", to which Dylan replies "Give the anarchist a cigarette". | [76] |
| Aug 23, 1994 | "What Would You Do?" | Tha Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg | B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Eazy-E, Cold 187um and Ruthless Records | [77] | ||
| 1994 | "Bitch With A Perm" | Tim Dog | Snoop Dogg | The only release on Dis-Tress Records. The sleeve depicts a cartoon dog caricature of Snoop wearing a pendant with "Snoop Pussy". | [78] | |
| Jun 16, 1995 | "D.S." | Michael Jackson | Tom Sneddon | After Michael Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse, Thomas W. Sneddon Jr., district attorney for Santa Barbara County, led an investigation of Jackson. Jackson was subject to his genitalia being photographed during the search. | [79] | |
| Jul 4, 1995 | "I'll Stick Around" | Foo Fighters | Courtney Love | Foo Fighters was formed, originally as a solo project, by ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl after Kurt Cobain's suicide. The song is from the band's self-titled debut album, and was speculated to be about Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, which Grohl confirmed in 2009. [80] | [81] | |
| 1996 | "L.A., L.A." | Capone-N-Noreaga feat. Mobb Deep And Tragedy Khadafi | Tha Dogg Pound, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the Los Angeles hip hop scene | "New York, New York" | [64] | |
| Feb 21, 1995 | "Who Shot Ya?" | the Notorious B.I.G | Tupac Shakur | Although the song was not advertised as a diss track it is very clear by the lyrics themselves and the references made within them that this is a response to the allegations that Biggie was involved with the shooting of Tupac in 1994 which both members of death row and people close to Tupac accused Biggie of being involved in, likely leading to this diss being made against Shakur. | ||
| Jun 4, 1996 | "Hit 'Em Up" | Tupac Shakur feat. The Outlawz | Lil' Kim, Mobb Deep, Sean Combs, Chino XL Bad Boy Records & the Notorious B.I.G. | "Who Shot Ya?" by The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy | One of the most influential tracks in the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry. Appears on the B-side to the single "How Do U Want It". | [82] |
| Jul 12, 1996 | "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | Courtney Love | While never confirmed, many believe this track is about Courtney Love. | [83] | |
| Aug 25, 1996 | "Drop a Gem on 'Em" | Mobb Deep | Tupac Shakur | Shakur's "Hit 'Em Up" | [84] | |
| 1996 | "The Bitch in Yoo" | Common | Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC | The trio's earlier track "Westside Slaughterhouse" | "Westside Slaughterhouse" was itself a response to Common's 1994 song, "I Used to Love H.E.R.", in which Common criticized gangster rappers. | [64] |
| Sep 26, 1996 | "Against All Odds" | Tupac Shakur | Nas, Mobb Deep, Haitian Jack, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jimmy Henchman, King Tut, Stretch, De La Soul, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G., Q-Tip, Kool G Rap, King Sun and Dr. Dre | [85] | ||
| Sep 26, 1996 | "Intro/ Bomb First (My Second Reply)" | Tupac Shakur | Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, Big L and Xzibit | [86] | ||
| Sep 26, 1996 | "Toss It Up" | Tupac Shakur | Dr. Dre, Puffy, Lil' Kim, Notorious B.I.G., Blackstreet and Teddy Riley | [87] | ||
| 1996 | "Who Been There, Who Done That?" | J-Flexx | Dr. Dre | A reference to Dr. Dre's first single from his first release under Aftermath Entertainment, Dr. Dre Presents: The Aftermath , featured on Death Row Greatest Hits | ||
| 1996 | "I Shot Ya" | DMX | Tupac Shakur | East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry | DMX's freestyle was made before Tupac's Murder | [88] |
| Mar 25, 1997 | "Kick in the Door" | The Notorious B.I.G. | Nas, Jeru the Damaja, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, 2Pac, O.G.C., Jay-Z, De la Soul, the Roots and even the track's producer DJ Premier | [89] | ||
| Oct 14, 1997 | "Platypus (I Hate You)" | Green Day | Tim Yohannan | This expletive-filed track is the second of 3 songs directed at Yohannan, who kicked them out of the famous 924 Gilman Street club for signing on a major label, Reprise. They correctly predicted his death by cancer in the second and third verses. | [90] | |
| "Reject" | Angry mother of 8-year old | On Dec 2, 1996 the band were sent a letter by a parent complaining about the lyrical content of their previous album Insomniac. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong responded with a letter responding, and saying he writes music for himself, and writing this song, which shares one lyric with the letter, "The difference between me and you, is I do what I want, and you do what you're told". | [91] | |||
| 1998 | "Tupeu de borfaș" | La Familia | R.A.C.L.A., Getto Daci | [92] | ||
| Feb 10, 1998 | "Get At Me Dog" | DMX | K-Solo, 2Pac | The perceived "softness" of the rap industry | DMX's first single, | [93] |
| Mar 24, 1998 | "Second Round K.O." | Canibus | LL Cool J | "4, 3, 2, 1" | Despite both artists collaborating on "4, 3, 2, 1", they felt that their original verses were dissing each other, and were asked to re-write them for the final track. However, only Canibus' verse was changed for the song. | [94] |
| 1998 | Blood Type | Tragedy khadafi | Noreaga | |||
| Aug 25, 1998 | "Lost Ones" | Lauryn Hill | Wyclef Jean | While never confirmed, many believe this track is about Wyclef Jean, including Jean himself according to their former bandmate Pras. | [95] | |
| Oct 6, 1998 | "Social Studies" | Bizzy Bone | Mitchell Johnson, Michael Carneal, Luke Woodham, Kipland Kinkel | Allegations that music by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had inspired Mitchell to perpetrate the 1998 Westside Middle School shooting | Lyrics in the song are mainly aimed at Mitchell Johnson after his English teacher, Debbie Pelley, testified to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that lyrics from The Art of War as well as Tupac Shakur and Marilyn Manson inspired Mitchell to commit a school shooting. | [96] [97] |
| Mar 14, 1999 | "Quiet Storm" | Mobb Deep feat. Lil' Kim | Foxy Brown | Part of a long-running feud between the two artists. Foxy Brown responded [98] and the feud subsequently led to a shooting with more than 20 shots fired. [99] | [64] | |
| Aug 10, 1999 | "How to Rob" | 50 Cent | Dozens of artists including Jay-Z, Sean Combs, Wu-Tang Clan, Foxy Brown, Kurupt, Slick Rick, Big Pun, Busta Rhymes, DMX, Canibus | A relatively unknown and young 50 Cent's early attempt to make a hit resulted in the controversial song, which dissed almost 50 different artists. He even received a response from Jay-Z and Big Pun. [100] | [64] | |
| Oct 12, 1999 | "Your Life's on the Line" | 50 Cent | Ja Rule | [64] | ||
| Nov 1, 1999 | "The Agony of Laffitte" / "Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now" | Spoon | Ron Laffitte and Sylvia Rhone | Laffitte was the A&R at Elektra Records, who signed Spoon to an ill-fated deal, allegedly mishandled the band and was fired by the label. Rhone was the label head who promised to keep the band on the roster then dropped them after Laffitte's departure. | [101] | |
| May 23, 2000 | Ear Drums Pop (Remix) | Dilated Peoples, Planet Asia, Defari, Everlast and Phil Da Agony | Eminem | Everlast's verse on the remix contained subliminal disses towards Eminem, after a feud erupted between Everlast and Eminem. Eminem and Everlast crossed paths before a concert in early 1999. Eminem says he did not greet Everlast because he did not recognize him right away, and said Everlast did not acknowledge him. Everlast on the other hand stated that he tried to congratulate Eminem on his success, and Eminem blew him off. | ||
| Dec 5, 2000 | I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford) | Eminem | Everlast | Ear Drums Pop (Remix) | ||
| Dec 2000 | Whitey's Revenge | Everlast | Eminem | I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford) | On this track, Everlast questions Eminem's daughter's paternity. | |
| Dec 2000 | Quitter | Eminem, D12 | Everlast | Whitey's Revenge | The last diss track released by Eminem aimed towards Everlast, its first half transitions into a remix of 2Pac's Hit 'Em Up for the second half, which itself was another diss track. | |
| Oct 3, 2000 | "Jackass" | Green Day | Blink-182 | There is no actual evidence, but speculation that this song is directed to Blink-182, mocking them for their immature jokes in music. | [102] | |
| Jun 19, 2001 | "Girls" | Eminem, D12 | Limp Bizkit, DJ Lethal, Dilated Peoples, and Everlast | The track was a result of Eminem claiming that the duo dropped out of featuring on the Everlast diss song 'Quitter' and DJ Lethal later saying "if Everlast and Eminem would get into a fight, that Everlast would whoop Em's ass". | "Girls" was a hidden track on D12's debut studio album, Devil's Night, which was a diss track aimed primarily at Limp Bizkit. | |
| Jul 17, 2001 | "Loose Rap" | Aaliyah | Lareece | Lareece took a surprising shot at Aaliyah, the late R&B icon in 1999, for unknown reasons. Some speculated it was due to Aaliyah's 1997 tour with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Mary J. Blige, with whom Lareece may have had a beef. The line 'Have you seen her on the back of a cartoon?' You and that skinny tramp Aaliyah bitch.' likely refers to Aaliyah's appearance on the animated series 'Rugrats' in 1997. The 'skinny tramp' comment was a harsh diss, showing the intensity of the feud. This verse has sparked controversy and debate among fans, with some defending Aaliyah's legacy. | [103] [104] | |
| Sep 11, 2001 | "Takeover" | Jay-Z | Nas and Prodigy of Mobb Deep | This was originally supposed to be a diss aimed at Mobb Deep's Prodigy, with whom Jay had a beef with, but a third verse primarily aimed at Nas was added just before the album's release ( The Blueprint ) after Nas released the "Stillmatic: Freestyle" which contained shots at Jay-Z. | [105] | |
| Dec 4, 2001 | "Ether" | Nas | Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records | "Takeover" | The second track on Nas' fifth studio album, Stillmatic . | [105] |
| Dec 11, 2001 | "Supa Ugly" | Jay-Z | Nas | "Ether" | This freestyle over Nas' song "Got Ur Self a Gun" which was aimed to mock his style of rapping, slowly transitions into another beat, in which Jay discusses his purported affair with Nas' ex-fiancée, Carmen Bryan. | [105] |
| May 13, 2002 | "Without Me" | Eminem | Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Limp Bizkit, Moby, Chris Kirkpatrick, and the FCC | The song mocks a number of Eminem's critics. | [106] [107] | |
| Oct 2002 | "Pull Your Skirt Up" | Benzino | Eminem | The song was a result of Eminem dissing The Source due to the magazine awarding his latest release The Eminem Show a rating of 4 mics, while he stated that he deserved 5, and was deprived because of his race. | ||
| Nov 21, 2002 | "The Sauce" | Eminem | Benzino | "The Sauce" is a mocking wordplay on the name of The Source, a magazine which was co-owned by Benzino at the time. | ||
| Nov 25, 2002 | "Cry Me a River" | Justin Timberlake | Britney Spears | Allegations of an affair between Spears and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst during her relationship with Timberlake. | Spears responded in "Everytime". | [108] |
| Jan 21, 2003 | "Superman" | Eminem | Mariah Carey | The song elaborates on Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001. | [109] | |
| Feb 6, 2003 | "Back Down" | 50 Cent | Ja Rule | |||
| Jul 8, 2003 | "Can't Hold Us Down" | Christina Aguilera | Eminem | A response to Eminem's disses on "The Real Slim Shady" and "Off The Wall". | Christina Aguilera accidentally exposed Eminem's secret marriage to his then-wife Kim on her MTV special and Eminem wasn't happy about it, he dissed her on "The Real Slim Shady" by saying that she had an affair with Carson Daly and Fred Durst and saying that she gave Eminem an STD. | [110] |
| Oct 7, 2003 | "Be a Man" | Randy Savage | Hulk Hogan | [111] | ||
| Nov 7, 2003 | "Bump Heads" | Eminem, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks | Ja Rule | |||
| 2004 | "Foame de bani" | La Familia | B.U.G. Mafia | La Familia got into a beef with their former mentors and friends, B.U.G. Mafia, the main reason being that one of Mafia's members registered the La Familia name to the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, not allowing them to use it anymore. | [92] [112] | |
| Sep 14, 2004 | "Something That I'm Not" | Megadeth | Metallica | Dave Mustaine feelings about Metallica | [113] [114] | |
| Mar 3, 2005 | "Piggy Bank" | 50 Cent | Nas, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Shyne, Sheek Louch, Cassidy, Kelis, Fat Joe, The Lox, The Game | |||
| Mar 9, 2005 | "Checkmate" | Jadakiss | 50 Cent | 50 Cent's "Piggy Bank" | [115] | |
| Mar 22, 2005 | "Hollaback Girl" | Gwen Stefani | Courtney Love | Love referring to Stefani as a "cheerleader" in an interview. | Love also claimed to have slept with Stefani's then-husband Gavin Rossdale. | [116] |
| May 22, 2006 | "Georgia Bush" | Lil Wayne | George Bush | A scathing critique of George Bush and the failings of himself, FEMA, and the rest of white America to respond to Hurricane Katrina. | Following 20+ tracks of mostly braggadocio, this track is a shocking way to close Wayne's 2006 mixtape Dedication 2, with both the mixtape and the song receiving critical acclaim. | [117] |
| Nov 21, 2006 | "Don't Stop" | Outlawz | C. Delores Tucker and Bob Dole | Tucker and Dole proposing censorship of gangsta rap | [118] | |
| Aug 22, 2006 | "Jealousy" | Paris Hilton | Nicole Richie | The song was released in her album "Paris", shortly after the feud rumors, following their co-starring the TV show The Simple Life. | [119] | |
| Feb 6, 2007 | "Give It to Me" | Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake | Fergie, Scott Storch, Prince | A dispute over production credits for "Cry Me a River" | It has been heavily speculated, but not confirmed, that Justin Timberlake attacks Prince in this song for making fun of "SexyBack". Likewise, it is rumored that Nelly Furtado's verse responds to a line in "Fergalicious" making fun of Furtado's "Promiscuous". Nelly Furtado eventually said she regretted making this song. | [120] |
| Jun 5, 2007 | "Mutilation Is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery" | Marilyn Manson | My Chemical Romance | Manson elaborated on his attack on the band, saying, "I'm embarrassed to be me because these people are doing a really sad, pitiful, shallow version of what I've done." | [121] | |
| Jun 16, 2009 | "Obsessed" | Mariah Carey | Eminem | Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001. | [122] | |
| Jul 28, 2009 | "Ovarios" | Jenni Rivera | Graciela Beltran | [123] | ||
| Jul 30, 2009 | "The Warning" | Eminem | Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon | Carey's "Obsessed" | [122] [124] | |
| Feb 23, 2010 | "Cryin' Like a Bitch" | Godsmack | Nikki Sixx/Mötley Crüe | Alleged to be aimed at the bassist of Mötley Crüe Nikki Sixx, lead singer Sully Erna had grown a public feud with the musician following both bands touring on Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest 2 tour in 2009. Both sides have notably thrown public insults at one another, with Erna even challenging Sixx into a fight in 2011. | Neither Erna or drummer Shannon Larkin have directly confirmed the song was entirely directed at Sixx, Larkin claimed it was directed at San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers following a playoff loss, though Erna has subtly hinted at the song being directed at Mötley Crüe in subsequent interviews. | [125] |
| Oct 30, 2010 | "Roman's Revenge" | Nicki Minaj ft. Eminem | Lil' Kim | Even though this track is included in this list, it was confirmed that the track was not particularly meant to diss Lil'Kim. | [126] | |
| Feb 14, 2011 | "Black Friday" | Lil' Kim | Nicki Minaj | Minaj's "Roman's Revenge" | Response to Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" album. | [127] |
| Dec 20, 2011 | "Stupid Hoe" | Nicki Minaj | Lil' Kim | "Black Friday" | Kim later suggested in an interview with 105's Breakfast Club that the song "Automatic" was similar to her unreleased material, also calling Minaj "obnoxious and catty". | [128] [129] [130] |
| Mar 23, 2012 | "I Don't Give A" | Madonna and Nicki Minaj | Guy Ritchie and Lady Gaga | The divorce of Madonna with Guy Ritchie and Comparisons with Lady Gaga. | Many critics agreed that the song has pretty direct lyrics that seem to take aim at her ex-husband, film director Guy Ritchie. This is enunciated with the lyrics addressing Ritchie and tabloids, along with some of Minaj's verses being directed against pop singer Lady Gaga, with whom Madonna had been compared to previously. | [131] |
| Mar 26, 2012 | "Fuck Up For Fun" | Azealia Banks | Iggy Azalea | [132] | ||
| Apr 27, 2012 | "3HunnaK" | Lil JoJo | Black Disciples | L's Anthem | ||
| May 24, 2012 | "Exodus 23:1" | Pusha T | Drake and Lil Wayne | [133] | ||
| Oct 22, 2012 | "All too Well" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | End of Relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal | Taylor Swift reminisces a failed romantic relationship, its memories and her discovery of Jake Gyllenhaal's alleged infidelity | [134] [135] |
| "Better Man" | She talks about how she wishes he was a Better Man | [136] | ||||
| "Babe" | She talks his falses promeses and how he was cheating | [137] [138] | ||||
| "Sad Beautiful Tragic" | She talks about his sorry notes and how he can't be trusted, talks too about Jake can't listen to her | [139] [140] | ||||
| "The Moment I Knew" | She talks about how was the heartbreaking when Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't show up in she 21's birthday | [141] [142] | ||||
| Mar 13, 2013 | "Better Than That" | MARINA | Ellie Goulding | Ellie and the MARINA's Ex-Boyfriend affair | [143] | |
| Jul 23, 2013 (leaked) | "So Legit" | Lana Del Rey | Lady Gaga | A Lana Del Rey song leaked online that features the sultry singer dissing Lady Gaga. Del Rey sings, "Stefani, you suck." It is unclear when the song, which is titled "So Legit," was recorded, though it is believed to have been written at least four years ago. | [144] | |
| Aug 14, 2014 | "Don't" | Ed Sheeran | Ellie Goulding | End of Romantic Relations of Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding | The verses of "Don't" tells the history of relationship of Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding in vision of Ed, who talks about how Ellie manipulating him and "plays with his love", he talks about how her sex is boring and questioning her quality as artist. | [145] [146] [147] |
| Sep 12, 2014 | "I Don't Fuck With You" | Big Sean (ft. E-40) | Naya Rivera | End of Romantic Relations of Ed Sheeran and Big Sean | [148] | |
| Jan 26, 2015 | "I Bet" | Ciara | Future | Ciara and Future Break-Up | [149] [150] | |
| Mar 20, 2015 | "Pepper Riddim" | Chipmunk | Big Narstie, Bugzy Malone, Devilman, Saskilla, DJ Cameo, Tinie Tempah | Response to being dissed by these artists after Chipmunk's Fire in The Booth. | [151] | |
| Mar 25, 2015 | "Chipmunk Reply" | Devilman featuring Mr. Traumatik | Chipmunk, Skepta, Jammer, Lil Wayne, JME | "Pepper Riddim" by Chipmunk | [152] [151] | |
| "Relegation Riddim" | Bugzy Malone | Chipmunk | [151] | |||
| "Off My Shoulder" | "Saskilla" | [151] | ||||
| May 17, 2015 | "Bad Blood" | Taylor Swift | Katy Perry (alleged) | Perry allegedly stealing Swift's backup dancers for her Prismatic World Tour. | Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham, Hailee Steinfeld, Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Cara Delevingne, Zendaya, Jessica Alba, Cindy Crawford, and others appeared in the music video. | [153] |
| Jul 29, 2015 | "Charged Up" | Drake | Meek Mill | Response to Meek Mill's claim that Drake uses ghostwriters. | [154] | |
| Jul 31, 2015 | "Back to Back" | [155] | ||||
| Jan 25, 2016 | "Flatline" | B.o.B | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | B.o.B's promotion of the conspiracy theory that the earth is flat. | [156] [157] [158] | |
| Mar 30, 2016 | "FDT" | YG feat Nipsey Hussle | Donald Trump | Trump's rhetoric during his 2016 presidential campaign. | [159] | |
| Apr 22, 2016 | "Don't Hurt Yourself" | Beyoncé | Jay-Z | Jay-Z Infidelity Affairs | She attacks Jay-Z ego and threats him if he messes up again, then she will divorce him | [160] [161] |
| Oct 16, 2016 | "Shout Out to My Ex" | Little Mix | Zayn Malik | Malik's break-up with group member Perrie Edwards. | [162] | |
| Oct 29, 2016 | "Two Birds, One Stone" | Drake | Pusha T, Kid Cudi and Meek Mill | Subliminal disses from Meek Mill after their 2015 feud, Pusha T's jabs at Drake's mentor Lil Wayne, and a tweet from Kid Cudi criticizing Drake and Kanye West (who co-produced this song) for implementing ghostwriters in their song writing processes. | [163] | |
| Dec 5, 2016 | "Beef" | Soulja Boy | Quavo | The beef allegedly started when Soulja Boy reached out to Quavo, but Quavo didn't want to associate himself with Soulja because of all the dumb stuff he recently did and all the beefs he started and ended. Ironically, Soulja said he was cool with Takeoff and Offset, but has problems with Quavo | [164] | |
| 2017 | "Raw Thoughts" | Chris Webby | Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Kid Rock, Scott Pruitt, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, and the Koch Brothers | |||
| 2017 | "Raw Thoughts II" | Chris Webby | Harvey Weinstein, Bill Clinton, Roy Moore, Bill O'Reilly, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Billy Bush, R. Kelly, XXXTentacion, Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Jared Fogle, and Ted Cruz | |||
| Feb 25, 2017 | "Shether" | Remy Ma | Nicki Minaj | Minaj's verse on Gucci Mane's Make Love. | [165] | |
| May 8, 2017 | "Enemies" | Bali Baby | Rico Nasty, Asian Doll, and Cuban Doll | Asian Doll and Bali Baby's physical altercation at SXSW and the collaboration of Asian Doll and Rico Nasty on the track "Amigos" | Asian Doll attacked Bali Baby at the SXSW with videos of their fight surfacing online. Their respective opinions regarding the fight are voiced on the SAY CHEESE.YouTube channel | [166] [167] [168] [169] [170] [171] |
| May 19, 2017 | "Swish Swish" | Katy Perry feat Nicki Minaj | Taylor Swift and Remy Ma (alleged) | "Bad Blood" | [153] | |
| Jul 18, 2017 | "Motion Sickness" | Phoebe Bridgers | Ryan Adams | Accused of sexual harassment and emotional abuse by several women, including Bridgers, in 2019. | [172] | |
| Aug 24, 2017 | "Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Katy Perry | Response to West's "Famous", and possibly Perry's "Swish Swish". | [153] [173] [174] | |
| Sep 1, 2017 | "How Do You Sleep?" | LCD Soundsystem | Tim Goldsworthy | While this correlation has not been confirmed, some observers have pointed to the lyrics being in reference to a DFA Records lawsuit filed against Goldsworthy in 2013 for $93,899, accusing him of "breach of contract" and using DFA Records' bank accounts in an unauthorized manner. | [175] [176] | |
| Dec 22, 2017 | "Piggyback" | Melanie Martinez | Timothy Heller | The singer received an accusation of rape by Timothy Heller in early December of that year, for which some critics and the press have pointed out that the song is a response to this incident. In response to Heller's accusations, Martinez tweeted that the allegations "horrified and saddened" her and that Heller "never said no to what they chose to do together", insinuating that she believed there was consent. | [177] [178] | |
| 2018 | "Raw Thoughts III" | Chris Webby | Lil Xan, Chelsea Clinton, and Ted Cruz | |||
| Feb 13, 2018 | "Mia Khalifa" | iLoveFriday | Mia Khalifa | A fake tweet credited to Khalifa in which she allegedly criticizes group member Aqsa for smoking in a hijab in a music video. | [179] | |
| May 25, 2018 | "Infrared" | Pusha T | Drake | Allegations of Drake using ghostwriters | [180] | |
| "Duppy Freestyle" | Drake | Pusha T, Kanye West | "Infrared" | Drake questions Pusha T's drug dealing background and denies the ghostwriting allegations leveled against him. Drake also attacks Kanye West for seemingly resenting fashion designer Virgil Abloh after the latter left West's company Yeezy to become the creative director of Louis Vuitton. | [180] | |
| May 29, 2018 | "The Story of Adidon" | Pusha T | Drake | "Duppy Freestyle" | Alleges that Drake is hiding a child named Adonis that he had with former pornstar Sophie Brussaux. He also attacks Drake's main producer 40 for his multiple sclerosis. Drake would later confirm Adonis's existence on his album Scorpion released in July 2018. | [181] |
| Jun 1, 2018 | "I Kill People" | Trippie Redd feat. Chief Keef and Tadoe | 6ix9ine | [182] | ||
| Aug 21, 2018 | "SICKO MODE" | Travis Scott feat. Drake | Pusha T, Kanye West, Common | Drake's long-running feud with Kanye West, Pusha T, and Common | [183] | |
| Aug 31, 2018 | "Not Alike" | Eminem feat. Royce da 5'9" | Machine Gun Kelly | Comments Kelly made about Eminem's daughter when she was underage. | [184] | |
| "Bad Boy" | G-Eazy | Machine Gun Kelly | MGK's freestyle at Funk Flex on Hot 97 where he sent shots at him. | [185] | ||
| Sep 3, 2018 | "Rap Devil" | Machine Gun Kelly | Eminem | Eminem's "Not Alike", released four days prior to Rap Devil. | [186] | |
| Sep 14, 2018 | "Killshot" | Eminem | Machine Gun Kelly, P. Diddy | Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil" | [187] | |
| Sep 19, 2018 | "Love Tap" | Bizarre | Joe Budden and Jay Electronica | Response to Electronica's comments about Eminem's "Killshot" on alleged involvement of Diddy in the murder of Tupac Shakur and sobriety of Budden. | [188] | |
| Nov 9, 2018 | "Arrest the President" | Ice Cube | Donald Trump | Includes references to accusations Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 Presidential election and Trump administration policies affecting African-Americans. | [189] | |
| Jan 28, 2019 | "Don Queen" | Tory Lanez | Don Q, Dream Doll, Joyner Lucas, Royce Da 5'9" | "I'm Not Joyner" | [190] [191] [192] [193] | |
| Feb 2, 2019 | "Barbie Goin Bad" | Nicki Minaj | Drake and Meek Mill | Meek Mill collaborating with Drake on "Going Bad". | Minaj and Drake had recently unfollowed each other on Instagram which was rumored to be because of his reunification with Mill. Minaj released a music video of her song "Hard White" which featured a dismembered scorpion, in reference to Drake's 2018 album, Scorpion. | [194] [195] |
| Mar 15, 2019 | "Sally Walker" | Iggy Azalea | Bhad Bhabie | Bhad Bhabie throwing a drink at Iggy Azalea at Cardi B's party | [196] [197] [198] | |
| Jul 31, 2019 | "Oppressed" | Rocky Badd | Stunna Girl, Cuban Doll, Molly Brazy | The Cage Incident: When Rocky Badd and her manager wer ambushed by Stunna Girl, Cuban Doll and their associates then forced into a dog cage | According to Sportskeeda, rappers Cuban Doll, Stunna Girl and their respective associates were allegedly involved in the luring of Rocky Badd and her manager to a fake Los Angeles booking, This alleged setup culminated in what was later dubbed "The Cage Incident", in which Rocky was reportedly assaulted and robbed. Days later, rappers Cuban Doll and Stunna Girl posted Instagram stories wearing a chain believed to have belonged to Rocky Badd – reigniting online discussions between fans and observers. Subsequently, the Detroit rapper Rocky Badd shared an image of a scar on Instagram, fueling further controversy | [199] [200] [201] [202] |
| Aug 9, 2019 | "Hot Girl Summer" | Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign | Drake and Meek Mill | Minaj and Drake unfollowing each other on Instagram, Drake reuniting with Minaj's ex-boyfriend, Meek Mill and Drake bringing out Cardi B at OVO Fest. | Minaj previously took shots at "Barbie Goin Bad" a remix Meek Mill's song "Going Bad". | [203] [204] |
| Dec 9, 2019 | "The Invitation" | Nick Cannon feat. Suge Knight, Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips, Prince Eazy | Eminem | Stemming from Eminem's feud with Cannon's ex-wife, Mariah Carey ten years earlier. These are a response to Eminem's feature on the song "Lord Above", in which he disses Cannon. All three songs were widely disliked by the public. Eminem responded on Twitter with two tweets instead of another track. | [205] [206] [207] | |
| Dec 10, 2019 | "Pray For Him" | Nick Cannon feat. Conceited, Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips, Prince Eazy | ||||
| Dec 19, 2019 | "The Invitation Canceled" | Nick Cannon | ||||
| 2020 | "Raw Thoughts IV" | Chris Webby | Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kamala Harris, Scott Wiener, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Anthony Fauci, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and George W. Bush | |||
| Jan 9, 2020 | "ded sheeran (ed sheeran send) part 1" | Black Midi | Ed Sheeran | Uploaded to their SoundCloud and taken down within hours, "ded sheeran" is an experimental track in which lead singer Geordie Greep calls Ed Sheeran a "sellout ginger" and refers to his music as "doodoo." This was the first Black Midi song to feature vocals from drummer Morgan Simpson, who impersonates Sheeran and accuses him of stealing his drumsticks. While deleted by Black Midi, the recording can still be found on YouTube. | [208] [209] | |
| Sep 25, 2020 | "Sorry But I Had To..." | Tory Lanez | Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Ju, Asian Doll, Dream Doll, JoJo, J. R. Smith, Bun B, Chance The Rapper, Masika, Kalysha | "On Ya Head" | [210] [211] [212] [213] [191] | |
| "Money Over Fallouts" | Megan Thee Stallion, HotNewHipHop, Kehlani, Kaash Paige | [214] [211] | ||||
| "Friends Become Strangers" | Megan Thee Stallion | [211] [215] | ||||
| "The Most High" | Tal | [216] [211] | ||||
| "Look How GOD Works" | Megan Thee Stallion | [217] [211] | ||||
| "Queen and Slim" | Megan Thee Stallion | [218] [211] | ||||
| Jun 25, 2020 | "Had Enough" | G-Eazy | Halsey | "You Should Be Sad" | After her song dropped, she called out a fan at her concert for saying her ex's name, later on she said that her relationship with G-Eazy was an abusive one. | [219] [220] [221] |
| Nov 20, 2020 | "Shots Fired" | Megan Thee Stallion | Tory Lanez | Lanez shooting Megan Thee Stallion in both her feet. | Amid the controversy surrounding Lanez and MTS, he released the album Daystar , in which he addresses it and denies being involved in the shooting. | [222] [223] |
| Dec 16, 2020 | "How To Rob (Remix)" | CupcakKe | Migos, Offset, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, DreamDoll, Lizzo, City Girls, 6ix9ine, Chief Keef, Latto, Lil' Kim, Young M.A., Flo Milli, G Herbo, Sada Baby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Durk | A remaking of 50 Cent's 1999 diss track "How To Rob", CupcakKe disses around 20 people on the song. | [224] | |
| Dec 18, 2020 | "DIV" | Lady Leshurr | Ivorian Doll | "Daily Duppy" | In the title of the track, Lady Leshurr rearranges Ivorian Doll's abbreviation of IVD to DIV. As defined by the Collins Dictionary, DIV is British slang used to call someone a "foolish person". According to Clash Music, Ivorian Doll and Lady Leshurr had just recently started feuding, with Ivorian Doll sending a diss track Lady Leshurr's way earlier that year. This resulted in the Birmingham rapper releasing the diss record "DIV" on YouTube, being uploaded on Ivorian Doll's birthday. Additionally, this diss track was also recorded, edited and released within 24 hours, serving rebuttal towards Ivorian Doll's "Daily Duppy" track. | [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] |
| 2021 | "Raw Thoughts V" | Chris Webby | Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Anthony Fauci, Jen Psaki, Andrew Cuomo, Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Kamala Harris, Ted Cruz, Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jack Dorsey | |||
| Feb 5, 2021 | "Kill All Rats" | Griselda | 6ix9ine | The diss was directed at 6ix9ine due to him feuding with Griselda member Benny the Butcher. It began when 69's manager asked Benny for a collaboration and Benny denied, and then denounced him on Twitter, 69 then responded insulting Benny. | [231] [232] | |
| Feb 19, 2021 | "ZAZA" | 6ix9ine | Lil Durk, Meek Mill | In the song, 6ix9ine references Pooh Shiesty's "Back in Blood" in a mocking fashion and speaks about King Von, late friend of Lil Durk. The end of the YouTube video also showed a clip between a verbal altercation between Meek and 6ix9ine, which was later deleted. | [233] | |
| Feb 23, 2021 | "Let The Bad Times Roll" | The Offspring | Donald Trump | [234] | ||
| May 14, 2021 | "Seeing Green" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion | [235] [236] | ||
| Jun 11, 2021 | "Thot Shit" | Megan Thee Stallion | Ben Shapiro, James P. Bradley | Conservative criticisms of WAP | [237] [238] | |
| Sep 3, 2021 | "7am On Bridle Path" | Drake | Kanye West | Longtime feud and Certified Lover Boy vs Donda release battle. | Drake dissed West on Trippie Redd's "Betrayal." West also posted Drake's address on his Instagram page a week and a half before CLB's release. | [239] [240] [241] |
| Sep 2021 (Leaked) | "Life of the Party" | Kanye West feat. André 3000 | Drake | Leaked by Drake on his Sound 42 Sirius XM radio show on September 4. West's verse featured prominent disses towards Drake. | West later released the song without the diss verse as a bonus track on his studio album Donda , replacing it with the original verse he had recorded for the song, talking about his childhood and family, and Andre 3000's verse left intact. | [242] |
| Nov 12, 2022 | "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | In the 2021 re-recordings, Taylor decides to make "All Too Well" a 10-minute, acresenting history and become a short film with stars Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien as a Couple | She acreseting details about her relation with Jake Gyllenhaal, sing about how was treated badly by the ex-boyfriend,how he never told her that he loved her, how he stood up on her 21st birthday and recalls that the ex-boyfriend was possibly ashamed of the relationship | [243] [244] [245] [246] |
| Feb 22, 2022 | "AHHH HA" | Lil Durk | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Durk's response to NBA Youngboy after dissing the late rapper King Von on Bring The Hook. | [247] | |
| "I Hate YoungBoy" | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Lil Durk, India Royale, Gucci Mane, Lil Baby, Boosie Badazz, Apple Music | YoungBoy is responding to Durk's track and also sends shots at everyone who is affiliated with him. | [248] | ||
| Mar 3, 2022 | BZRP Music Sessions #49 | Residente | J Balvin | Released as a response to boycott of J Balvin to 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards and to his public declarations about 2021 Colombian protests. | Freestyle session produced by Argentine Bizarrap | [249] |
| Aug 12, 2022 | "The Black Slim Shady" | The Game | Eminem | [250] | ||
| Nov 4, 2022 | "Psycho Bitch" | Thalía | Tommy Mottola | Alleged infidelity of Mottola towards Thalía | [251] | |
| 2023 | "Raw Thoughts VI" | Chris Webby | Hillary Clinton, BlackRock, Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Charlie Puth, Lupe Fiasco, and Ted Cruz | |||
| Jan 11, 2023 | "Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53" | Bizarrap and Shakira | Gerard Piqué and Clara Chía Martí | Piqué's infidelity to Shakira. | [252] | |
| Jan 12, 2023 | "Flowers" | Miley Cyrus | Liam Hemsworth | [253] [254] [255] | ||
| Feb 24, 2023 | "TQG" | Karol G and Shakira | Anuel AA and Gerard Piqué | Pique's and Anuel's infidelity | [256] | |
| Mar 3, 2023 | "Red Ruby Da Sleeze" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion and Latto | [257] | ||
| Jul 21, 2023 | "Butterfly Ku" | Ice Spice | Latto | Put It On Da Floor | [258] [259] [260] | |
| "How High" | [259] | |||||
| Jul 25, 2023 | "Last Laugh" | Ceechynaa | OG Niki | [261] [262] | ||
| Aug 8, 2023 | "Kickback" | Melle Mel | Eminem | Response to Eminem's comments on the Ez Mil track "Realest" | Melle Mel later apologized and retracted his diss track. It has been dubbed one of the "worst pieces of music of 2023". | [263] [264] |
| Aug 15, 2023 | "Meltdown" | Travis Scott feat. Drake | Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Timothée Chalamet | Drake's long-standing feud with Pharrell and Pusha T continues, while he also takes shots at Timothée Chalamet after the actor went public with his relationship with Travis Scott's ex, Kylie Jenner | [265] | |
| Oct 13, 2023 | "FINE AS CAN BE" | Offset feat. Latto | Ice Spice | "How High" and "Butterfly Ku" | [266] | |
| Dec 8, 2023 | "FTCU" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B | [267] [268] [269] | ||
| "Fallin 4 U" | Latto | "Put It On Da Floor" and "Put It On Da Floor Again" | [268] [270] [267] | |||
| Jan 4, 2024 | "Last Laugh (Remix)" | Ceechyna feat. NLE Choppa | OG Niki | [271] | ||
| Jan 8, 2024 | "Dat A Dat" | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | [272] [273] [274] | ||
| Jan 9, 2024 | "London Bed" | Jada Kingdom | Stefflon Don | "Dat A Dat" | [272] [273] [274] | |
| Jan 10, 2024 | "Steff Lazarus" | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | "London Bed" | [275] [272] [276] | |
| #DEADGYALWALKING | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | "Steff Lazarus | [272] | ||
| Jan 13, 2024 | #DEADGYALTALKING | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | "Steff Lazarus | [272] | |
| Jan 26, 2024 | "Hiss" | Megan Thee Stallion | Nicki Minaj, Drake, Pardison Fontaine, and Tory Lanez | "Circo Loco", "FTCU" "Red Ruby da Sleeze" | [277] [236] [269] [278] | |
| Jan 29, 2024 | "Big Foot" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion | "Hiss" | [279] [236] [269] [277] | |
| Jan 29, 2024 | "Think U The Shit (Fart)" | Ice Spice | Latto | "Clip of Ice Spice's Pretty Girl music video in the background of one of Latto's TikTok videos | [280] | |
| Feb 9, 2024 | "Sunday Service" | Latto | Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj | "Think U The Shit (Fart)" | [281] [282] [280] | |
| Mar 22, 2024 | "Like That" | Metro Boomin, Future feat. Kendrick Lamar | Drake, J. Cole | "First Person Shooter" | Kendrick Lamar's vehement rejection of J. Cole's allusion on First Person Shooter to the informal, oft-used "Big 3" label that included Drake, Kendrick, and J Cole. Kendrick's response initiated the full-blown escalation of Drake and Kendrick's long-simmering feud. | |
| Apr 5, 2024 | "7 Minute Drill" | J. Cole | Kendrick Lamar | "Like That" | J. Cole later apologized for the diss and took it off music streaming services a week later. | [283] |
| Apr 12, 2024 | "Tender" | Quavo | Chris Brown | "Freak" | [284] | |
| Apr 13, 2024 (leaked) Apr 19, 2024 (Official) | "Push Ups" | Drake | Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin, Future, Rick Ross, The Weeknd | "Like That" and other songs from We Don't Trust You and We Still Don't Trust You | [285] | |
| Apr 13, 2024 | "Champagne Moments" | Rick Ross | Drake | "Push Ups" | [286] | |
| Apr 19, 2024 | "Weakest Link" | Chris Brown | Quavo | "Tender" | [287] | |
| Apr 19, 2024 | "Taylor Made Freestyle" | Drake | Kendrick Lamar | "Like That", follow up to "Push Ups" | Features Drake using AI voices of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, the song was pulled from platforms a few days later following a threatened lawsuit by 2Pac's estate. | [288] |
| Apr 21, 2024 | "Like That (Remix)" | Metro Boomin, Future, ¥$ | Drake, J. Cole | "False Prophets" | Ye hops on the remix to Future & Metro Boomin's "Like That" and, like Kendrick Lamar on the original song, disses rappers Drake & J. Cole in response to Ye and Drake's ongoing feud and J. Cole's perceived disses on his 2016 song "False Prophets". | [289] |
| Apr 22, 2024 | "Over Hoes & Bitches (feat. Takeoff)" | Quavo | Chris Brown | "Weakest Link" | Takeoff feature is posthumous, thus recorded before the feud. | [290] |
| Apr 26, 2024 | "OKAY" | JT | Sukihana | [291] [292] [293] | ||
| Apr 30, 2024 | "Euphoria" | Kendrick Lamar | Drake | "Push Ups", "Taylor Made Freestyle", "7 Minute Drill" | [294] | |
| May 3, 2024 | "6:16 in LA" | Drake | "Taylor Made Freestyle" | The diss track was co-produced by Jack Antonoff, whom Taylor Swift frequently produces her albums with. The track was released on Lamar's official Instagram account, due to sample clearance issues. | [295] | |
| "Family Matters" | Drake | Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Rick Ross, Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Future, Kanye West | "Euphoria", "6:16 in LA" | Drake attacks multiple artists on the track, with his main target being Kendrick Lamar. Drake accuses Lamar of domestic abuse against his partner Whitney Alford and that one of Lamar's children was actually fathered by his business partner Dave Free. | [296] | |
| "Buried Alive Interlude, Pt. 2" | Kendrick Lamar | Released additionally as a promo for "Family Matters" on Drake's official Instagram, a short parody remix of "Buried Alive Interlude" from Drake's 2011 album Take Care , which featured Lamar | [296] [297] [298] | |||
| "Meet the Grahams" | Kendrick Lamar | Drake | "Family Matters", released less than an hour prior to Meet the Grahams. | Lamar, by addressing each member of Drake's family, accuses Drake of sex trafficking and being a sexual predator. He also alleges that Drake has a secret daughter that he has abandoned. | [299] [300] [301] | |
| May 4, 2024 | "Not Like Us" | Lamar further accuses Drake of pedophilia and running a sex trafficking ring with members of OVO sound and further attacks Drake's standing in hip-hop, calling him a "colonizer". | [302] | |||
| May 5, 2024 | "BBL Drizzy" | Metro Boomin | Drake | An entirely instrumental track with a sample mocking Drake. Metro Boomin claimed that whoever wrote and recorded the best verse over the instrumental would receive $10,000 and a free beat. Drake would later rap over the instrumental on Sexyy Red's song, "U My Everything". | [303] | |
| "The Heart Part 6" | Drake | Kendrick Lamar | "Meet the Grahams" and "Not Like Us" | [304] | ||
| May 8, 2024 | "Cocaine" | Sukihana | JT, Lil Uzi Vert | "OKAY" | Sukihana's scathing diss track directed at JT and her boyfriend Lil Uzi Vert. | [305] [306] |
| May 10, 2024 | "OKAY (Extended Mix)" | JT | Sukihana | "Cocaine" | [307] [308] | |
| May 10, 2024 | "Freeway's Revenge" | The Game | Rick Ross | Rick Ross attacking Drake on social media during the latter's feud with Kendrick Lamar | [309] | |
| Jun 14, 2024 | "Double Life" | Pharrell Williams | Drake | "Meltdown" | While the song is describing the Despicable Me character Gru, there is speculation it is also a diss track towards Drake. | [310] |
| Jun 28, 2024 | "Rattle" | Megan Thee Stallion | Nicki Minaj | "Big Foot" | [311] [312] | |
| "Figueroa" | Megan Thee Stallion | Nicki Minaj | "Big Foot" | [311] | ||
| Jul 19, 2024 | "Intro (Hope)" | JT | Cardi B | Cardi B called JT a "lapdog" and told her to "go fetch" after being featured on the Super Freaky Girl Remix | JT disses Cardi B by commenting on rumours of Cardi inserting a bottle into her body based off a circulating video in 2018. | [313] [314] |
| Jul 19, 2024 | "Yoshinoya" | Childish Gambino | Drake | Drake calling the hit record "This is America" overrated and over awarded on his tour, a few months after Glover revealed it was originally a Drake diss record. | [315] | |
| Jul 26, 2024 | "BB Belt" | Ice Spice | Cardi B | [316] [317] [318] | ||
| Aug 9, 2024 | "S/O to Me" | Latto | Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj | "Think U The Shit (Fart)", "Fallin 4 U" | [319] [320] | |
| Aug 23, 2024 | "Dumb & Poetic" | Sabrina Carpenter | Joshua Bassett, Shawn Mendes | Sabrina Relationship's with Joshua and Shawn | [321] [322] | |
| Dec 5, 2024 | "Peggy" | Ceechynaa | Sym Worldd | Sym Worldd allegedly believed that Ceechynaa's track "Last Laugh" was directed to her. | [323] | |
| Jun 17, 2025 | "So Be It" | Clipse, Pharrell Williams | Travis Scott | Travis Scott is being criticized for playing the album Utopia to Pusha T and Pharrell Williams while hiding the diss aimed at Pharrell in 'MELTDOWN', essentially making them work on an album that was attacking them | "On a beat produced by Pharrell, Pusha T takes aim at Travis Scott, referencing his breakup with Kylie Jenner—saying Travis cried in front of him and that he has videos of it. He questions Travis's loyalty for allowing Drake to diss his own mentor, Kanye, and urges Metro Boomin to play 'Like That', a diss track aimed at his friend Drake | [324] |
| Jun 20, 2025 | "Outside" | Cardi B | Offset | [325] [326] | ||
| Jul 10, 2025 | "Friendly Fire" | Skepta | Joyner Lucas | [325] [326] | ||
| Jul 15, 2025 | "Nobody Cares" | Joyner Lucas | Skepta |
These diss tracks are known for their distribution via the YouTube platform, often because they were made by YouTubers. Although created by entertainers outside of the traditional music industry, these songs found significant audiences, RIAA certifications, and news coverage outside the platform. [327] [328] [329]
| Date Released | Song Title | Artist(s) | Target(s) | Response to (if applicable) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2013 | "RuPaulogize" | Willam Belli Sharon Needles | RuPaul | Willam's response to being cut from RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 1 prior to filming. [330] | |
| Jun 16, 2016 | "KSI (Your the Gayest Guy)" | Rucka Rucka Ali | KSI | Rucka Rucka Ali's response to KSI getting [Rucka Rucka Ali's] video deleted. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 | "I Didn't Hit Her" | RiceGum | The Gabbie Show | RiceGum's response to assault allegations against him from Gabbie Hanna. [329] | |
| May 30, 2017 | "It's Everyday Bro" | Jake Paul feat. Team 10 | Alissa Violet | Certified RIAA Platinum; [331] Reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100. [328] It peaked as the third most-disliked video on YouTube. Ignited a wave of feuds that played out through diss tracks. [332] | |
| Jun 3, 2017 | "The Fall of Jake Paul" | Logan Paul feat. Why Don't We | Jake Paul | Jake Paul's "Logang Sucks" | The largest feud among those incited by Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro." [333] [332] Logan Paul's most-viewed video. [334] |
| Jun 9, 2017 | "It's Every Night Sis" | RiceGum feat. Alissa Violet | Jake Paul | Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro" | Certified RIAA Platinum; [335] [336] [337] reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. [338] [339] [328] |
| Jul 23, 2017 | "God Church" | RiceGum | Tanner Fox | "We Do It Best" | [340] |
| Aug 5, 2017 | "YouTube Stars Diss Track" | Jake Paul | The general press | Part diss track, part musical apology video. [333] [341] | |
| Aug 7, 2017 | "Drama" | Behzinga | KSI | [342] [343] | |
| Aug 8, 2017 | "KSI Sucks" | Wroetoshaw | [343] [344] | ||
| Aug 11, 2017 | "Sidemen Diss Track" | Deji Olatunji | Behzinga, Vikkstar123, Miniminter, TBJZL, Zerkaa, and Wroetoshaw | [345] | |
| Aug 12, 2017 | "Earthquake" | KSI feat. RiceGum | Behzinga | "Drama" | [346] |
| "KSI's Little Brother" | Miniminter | Deji Olatunji | "Sidemen Diss Track" | [347] | |
| Aug 13, 2017 | "Little Boy" | KSI | Wroetoshaw | "KSI Sucks" | [348] |
| Aug 15, 2017 | "The End" | Vikkstar123 | Deji Olatunji | "Sidemen Diss Track" | [349] |
| Aug 18, 2017 | "Finished" | Behzinga | KSI and RiceGum | "Earthquake" | [350] |
| Aug 19, 2017 | "KSI Exposed" | Wroetoshaw | KSI | "Little Boy" | [351] |
| Aug 20, 2017 | "Diss Track ED" | NetNobody | [352] | ||
| "Ungrateful" | Deji Olatunji | Miniminter | "KSI's Little Brother" | [353] | |
| Aug 24, 2017 | "Two Birds One Stone" | KSI | Joe Weller and Wroetoshaw | "KSI Exposed" | [354] |
| Sep 8, 2017 | "Adam's Apple" | NetNobody | "Diss Track ED" | [355] | |
| "Bend the Knee" | NetNobody | KSI | "Adam's Apple" | [356] | |
| Oct 3, 2017 | "Asian Jake Paul" | iDubbbz feat. Boyinaband | RiceGum | iDubbbz makes fun of Ricegum's many controversies and perceived narcissism [357] | |
| Oct 10, 2017 | "Frick Da Police" | Ricegum | iDubbbz | iDubbbz's "Asian Jake Paul" | Ricegum's response was received notoriously poorly, it is the 37th most-disliked video on YouTube. [357] |
| Aug 17, 2018 | "On Point" | KSI | Logan Paul | Released as part of the two entertainers' feud, and eight days before it culminated in the white-collar amateur boxing match KSI vs. Logan Paul. [358] [359] [327] | |
| Aug 20, 2018 | "Wasteman" | Deji Olatunji | Jake Paul | Released in promotion of their upcoming celebrity boxing match. [360] | |
| Aug 21, 2018 | "Goodbye KSI" | Logan Paul | KSI | KSI's "On Point" | Released as part of the two entertainers' feud, in response to KSI's "On Point", [361] and four days before it culminated in the white-collar amateur boxing match KSI vs. Logan Paul. [362] [359] [327] |
| Aug 24, 2018 | "Ricegum Sucks" | Wroetoshaw | RiceGum | [363] | |
| Sep 20, 2018 | "Yacht" | Gabi DeMartino | SSSniperWolf, and Ariana Grande's fans | Released as a response to Ariana Grande's fans following accusations that DeMartino copies Grande's style, DeMartino was later featured in Grande's "Thank U, Next" music video. Also possibly released as a response to YouTuber SSSniperwolf diss video about her. [364] | |
| Oct 5, 2018 | "Bitch Lasagna" | PewDiePie and Party in Backyard | T-Series | Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series. [365] | |
| Nov 23, 2018 | "Insecure" | Quadeca | KSI | [366] | |
| Nov 24, 2018 | "Manchild" | Randolph | Deji Olatunji | [367] | |
| Nov 26, 2018 | "Ran" | Deji Olatunji | Randolph | "Manchild" | [368] |
| Nov 30, 2018 | "Victory Speech" | Randolph | Deji Olatunji | "Victory Speech" | [369] |
| Dec 4, 2018 | "Ares" | KSI | Quadeca | "Insecure" | [370] |
| Dec 6, 2018 | "Unforgivable" | Deji Olatunji feat. Crypt, Dax, and Jallow | KSI | [371] | |
| Jan 1, 2019 | "Bye PewDiePie" | CarryMinati | PewDiePie | CarryMinati released a diss track in January 2019 against the YouTuber PewDiePie in context of the PewDiePie vs T-Series competition. [372] | |
| Mar 31, 2019 | "Congratulations" | PewDiePie, Boyinaband, RoomieOfficial | T-Series | T-Series surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers. | Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series. [365] |
| Jun 5, 2020 | "Yalgaar" | CarryMinati, Wily Frenzy | Release as a response to "YouTube vs Tiktok the End" controversy. [373] [374] | ||
| Feb 14, 2021 | "Coco" | PewDiePie | Cocomelon | Cocomelon surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers | The song's music video was terminated by YouTube for violating their community guidelines [375] |
| Aug 15, 2022 | "KSI Diss Track" | Swarmz | KSI | In promotion of their upcoming celebrity boxing match. [376] | |
| Jul 31, 2023 | "Kingdom Come" | KING DOTTA | Ren | [377] | |
| Aug 5, 2023 | "Dumb King Come" | Ren | King Dotta | "Kingdom Come" |
A better theory is that the song - which features the lines "How could it be I'm the only one who sees your rehearsed insanity" and "I've been around all the pawns you've gagged and bound" - is about Courtney Love.
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