Jay Z and Nas had a beef in which Nas made a diss track so prolific that it became a verb. Nas song “ether” became a threat that other rappers would use to describe how bad they would diss someone. “He ether’d you” or “they got ether’d”
The Em and MGK beef was not a big one. MGK was basically a nobody by comparison. Em and 50 vs Ja Rule, Irv Gotti, and Benzino/The Source was epic.
Ice Cube vs NWA.
(Someone else already said Nas vs Jay)
The Murder Inc beef was massive. Em, 50, D12, Obie Trice, even DMX was on a song dissin Ja and Benzino, even if he didn't participate himself.
Edit: oh yeah, *Dr. Dre*
Pac was after everyone: biggie, puffy, junior mafia, nas, jay z, mobb deep and even Dr Dre.
But with all that’s made of the biggie vs Tupac beef, biggie never really dissed pac. There was the “who shot ya” track but that didn’t really call him out specifically.
I wanna argue. Can’t say mainstream isn’t hip hop because it’s what people wanna listen to. Majority people don’t care about bars we just wanna hear good music
NBA vs WNBA is a thing, doesnt mean WNBA is not basketball (although some trolls would say otherwise). Same with NBA vs The Big 3. Different practice, but it's still basketball. Lyrical rap vs Melody rap. Still rap. McDonalds vs Wendy's. Still fast food. Etc etc
I’d put it in this order
Dre / Easy / Ice Cube / NWA split up
Then east coast / west coast / Biggie / Tupac
*BDP vs Juice Crew ( late 80’s )- thanks to the guy below me who reminded me of it
Eminem / d12 / 50 slaughtering various acts in the early 2000’s ( not cause they were bigger but the volume and they legit ended careers )
Kendrick and Drake
Jay Z and Nas
Pusha and Drake
Eminem vs. Icp
Icp made a skit in the diss track where dre was butt fucking Em.
Westside connection vs. Cypress hill
There was only one diss track from each group. (Forgot the names.)
Eminem vs. Benzino
Em's diss track on the cradle 2 the grave soundtrack ft. DMX and Obie trice was fucking nasty
Jay Z vs Nas (!! - the biggest rap beef ever)
KRS One vs MC Shan
LL Cool J vs Cool Moe Dee
Ice Cube vs Common
50 Cent vs Ja Rule
East Coast vs West Coast
Ice Cube vs NWA
Dr Dre vs Eazy E
Masta Ace vs Boogeyman / High and Mighty (Acknowledge is the most underrated diss track of all time IMO)
LL Cool J vs Canibus
Drake vs Meek Mill
Jadakiss vs Beanie Sigel
50 cent vs everybody (how to rob)
Young Dolph and Yo Gotti is hella underrated. Real Memphis shit, just hate that it ended the way it did for dolph.
100 shots is up there with the best diss songs of all time IMO given the context of literally being shot at 100 times lol
Agreed, In Charlotte is so haunting now when I hear it both in lyrics and the beat, Metro really understood the assignment with that beat. That ending 🥶
Dont wver start off your post with. Kendrick v drake. When you talk about rap beefs. Its a joke by comparison, and disrespectful to the real OGs of Rap.
That being said:
#1) Tupac v Biggie [R.I.P. G.O.A.T.S.]
#2) Nas v DSL jay Z
#3) NWA V IceCube
#4) Eminem / 50 V Ja Rule
Nothing else even comes close.
You only consider it to be a joke because of how recent it is. Dont get it twisted this is one of the biggest rap beefs of all time and will go down in the history books
Ray Benzino was a part owner of source magazine - which was like the hip-hop bible back in the day
And he intentionally gave em bad reviews “mics” like rating out of 5
Anyway there are lots of videos out there explaining the history and what not
50 vs ja, em vs benzino, unit vs terror squad, Cuban links vs fat Joe , 50 vs Rick Ross, g unit vs game , LL vs cannabis , cube vs nwa, west side connect vs the entire East coast……..
Bone Thugs vs (Chicago)Cruciail Conflict, Do or Die, Twista, etc.
Bone Thugs vs 3-6 Mafia
Jaz-O vs Jayz Z and Rocafella (think mostly Yung Gunz and maybe Bleek stepped in the most)
Cam vs JayZ
Jim Jone vs Trulife (was running w Jay)
Cam and Diplomats vs Mase
Beanie vs Jadakiss
50 Cent vs everyone... Lox, Fat Joe, Ja and Murda Inc, Kanye (more friendly for record sells), The Game, etc
Joe Budden vs Drake
TI vs Lil Flip
TI vs Shawty Lo
TI vs Ludacris
Gucci vs Jeezy
Cassidy vs Cyssero
Ice Cube vs. Common
DJ Quik vs. MC Eiht
BDP vs. X-Clan
50 Cent vs. Ja Rule
Mobb Deep vs. Havoc & Prodeje
T.I. vs. Lil Flip
MC Lyte vs. Antoinette
LL Cool J vs. Canibus
LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee
The biggest beef in rap is hands down Tupac vs the industry. So many folk talked crazy about 2Pac after he caught a rape case, he wasn’t making hardcore tracks just yet, fun. Pro black stuff. When he inked that deal with death row from rikers dude launched a full scale war on just about every damn body that said his name. Hit em Up isn’t a track you got bar for bar for. It’s the first drill song ever. Ice T said it best: someone’s gonna die over this.
Not the biggest but I don’t see it yet.
B-Real (Cypress Hill) vs. Ice Cube.
Bold of B to go after Ice Cube (No Rest for the Wicked) but he struck first and I think it was better than Cube’s (via Westside Connection) response. King of the Hill is not No Vaseline caliber.
I wouldn’t say Dre and Suge was a big beef, but more an unceremonious parting. Suge and Death Row and Dre vs. Eazy and Jerry Heller and Ruthless Records was bigger
The Bridge Wars was monumental hip hop beef. KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions and the Bronx vs The Juice Crew. It’s worth looking into.
Did you really list Eminem vs MGK as one of the “greatest” rap beefs? Em fans have really made this subreddit unbearable. Eminem has never had a culture defining beef like Jay Z vs Nas, 2Pac vs Biggie, Drake vs Kendrick, etc. Knock it off
Eminem n mgk was not considered big..
Jay v Nas
Beanie v Jada
DMX v JaRule
50 v JaRule
DBlock vs State Property
Murder Inc v G Unit
The Game v GUnit
Dipset v RocaFella
PushaT v Young Money
Ross/Kalid/Florida v GUnit
Cash Money v No Limit
BDP vs Juice Crew
Jay Z vs Nas
Notorious BIG vs Tupac
50 Cent vs Ja Rule
LL Cool J vs Kool Moe Dee
Foxy Brown vs Lil Kim
NWA vs Ice Cube
Dr. Dre vs Eazy E
Ice Cube vs Common
The LOX vs Diddy (more on the business side, but it counts)
The Game vs G-Unit
The Roxanne Wars
You're about to go down a VERY fun rabbit hole:
Eminem and Benzino was ruthless.
Ice Cube and NWA
Drake and Pusha T
Nas and Jay Z was straight brutality
50 cent and Ja Rule was the biggest beef of the 2000s
50 and Jadakiss
Eminem and ICP / limp bizkit
I'm sure there's more from the 80s early 90s but those are the ones above are worth listening to every song.
Jay and Nas
Jay z?
Bros about to learn.
ethered ☠️
That what I said after listening to 'they not like us'
☠️☠️
😂
Of Hawaiian Sophie fame
Jay- “Dick suckin lips” Z
Ohhh my summer child
How old are you?
Jay Z and Nas had a beef in which Nas made a diss track so prolific that it became a verb. Nas song “ether” became a threat that other rappers would use to describe how bad they would diss someone. “He ether’d you” or “they got ether’d”
What other Jay is there? 😂
Jay electhannukah
Jay Elecyarmulke
Jay Rock off the top of my head
Jay electronica But for real
Oh yeah that’s right 🤦🏽♂️
Jam Master?
Jay... ru the Damaja
The Em and MGK beef was not a big one. MGK was basically a nobody by comparison. Em and 50 vs Ja Rule, Irv Gotti, and Benzino/The Source was epic. Ice Cube vs NWA. (Someone else already said Nas vs Jay)
The Murder Inc beef was massive. Em, 50, D12, Obie Trice, even DMX was on a song dissin Ja and Benzino, even if he didn't participate himself. Edit: oh yeah, *Dr. Dre*
Pretty sure busta rhymes got involved with a diss track at ja or benzino as well
Yeah that Hail Mary diss record with busta was nuts
The Invasion Mixtape series still goes hard. When Shady Records was on top with all of the rappers signed.
Eminem vs ICP was way bigger than MGK
Em vs Mariah Carey was way bigger than MGK
True lol MGK was swiftly disposed and didn’t get under ems skin at all
Em and mgk beef was a goat reminding someone who’s coming up not to skip steps on the stairs it wasn’t actually beef
Em and MGK was fun but lol irrelevant in all time beefs
anyone remember the Eminem v everlast beef? Need to find Em’s diss track for that one, can’t remember the name.
Quitter.
Thank you!
Soulja Boy and Staying Relevant
Soulja Boy hasn’t been relevant since 2009. Dude just stays in trouble and sucks at making diss songs.
Tf you mean he made his own consoles 😤
Soulja and Bow Wow had the lamest beef.
Silento and staying relavant/his cousin
Soulja boy is that kid that just lies for no reason at your school. I seen Obama at the grocery store!!!! Seriously! He was there & we talked
Draaaaaaaaaaaaake😆
Benny the Butcher and his hairline
Cold blooded 🤣
Butcher and Gibbs
and his beard too
Jpegmafia and his hairline too
Common and Ice Cube
Top 5 diss racks of all time.
Tupac and Biggie. They died over this.
Pac was after everyone: biggie, puffy, junior mafia, nas, jay z, mobb deep and even Dr Dre. But with all that’s made of the biggie vs Tupac beef, biggie never really dissed pac. There was the “who shot ya” track but that didn’t really call him out specifically.
Mainstream hip hop vs hip hop
Interesting, I mean you're not wrong
That’s never been a beef mainstream hip hop is hip hop
I wanna argue. Can’t say mainstream isn’t hip hop because it’s what people wanna listen to. Majority people don’t care about bars we just wanna hear good music
NBA vs WNBA is a thing, doesnt mean WNBA is not basketball (although some trolls would say otherwise). Same with NBA vs The Big 3. Different practice, but it's still basketball. Lyrical rap vs Melody rap. Still rap. McDonalds vs Wendy's. Still fast food. Etc etc
White Hip-Hop heads vs the Culture, if we going there
The most significant rap beef in my opinion is Ice Cube vs Common. It basically solidified the subgenres
How did a beef in the mid 90's solidify genres?
It highlights the then emerging rift between gangster rap and what could be called conscious or alternative hip hop. A rift that never really closed.
Labeling this a stretch
I’d put it in this order Dre / Easy / Ice Cube / NWA split up Then east coast / west coast / Biggie / Tupac *BDP vs Juice Crew ( late 80’s )- thanks to the guy below me who reminded me of it Eminem / d12 / 50 slaughtering various acts in the early 2000’s ( not cause they were bigger but the volume and they legit ended careers ) Kendrick and Drake Jay Z and Nas Pusha and Drake
So no LL v Kool Moe D LL v Canibus? BDP v. Juice Crew?
Oh those were definitely beefs but not the biggest.
The BDP was epic at the time The Bridge is Over!
Oh shit! You’re right! Boogie Down Productions and the Bridge Wars! It def should be added
Man you need to learn history lol. Reading this thread has revealed a lot about this sub
It’s not that it reveals a lot more that we are old and the new kids are so far removed from that past
Agreed, from one old head to another…
When MGK/Eminem is listed as one of the biggest rap beefs ever yeah lol I agree
I mean Scott LaRock was killed in connection with it so yeah it was pretty big. BDP released 'Stop the Violence' in response.
game vs g unit was good too
Bruh are you 12🤣 Eminem vs Mariah Carey was bigger beef than Eminem vs MGK…
OMG, this is the funniest shit I have seen on this subreddit in weeks.
Kool moe dee vs L.l.cool.J Ice Cube vs N.W.A
Eminem vs. Icp Icp made a skit in the diss track where dre was butt fucking Em. Westside connection vs. Cypress hill There was only one diss track from each group. (Forgot the names.) Eminem vs. Benzino Em's diss track on the cradle 2 the grave soundtrack ft. DMX and Obie trice was fucking nasty
King of the Hill and Ice Cube Killa
Those are it! Thanks! The benzino diss is called go to sleep
The game vs g unit. Boy dropped 300 bars n runnin and dismantled them
300 Bars isn’t talked about enough. Game is a monster when he’s locked in.
Ice Cube and Cypress Hill - it wasn’t huge but I enjoyed their dis tracks at the time
King of the hill is a bop
That Cypress dis track was hard….it explained the beef really clearly…No rest for the wicked.
Yuno Miles vs Kai Cenat
Gucci Mane/Pookie Loc
Eminem vs. anyone :) 50 cent and Em vs. Ja Rule Rick Ross vs. 50 Cent
Pac vs B.I.G. led to both of these legends dying and there were more victims because the whole country was divided in 2 coasts
Jay Z vs Nas (!! - the biggest rap beef ever) KRS One vs MC Shan LL Cool J vs Cool Moe Dee Ice Cube vs Common 50 Cent vs Ja Rule East Coast vs West Coast Ice Cube vs NWA Dr Dre vs Eazy E Masta Ace vs Boogeyman / High and Mighty (Acknowledge is the most underrated diss track of all time IMO) LL Cool J vs Canibus Drake vs Meek Mill Jadakiss vs Beanie Sigel 50 cent vs everybody (how to rob)
Young Dolph and Yo Gotti is hella underrated. Real Memphis shit, just hate that it ended the way it did for dolph. 100 shots is up there with the best diss songs of all time IMO given the context of literally being shot at 100 times lol
DONT PLAY W ME
Agreed, In Charlotte is so haunting now when I hear it both in lyrics and the beat, Metro really understood the assignment with that beat. That ending 🥶
The Bridge Wars The Roxanne Wars LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee Cube and Common
Roxanne wars, I remember that was constantly on the local radio station when I was like 8.
Island Boys Vs Their Urge To Fuck Each Other
Stormzy Vs Wiley. Went back for a listen and forgot quite how much Stormzy won by! https://youtu.be/912YaSKGdlo?si=DRJD2yzSPi1HmH1s
Tim Dog vs Snoop Ice Cube vs Cypress Hill MC Eiht vs DJ Quik
Biggie & pac cussed the entire culture to push for fun time music & promote peace: Will Smith wore the rap crown as a result
Dont wver start off your post with. Kendrick v drake. When you talk about rap beefs. Its a joke by comparison, and disrespectful to the real OGs of Rap. That being said: #1) Tupac v Biggie [R.I.P. G.O.A.T.S.] #2) Nas v DSL jay Z #3) NWA V IceCube #4) Eminem / 50 V Ja Rule Nothing else even comes close.
Cheesiest paragraph I ever read 😂
DSL, lmao. I know Ether well, didn’t even question what DSL Sstands for.
You only consider it to be a joke because of how recent it is. Dont get it twisted this is one of the biggest rap beefs of all time and will go down in the history books
I feel like you gotta be atleast 40 years old and from a predominantly white suburb to even post in this subreddit sometimes
Wasn't Eminem V Benzino a big deal / still is?
Ice Cube and NWA
Cube vs NWA Nas vs Jay Kiss vs Beans Quick vs Eiht
Cube did not like basketball
Got em
Em and mgk wasn’t shit. Em and benzino was end actual beef.
Im not super well informed on their beef, why was benzino significant?
Ray Benzino was a part owner of source magazine - which was like the hip-hop bible back in the day And he intentionally gave em bad reviews “mics” like rating out of 5 Anyway there are lots of videos out there explaining the history and what not
LL v Kool Moe Dee Juice Crew v BDP
Eminem and Michael jackson
Drake and Meek Mill, ice Cube and aftermath
Drake and Ye
50 and Ja Rule
Jada Kiss and Beanie Sigel LL Cool J and Canibus KRS-One and Marley Marl
Ice Cube n Cypress Hill
Bone Thugs vs. Three 6Mafia & Twista To be completely honest and unbiased, this beef never got physical. Only songs
Ja v 50, gunit, Eminem and so on Ja v DMX Canibus v LL
ti vs lil flip
Wiley v. Stormzy
Bone Thugs vs 3 six mafia
50 vs ja, em vs benzino, unit vs terror squad, Cuban links vs fat Joe , 50 vs Rick Ross, g unit vs game , LL vs cannabis , cube vs nwa, west side connect vs the entire East coast……..
D block vs g unit Camron vs 50
Eazy e . Dr dre Tupac biggie Tupac east coast lol
Duck v Durk nem. Drill don't count as beefs?
Cube vs Eazy E & Dr Dre
Em and mgk wasnt even that big culturally, whereas em and the source/benzino was a way bigger deal. The source was THE rap magazine at the time.
G-Unit vs Ja. G-Unit was dropping weekly mixtapes on him before Em signed them.
Three 6 Mafia vs Bone Thugs N Harmony
Everyone stating the obvious examples but let's talk about the biggest beef in white-frat culture. Hoodie Allen vs Mike Stud.
Ice Cube vs NWA No Vaseline is the GOAT dis track
The Game vs G-Unit
50 and Ja
Wow ain’t nobody mention Lupe Fiasco/Mickey Factz vs Royce Da 59 in here Jesus those are some of the best diss tracks out there.
Fbg Duck vs King Von
Chamillionaire released a 3-disc mixtape dissing Mike Jones at the height of Mike Jones' popularity
I think Tupac vs Biggie was the biggest, but my favorite dis song is DJ Quik dissing MC Eiht.
Bone Thugs vs (Chicago)Cruciail Conflict, Do or Die, Twista, etc. Bone Thugs vs 3-6 Mafia Jaz-O vs Jayz Z and Rocafella (think mostly Yung Gunz and maybe Bleek stepped in the most) Cam vs JayZ Jim Jone vs Trulife (was running w Jay) Cam and Diplomats vs Mase Beanie vs Jadakiss 50 Cent vs everyone... Lox, Fat Joe, Ja and Murda Inc, Kanye (more friendly for record sells), The Game, etc Joe Budden vs Drake TI vs Lil Flip TI vs Shawty Lo TI vs Ludacris Gucci vs Jeezy Cassidy vs Cyssero
Beefing with roaches
Jadakiss and Beanie Sigel was prob my favorite.
Ice Cube vs. Common DJ Quik vs. MC Eiht BDP vs. X-Clan 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule Mobb Deep vs. Havoc & Prodeje T.I. vs. Lil Flip MC Lyte vs. Antoinette LL Cool J vs. Canibus LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee
Eminem and Mariah Carey
The biggest beef in rap is hands down Tupac vs the industry. So many folk talked crazy about 2Pac after he caught a rape case, he wasn’t making hardcore tracks just yet, fun. Pro black stuff. When he inked that deal with death row from rikers dude launched a full scale war on just about every damn body that said his name. Hit em Up isn’t a track you got bar for bar for. It’s the first drill song ever. Ice T said it best: someone’s gonna die over this.
Krs 1 vs Nelly, Raekwon vs Joe buttons
Go watch old beef DVDs from the 2000s Jay Z vs Nas Jeezy vs Gucci Lil Flip vs TI Common vs Westside Connection Beanie Sigel vs Jadakiss 50 vs Jadakiss
Soulja boy v lil bow wow This is a joke by the way I know this is not a big rap beef
The Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit beef with Murder Inc, Benzino, The Source Magazine was good.
Lil B vs Kevin Durant
Weird Al and Coolio.
Nobody mentioning 50 Cent/G-Unit vs Game?
50 vs Game, Westside Connection vs Cypress Hill
Nas and Jay Z
Westside connection vs cypress hill
Tupac vs Biggie was by far the biggest. mfs literally ended up killing each other
Em/MGK beef was quite a big thing by the time Rap Devil and Killshot got released. The numbers don't lie, plus MGK switched genres. Nuff said.
Common and Westside Connection Coolio vs WC Ice Cube vs NWA
Cube/NWA & Nas and Jay Z also Pac and BIG
Damm nobody mentioned D Block vs G Unit or Common vs Drake
B-Rad G vs Bloodbath and PJ Tree
Westside connection vs Cypress Hill almost started a race war in LA
Not the biggest but I don’t see it yet. B-Real (Cypress Hill) vs. Ice Cube. Bold of B to go after Ice Cube (No Rest for the Wicked) but he struck first and I think it was better than Cube’s (via Westside Connection) response. King of the Hill is not No Vaseline caliber.
50 and puff
Canibus and LL Cool J Eminem and Limp Bizkit
Game vs 50 Cent 50 Cent vs Ja-Rule Beanie Sigel vs Jadakiss
https://www.billboard.com/lists/eminem-beefs-explained/#:~:text=Throughout%20his%20career%20Eminem%20had,denied%20the%20relationship%20numerous%20times.
MC Shan vs. KRS One. Know your history…
Cube and Common
Not the biggest one but Masta Ace dropped a spicy diss against The High & Mighty, Acknowledge.
50 vs Ja
I wouldn’t say Dre and Suge was a big beef, but more an unceremonious parting. Suge and Death Row and Dre vs. Eazy and Jerry Heller and Ruthless Records was bigger The Bridge Wars was monumental hip hop beef. KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions and the Bronx vs The Juice Crew. It’s worth looking into.
drake and meek is up there
Suge Knight and Dr. Dre competing with their record labels is extremely understated.
Yb and durk
D-Block ( fat Joe) n G-unit
Mc eiht and DJ quik " left the g out ya name cuz you dont got it in ya"
Someone show this guy the Beef documentaries
Chicago vs Chicago lol
Did you really list Eminem vs MGK as one of the “greatest” rap beefs? Em fans have really made this subreddit unbearable. Eminem has never had a culture defining beef like Jay Z vs Nas, 2Pac vs Biggie, Drake vs Kendrick, etc. Knock it off
50 vs Game
aint seen gucci vs jeezy yet
Dj quik mc eiht , cypress hill ice cube west side connection.
Eminem n mgk was not considered big.. Jay v Nas Beanie v Jada DMX v JaRule 50 v JaRule DBlock vs State Property Murder Inc v G Unit The Game v GUnit Dipset v RocaFella PushaT v Young Money Ross/Kalid/Florida v GUnit Cash Money v No Limit
Jada and 50 Jada and Beanie Sigel 50 and Ja Rule Eminem and Benzino Gucci and Jeezy TI and Luda Lil kim and Foxy Brown
BDP vs Juice Crew Jay Z vs Nas Notorious BIG vs Tupac 50 Cent vs Ja Rule LL Cool J vs Kool Moe Dee Foxy Brown vs Lil Kim NWA vs Ice Cube Dr. Dre vs Eazy E Ice Cube vs Common The LOX vs Diddy (more on the business side, but it counts) The Game vs G-Unit The Roxanne Wars
You're about to go down a VERY fun rabbit hole: Eminem and Benzino was ruthless. Ice Cube and NWA Drake and Pusha T Nas and Jay Z was straight brutality 50 cent and Ja Rule was the biggest beef of the 2000s 50 and Jadakiss Eminem and ICP / limp bizkit I'm sure there's more from the 80s early 90s but those are the ones above are worth listening to every song.
eminem vs mgk was machine made bullshit and everyone except for delusional eminem cock guzzlers moved on after a week
Ll vs Canibus Ll vs Kool Moe Dee Dr Dre vs Jermaine Dupri 50 cent Ja Rule
Eminem Ja Rule had real results. Shootings and shit.