List of diss tracks
The following is a list of diss tracks, recorded songs the primary purpose of which is to verbally attack someone else, usually another artist.
Traditional recordings
| Date released | Song title | Artist | Target | Responseto | Notes | |
| "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. | |||
| "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" | Alexander Coffman Ross | Martin Van Buren | The 1840 United States Presidential Election | The song was published by the Whig Party to endorse William Henry Harrison's candidacy over incumbent Martin Van Buren. | ||
| "Union Dixie" | Unknown | Confederate States Of America | ||||
| "学科嫌い " | 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. | |||
| "Aggie War Hymn" | Unknown | University of Texas at Austin | ||||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | |||
| "Carl Nielsen, vor store komponist " | Rued Langgaard | Carl Nielsen | Among the driving forces behind Langgaard's hectic period of productivity towards the end of the 1940s 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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Old Man Trump" | Woody Guthrie | Fred Trump | Trump's alleged greed and racially discriminatory housing practices | |||
| "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. | |||
| "Blackhead Chinaman" | Prince Buster | Derrick Morgan | Morgan recording for producer Leslie Kong | |||
| "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 of the song is/are unclear. | ||
| "Run for Cover" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Coxsone Dodd | Dodd's alleged underpayment of Perry | |||
| "Sexy Sadie" | The Beatles | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | ||||
| "Happy Family" | King Crimson | The Beatles | Makes fun about the separation of Beatles | |||
| "Wah-Wah" | George Harrison | Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Yoko Ono | Frustration with the atmosphere in the Beatles | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| "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. | |||
| "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 | Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins have since made amends, even recording the album Hummingbird together | ||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Smooth Dancer" | Deep Purple | Ritchie Blackmore | ||||
| "Cow Thief Skank" | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Niney the Observer | ||||
| "En Cuba No Falta Nada" | José María Peñaranda | Fidel Castro | Castro's authoritarian rule of the country. | Also covered by Tommy Olivencia's orchestra with lead vocals by Héctor Tricoche in 1985. A censored version of the song titled "El del Tabacón" was also released | ||
| "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. | ||
| "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" | Queen | Norman Sheffield | Sheffield's alleged mismanagement and embezzlement of the band's earnings | |||
| "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 | |||
| "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". | |||
| "Silver Springs" | Fleetwood Mac | Lindsey Buckingham | Silver Springs was written by Stevie Nicks to talk about her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham | |||
| "New York" | Sex Pistols | New York Dolls | Attacks on New York Dolls, accusing them of being frauds. | |||
| "E.M.I." | Sex Pistols | EMI | EMI's termination of the Sex Pistols' contract | |||
| "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. | |||
| "Idiot Box" | the Damned | Television and Tom Verlaine | Television refusing to allow the Damned to play a show with them. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Battle w/Busy Bee" | Kool Moe Dee | Busy Bee Starski | 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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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 | ||
| "We're Turning Again" | Frank Zappa | Jimi Hendrix, Cass Elliot, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, The Who, and hippies in general. | The drug abuse and later fallout of the 1960s counterculture. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Mentiras" | Lupita D'Alessio | Carlos Reinoso | D'Alessio's abusive relationship with Reinoso | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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" | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Kill That Noise" | MC Shan | Boogie Down Productions | "South Bronx" | Part of The Bridge Wars | ||
| "How Ya Like Me Now" | Kool Moe Dee | LL Cool J | The claim that LL Cool J stole his rap style | |||
| "Mother" | Danzig | Tipper Gore | The Parents Music Resource Center, led by Tipper Gore and parents groups, introducing the "Parental Advisory" warning on music albums | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Liar" | Megadeth | past band member Chris Poland | Lead vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine claimed Poland was stealing guitars and selling them for heroin money. | |||
| "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 | ||
| "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. | ||
| "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 his satisfaction with the lack of Female Personalities in Rap. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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". | |||
| "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 | |||
| Apr 2, 1991 | "Güera" | Alejandra Guzmán | Paulina Rubio | After a love triangle between Guzmán, Paulina Rubio and Erik Rubín. | ||
| "Pop Goes the Weasel" | 3rd Bass | Vanilla Ice | ||||
| "Word to the Badd!!" | Jermaine Jackson | Michael Jackson | The song was changed for the album | |||
| "Get in the Ring" | Guns N' Roses | Music critics. Mentioned by name are critics from Hit Parader, Circus, Kerrang! and Spin. | 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. | |||
| "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!!! | ||
| "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. | |||
| Aug 30, 1992 | "Mío" | Paulina Rubio | Alejandra Guzmán | "Güera" by Alejandra Guzmán | Rubio's debut solo single | |
| "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 | ||
| "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 | |||
| "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". | |||
| "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 | ||
| "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". | ||
| "What Would You Do?" | Tha Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg | B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Eazy-E, Cold 187um and Ruthless Records | ||||
| "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". | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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 (Tha Dogg Pound song)|New York, New York]" | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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". | ||
| "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | Courtney Love | While never confirmed, many believe this track is about Courtney Love. | |||
| "Drop a Gem on 'Em" | Mobb Deep | Tupac Shakur | Shakur's "Hit 'Em Up" | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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 | Released under two weeks after Pac's death, and eventually included in his first posthumous album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. | |||
| "Intro/ Bomb First (My Second Reply)" | Tupac Shakur | Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, Big L and Xzibit | Released under two weeks after Pac's death, and eventually included in his first posthumous album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. | |||
| "Toss It Up" | Tupac Shakur | Dr. Dre, Puffy, Lil' Kim, Notorious B.I.G., Blackstreet and Teddy Riley | Released under two weeks after Pac's death, and eventually included in his first posthumous album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. | |||
| "Who Been There, Who Done That?" | J-Flexx | Dr. Dre | "Been There, Done That" | 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 | ||
| "I Shot Ya" | DMX | Tupac Shakur | East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry | DMX's freestyle was made before Tupac's murder | ||
| "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 | ||||
| "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. | |||
| "Reject" | Green Day | 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". | |||
| "Tupeu de borfaș" | La Familia | R.A.C.L.A., Getto Daci | ||||
| "Get At Me Dog" | DMX | K-Solo, 2Pac | The perceived "softness" of the rap industry | DMX's first single | ||
| "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. | ||
| Blood Type | Tragedy khadafi | Noreaga | ||||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Quiet Storm" | Mobb Deep feat. Lil' Kim | Foxy Brown | Part of a long-running feud between the two artists. Foxy Brown responded and the feud subsequently led to a shooting with more than 20 shots fired. | |||
| "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 young and unknown 50 Cent's early attempts 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. | |||
| "Your Life's on the Line" | 50 Cent | Ja Rule | ||||
| "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. | |||
| The Real Slim Shady | Eminem | Tom Green, Will Smith, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Carson Daly, Fred Durst | Eminem disses a number of his critics, including Aguilera, who he claimed spread rumors about him being married to his ex-lover, Kim. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford)" | Eminem | Everlast | Ear Drums Pop (Remix) | |||
| "Whitey's Revenge" | Everlast | Eminem | I Remember (Dedication to Whitey Ford) | On this track, Everlast questions Eminem's daughter's paternity. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | |||
| "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 after Nas released the "Stillmatic: Freestyle" which contained shots at Jay-Z. | |||
| "Ether" | Nas | Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records | "Takeover" | The second track on Nas' fifth studio album, Stillmatic. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "Without Me" | Eminem | Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Limp Bizkit, Moby, Chris Kirkpatrick, and the FCC | The song mocks a number of Eminem's critics. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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". | ||
| "Superman" | Eminem | Mariah Carey | The song elaborates on Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001. | |||
| "Back Down" | 50 Cent | Ja Rule | ||||
| February 18, 2003 | "Go To Sleep" | Eminem, DMX, Obie Trice | Benzino | A response to Benzino's "Die Another Day". | ||
| Apr 7, 2003 | "Do Rae Me " | Eminem, D12, Obie Trice | Ja Rule | "Loose Change" | A response to Ja Rule's song "Loose Change", in which Rule is heard mentioning Eminem's daughter, wife and mother in the outro which outraged Eminem. The track was found on DJ Green Lantern's mixtape Invasion Part II: Conspiracy Theory and also on the bootleg mixtape "Straight from the Lab". | |
| "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. | ||
| "Be a Man" | Randy Savage | Hulk Hogan | ||||
| "Bump Heads" | Eminem, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks | Ja Rule | The track was earlier found on DJ Green Lantern's mixtape Invasion Part II: Conspiracy Theory and some other mixtapes, but was officially released in 2022 on the expanded edition of Eminem's 2002 album The Eminem Show. | |||
| Nov 7, 2003 | "Can-I-Bitch" | Eminem | Canibus | A full-fledged response to Canibus' "U Didn't Care", after taking shots at him all throughout The Eminem Show and an answer song to the Pet Shop Boys' 2002 song "The Night [I Fell in Love (song)|The Night I Fell in Love]". | The tracks were found on the bootleg mixtape "Straight from the Lab". | |
| Nov 7, 2003 | "Bully" | Eminem | Irv Gotti, Ja Rule, Benzino | The tracks were found on the bootleg mixtape "Straight from the Lab". | ||
| "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. | |||
| "Something That I'm Not" | Megadeth | Metallica | Dave Mustaine feelings about Metallica | |||
| "Piggy Bank" | 50 Cent | Nas, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Shyne, Sheek Louch, Cassidy, Kelis, Fat Joe, The Lox, The Game | ||||
| "Checkmate" | Jadakiss | 50 Cent | "Piggy Bank" | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "Don't Stop" | Outlawz | C. Delores Tucker and Bob Dole | Tucker and Dole proposing censorship of gangsta rap | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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." | |||
| "Obsessed" | Mariah Carey | Eminem | Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001, and him mentioning the claims on his songs like "Superman" and "Bagpipes From Bagdad". | |||
| "Ovarios" | Jenni Rivera | Graciela Beltran | ||||
| "The Warning" | Eminem | Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon | Carey's "Obsessed" | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | |||
| "Black Friday" | Lil' Kim | Nicki Minaj | Minaj's "Roman's Revenge" | Response to Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" album. | ||
| "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". | ||
| "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. | ||
| "Fuck Up For Fun" | Azealia Banks | Iggy Azalea | ||||
| "3HunnaK" | Lil JoJo | Black Disciples | L's Anthem | |||
| "Exodus 23:1" | Pusha T | Drake and Lil Wayne | ||||
| "All too Well" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | End of the relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal | Taylor Swift reminisces a failed romantic relationship, its memories and her discovery of Gyllenhaal's alleged infidelity | ||
| "Better Man" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | End of the relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal | She talks about how she wishes he was a better person | ||
| "Babe" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | End of the relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal | She talks about his false promises and how he was cheating | ||
| "Sad Beautiful Tragic" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | End of the relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal | She talks about how Gyllenhaal tried to apologize and questions his honesty | ||
| "The Moment I Knew" | Taylor Swift | Jake Gyllenhaal | End of the relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal | She talks about the incident when Gyllenhaal didn't attend her 21st birthday | ||
| "Better Than That" | MARINA | Ellie Goulding | Ellie and the MARINA's Ex-Boyfriend affair | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "I Don't Fuck With You" | Big Sean | Naya Rivera | End of Romantic Relations of Naya Rivera and Big Sean | |||
| "I Bet" | Ciara | Future | Ciara and Future Break-Up | |||
| "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. | |||
| "Chipmunk Reply" | Devilman featuring Mr. Traumatik | Chipmunk, Skepta, Jammer, Lil Wayne, JME | "Pepper Riddim" by Chipmunk | |||
| "Relegation Riddim" | Bugzy Malone | Chipmunk | "Pepper Riddim" by Chipmunk | |||
| "Off My Shoulder" | "Saskilla" | Chipmunk | "Pepper Riddim" by Chipmunk | |||
| "Bad Blood" | Taylor Swift | Katy Perry | 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. | ||
| "Charged Up" | Drake | Meek Mill | Response to Meek Mill's claim that Drake uses ghostwriters. | |||
| "Back to Back" | Drake | Meek Mill | Response to Meek Mill's claim that Drake uses ghostwriters. | |||
| "Flatline" | B.o.B | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | B.o.B's promotion of the conspiracy theory that the earth is flat. | |||
| "Famous" | Kanye West | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift–Kanye West feud | West claimed that he called Swift about adding a lyric about him having sex with him because he made her famous, but Swift denied this. | ||
| "FDT" | YG feat Nipsey Hussle | Donald Trump | Trump's rhetoric during his 2016 presidential campaign. | |||
| "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 | ||
| "Shout Out to My Ex" | Little Mix | Zayn Malik | Malik's break-up with group member Perrie Edwards. | |||
| "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 for implementing ghostwriters in their song writing processes. | |||
| "Beef" | Soulja Boy | Quavo | The feud allegedly started when Soulja Boy reached out to Quavo, who didn't want to associate himself with Soulja due to his reputation for conflict and controversy. Soulja said he was friendly with Takeoff and Offset of Quavo's group Migos, but still had problems with Quavo himself. | |||
| "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 | ||||
| "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 | ||||
| "Shether" | Remy Ma | Nicki Minaj | Minaj's verse on Gucci Mane's Make Love. | |||
| "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 | ||
| "Swish Swish" | Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj | Taylor Swift and Remy Ma | "Bad Blood" | |||
| "Motion Sickness" | Phoebe Bridgers | Ryan Adams | Accused of sexual harassment and emotional abuse by several women, including Bridgers, in 2019. | |||
| "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". | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "Raw Thoughts III" | Chris Webby | Lil Xan, Chelsea Clinton, and Ted Cruz | ||||
| "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. | |||
| "Infrared" | Pusha T | Drake | Allegations of Drake using ghostwriters | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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. The song's instrumental is taken from Jay-Z's "The Story of O.J.", over which the track's name is also modeled. | ||
| "I Kill People" | Trippie Redd feat. Chief Keef and Tadoe | 6ix9ine | ||||
| "SICKO MODE" | Travis Scott feat. Drake | Pusha T, Kanye West, Common | Drake's long-running feud with Kanye West, Pusha T, and Common | |||
| "Not Alike" | Eminem feat. Royce da 5'9" | Machine Gun Kelly | Comments Kelly made about Eminem's daughter when she was underage. | |||
| "Bad Boy" | G-Eazy | Machine Gun Kelly | MGK's freestyle at Funk Flex on Hot 97 where he sent shots at him. | |||
| "Rap Devil" | Machine Gun Kelly | Eminem | Eminem's "Not Alike", released four days prior to Rap Devil. | |||
| "Killshot" | Eminem | Machine Gun Kelly, P. Diddy | Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil" | |||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "Don Queen" | Tory Lanez | Don Q, Dream Doll, Joyner Lucas, Royce Da 5'9" | "I'm Not Joyner" | |||
| "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 (Drake album)|Scorpion]. | ||
| "Sally Walker" | Iggy Azalea | Bhad Bhabie | Bhad Bhabie throwing a drink at Iggy Azalea at Cardi B's party | |||
| "Oppressed" | Rocky Badd | Stunna Girl, Cuban Doll, Molly Brazy | The Cage Incident: When Rocky Badd and her manager were 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 | ||
| "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". | ||
| "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. | |||
| "Pray For Him" | Nick Cannon feat. Conceited, 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. | |||
| "The Invitation Canceled" | Nick Cannon | 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. | |||
| "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 | ||||
| "ded sheeran 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. | |||
| "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" | |||
| "Money Over Fallouts" | Tory Lanez | Megan Thee Stallion, HotNewHipHop, Kehlani, Kaash Paige | ||||
| "Friends Become Strangers" | Tory Lanez | Megan Thee Stallion | ||||
| "The Most High" | Tory Lanez | Tal | ||||
| "Look How GOD Works" | Tory Lanez | Megan Thee Stallion | ||||
| "Queen and Slim" | Tory Lanez | Megan Thee Stallion | ||||
| "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. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "How To Rob " | 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. | |||
| "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. | ||
| "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 | ||||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | |||
| "Let The Bad Times Roll" | The Offspring | Donald Trump | ||||
| "Seeing Green" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion | ||||
| "Thot Shit" | Megan Thee Stallion | Ben Shapiro, James P. Bradley | Conservative criticisms of WAP | |||
| "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 Certified Lover Boy | ||
| "Life of the Party (Kanye West and [André 3000 song)|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. | ||
| "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 song, acresenting history accompanied by a short film with stars Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien as a similar 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 | ||
| "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. | |||
| "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. | |||
| 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 | ||
| "The Black Slim Shady" | The Game | Eminem | ||||
| "Psycho Bitch" | Thalía | Tommy Mottola | Alleged infidelity of Mottola towards Thalía | |||
| "Raw Thoughts VI" | Chris Webby | Hillary Clinton, BlackRock, Klaus Schwab, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Charlie Puth, Lupe Fiasco, and Ted Cruz | ||||
| "Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53" | Bizarrap and Shakira | Gerard Piqué and Clara Chía Martí | Piqué's infidelity to Shakira. | |||
| "Flowers" | Miley Cyrus | Liam Hemsworth | ||||
| "TQG" | Karol G and Shakira | Anuel AA and Gerard Piqué | Pique's and Anuel's infidelity | |||
| "Red Ruby Da Sleeze" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion and Latto | ||||
| Apr 21, 2023 | "Put It on da Floor" | Latto | Ice Spice | |||
| "Butterfly Ku" | Ice Spice | Latto | "Put It On Da Floor" | |||
| "How High" | Ice Spice | Latto | "Put It On Da Floor" | |||
| "Last Laugh" | Ceechynaa | OG Niki | ||||
| "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". | ||
| "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 | |||
| "FINE AS CAN BE" | Offset feat. Latto | Ice Spice | "How High" and "Butterfly Ku" | |||
| "FTCU" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion,Cardi B | ||||
| "Fallin 4 U" | Nicki Minaj | Latto | "Put It On Da Floor" and "Put It On Da Floor Again" | |||
| "Last Laugh " | Ceechyna feat. NLE Choppa | OG Niki | ||||
| "Dat A Dat" | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | ||||
| "London Bed" | Jada Kingdom | Stefflon Don | "Dat A Dat" | |||
| "Steff Lazarus" | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | "London Bed" | |||
| #DEADGYALWALKING | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | "Steff Lazarus" | |||
| #DEADGYALTALKING | Stefflon Don | Jada Kingdom | "Steff Lazarus" | |||
| "Hiss" | Megan Thee Stallion | Nicki Minaj, Drake, Pardison Fontaine, and Tory Lanez | "Circo Loco", "FTCU" "Red Ruby da Sleeze" | |||
| "Big Foot" | Nicki Minaj | Megan Thee Stallion | "Hiss" | |||
| "Think U The Shit (Fart)" | Ice Spice | Latto | Ice Spice's "Pretty Girl" music video was in the background of one of Latto's TikTok videos teasing a snippet of a diss presumably directed at Ice Spice. | |||
| "Sunday Service" | Latto | Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj | "Think U The Shit (Fart)", "Fallin 4 U" | |||
| Like That (Future and [Metro Boomin song)|"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. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "Tender" | Quavo | Chris Brown | "Freak" | |||
| Apr 19, 2024 | "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 | ||
| "Champagne Moments" | Rick Ross | Drake | "Push Ups" | |||
| "Weakest Link" | Chris Brown | Quavo | "Tender" | |||
| "Taylor Made Freestyle" | Drake | Kendrick Lamar | "Like That (Future, Metro Boomin and [Kendrick Lamar song)|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. | ||
| "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". | ||
| "Over Hoes & Bitches " | Quavo | Chris Brown | "Weakest Link" | Takeoff feature is posthumous, thus recorded before the feud. | ||
| "OKAY" | JT | Sukihana | ||||
| "Euphoria" | Kendrick Lamar | Drake | "Push Ups", "Taylor Made Freestyle", "7 Minute Drill" | |||
| "6:16 in LA" | Kendrick Lamar | 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. | ||
| "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. | ||
| "Buried Alive Interlude, Pt. 2" | Drake | 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 | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Not Like Us" | Kendrick Lamar | Drake | 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". | |||
| "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". | |||
| "The Heart Part 6" | Drake | Kendrick Lamar | "Meet the Grahams" and "Not Like Us" | |||
| "Cocaine" | Sukihana | JT, Lil Uzi Vert | "OKAY" | Sukihana's scathing diss track directed at JT and her boyfriend Lil Uzi Vert. | ||
| "OKAY " | JT | Sukihana | "Cocaine" | |||
| "Freeway's Revenge" | The Game | Rick Ross | Rick Ross attacking Drake on social media during the latter's feud with Kendrick Lamar | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Rattle" | Megan Thee Stallion | Nicki Minaj | ||||
| "Figueroa" | Megan Thee Stallion | Nicki Minaj | ||||
| "Intro " | 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. | ||
| "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. | |||
| "BB Belt" | Ice Spice | Cardi B | ||||
| "S/O to Me" | Latto | Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj | "Think U The Shit (Fart)", "Fallin 4 U" | |||
| "Dumb & Poetic" | Sabrina Carpenter | Joshua Bassett, Shawn Mendes | Sabrina's relationships with Joshua and Shawn. | |||
| "Peggy" | Ceechynaa | Sym Worldd | Sym Worldd allegedly believed that Ceechynaa's track "Last Laugh" was directed to her. | |||
| "Smack You" | Eminem | Ja Rule, Suge Knight | Recorded. | . | ||
| "Manchild" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan | ||||
| "So Be It" | Clipse, Pharrell Williams | Travis Scott | Travis Scott was criticized for playing the album Utopia to Pusha T and Pharrell Williams while hiding the diss verse performed by Drake 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 | ||
| "Outside" | Cardi B | Offset | ||||
| "Friendly Fire" | Skepta | Joyner Lucas | ||||
| "Nobody Cares" | Joyner Lucas | Skepta | ||||
| "My Man on Willpower" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan | Carpenter and Keoghan's break-up. | |||
| "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan | Carpenter and Keoghan's break-up. | |||
| "Nobody's Son" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan | Carpenter and Keoghan's break-up. | |||
| "Never Getting Laid" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan | Carpenter and Keoghan's break-up. | |||
| "Go Go Juice" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan, Shawn Mendes, Joshua Bassett, Dylan O'Brien | Carpenter and Keoghan's break-up. | |||
| "Don't Worry I'll Make You Worry" | Sabrina Carpenter | Barry Keoghan | Carpenter and Keoghan's break-up. | |||
| "Brianna" | GloRilla | Young Thug, Mariah the Scientist | In a leaked phone call while in jail, Young Thug was on the phone with his girlfriend Mariah the Scientist, insulting GloRilla's appearance. | |||
| "Tired of Being Groomed" | Dave Blunts | Kanye West | ||||
| "Magnet" | Cardi B | JT, Lil Uzi Vert, Offset, Ice Spice | "BB Belt", "Intro " | |||
| "Pretty & Petty" | Cardi B | Bia | "Sue Meee?" | |||
| "TIT FOR TAT" | Tate McRae | The Kid Laroi | "A COLD PLAY" | |||
| "Actually Romantic" | Taylor Swift | Charli XCX | "Sympathy Is a Knife" | Upon the release of "Sympathy is a Knife", fans quickly speculated that the track was written about Taylor Swift's relationship with Matty Healy, Taylor responds to this saying that it's ironic of how Charli thinks so much about her despite her apparent hatred. | ||
| "No Hook" | JT | Cardi B | "Magnet" | |||
| "Keep Coming" | JT | Cardi B, Hennessy Carolina | "Magnet" | |||
| "KO” | NLE Choppa | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | ||||
| "NO SWEAT" | Offset | Stefon Diggs, Cardi B | "Magnet", "Man of Your Word", "What's Goin On", "Shower Tears", "Outside" | |||
| "Pretty Privilege" | Ice Spice | Cardi B, Cleotrapa, Stunna Sandy | "Magnet" | |||
| "Girl, Get Up" | Doechii | DJ Akademiks, Adin Ross, Kanye West | ||||
| "Stole Ya Flow" | A$AP Rocky | Drake | "Family Matters" |
YouTube
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.| Date released | Song title | Artist | Target | Responseto | Notes |
| "RuPaulogize" | Willam Belli Sharon Needles | RuPaul | Willam's response to being cut from RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 1 prior to filming. | ||
| "KSI " | Rucka Rucka Ali | KSI | Rucka Rucka Ali's response to KSI getting video deleted. | ||
| "I Didn't Hit Her" | RiceGum | The Gabbie Show | RiceGum's response to assault allegations against him from Gabbie Hanna. | ||
| "It's Everyday Bro" | Jake Paul feat. Team 10 | Alissa Violet | Certified RIAA Platinum; Reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked as the third most-disliked video on YouTube. Ignited a wave of feuds that played out through diss tracks. | ||
| "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." Logan Paul's most-viewed video. | |
| "It's Every Night Sis" | RiceGum feat. Alissa Violet | Jake Paul | Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro" | Certified RIAA Platinum; reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. | |
| "God Church" | RiceGum | Tanner Fox | "We Do It Best" | ||
| "YouTube Stars Diss Track" | Jake Paul | The general press | Part diss track, part musical apology video. | ||
| "Drama" | Behzinga | KSI | |||
| "KSI Sucks" | Wroetoshaw | KSI | |||
| "Sidemen Diss Track" | Deji Olatunji | Behzinga, Vikkstar123, Miniminter, TBJZL, Zerkaa, and Wroetoshaw | |||
| "Earthquake" | KSI feat. RiceGum | Behzinga | "Drama" | ||
| "KSI's Little Brother" | Miniminter | Deji Olatunji | "Sidemen Diss Track" | ||
| "Little Boy" | KSI | Wroetoshaw | "KSI Sucks" | ||
| "The End" | Vikkstar123 | Deji Olatunji | "Sidemen Diss Track" | ||
| "Finished" | Behzinga | KSI and RiceGum | "Earthquake" | ||
| "KSI Exposed" | Wroetoshaw | KSI | "Little Boy" | ||
| "Diss Track ED" | NetNobody | KSI | |||
| "Ungrateful" | Deji Olatunji | Miniminter | "KSI's Little Brother" | ||
| "Two Birds One Stone" | KSI | Joe Weller and Wroetoshaw | "KSI Exposed" | ||
| "Adam's Apple" | KSI | NetNobody | "Diss Track ED" | ||
| "Bend the Knee" | NetNobody | KSI | "Adam's Apple" | ||
| "Asian Jake Paul" | iDubbbz feat. Boyinaband | RiceGum | iDubbbz makes fun of Ricegum's many controversies and perceived narcissism | ||
| "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. | |
| "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. | ||
| "Wasteman" | Deji Olatunji | Jake Paul | Released in promotion of their upcoming celebrity boxing match. | ||
| "Goodbye KSI" | Logan Paul | KSI | KSI's "On Point" | Released as part of the two entertainers' feud, in response to KSI's "On Point", and four days before it culminated in the white-collar amateur boxing match KSI vs. Logan Paul. | |
| "Ricegum Sucks" | Wroetoshaw | RiceGum | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Bitch Lasagna" | PewDiePie and Party in Backyard | T-Series | Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series. | ||
| "Insecure" | Quadeca | KSI | |||
| "Manchild" | Randolph | Deji Olatunji | |||
| "Ran" | Deji Olatunji | Randolph | "Manchild" | ||
| "Victory Speech" | Randolph | Deji Olatunji | "Victory Speech" | ||
| "Ares" | KSI | Quadeca | "Insecure" | ||
| "Unforgivable" | Deji Olatunji feat. Crypt, Dax, and Jallow | KSI | |||
| "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. | ||
| "Congratulations (Roomie, [PewDiePie and Boyinaband song)|Congratulations]" | PewDiePie, Boyinaband, RoomieOfficial | T-Series | T-Series surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers. | Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series. | |
| "Yalgaar" | CarryMinati, Wily Frenzy | Release as a response to "YouTube vs Tiktok the End" controversy. | |||
| "Coco" | PewDiePie | Cocomelon | Cocomelon surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers | The song's music video was taken down by YouTube for violating their community guidelines | |
| "KSI Diss Track" | Swarmz | KSI | In promotion of their upcoming celebrity boxing match. | ||
| "Kingdom Come" | KING DOTTA | Ren | |||
| "Dumb King Come" | Ren | King Dotta | "Kingdom Come" | ||
| "Tom MacDonald Is a Nazi" | Mac Lethal | Tom MacDonald | |||
| "Lost Your Mind" | Deji Olatunji | FouseyTube |