10 Rap Beefs That Got Completely Out Of Control

Ah, the rap beef. A tale as old as, well, about 1984. Sure, we all know the legends, but even after East Coast vs. West Coast fizzled, it's easy to get wrapped up in the industry

It's a war not fought with guns, but with lyrics. But yeah, okay, sometimes with guns too

Here are the 10 rap beefs that got completely out of control

It all started when someone from 50's crew tried to steal some jewelry from Ja Rule's collection

Ja took the act personally, and it led to 50 Cent being stabbed at a club in New York City

50 chose to get even, not with bloodshed, but with a calculated plan to totally obliterate Ja Rule's rap career in the most creative way possible

He started with a mixtape, Life's on the Line, and then a skit track called Ja Rule Duets

where he imitates Ja's gravelly voice singing over pop songs. Then he went after Ja with his video, Wank Stuff

The all-out assault left Ja Rule shaken. His response track, Blood in My Eye, barely made a splash

So Ja's crew left bullet holes in the offices of 50's management team

Talk about taking it too far. Ja Rule's reign was a short one, and by 2005, he was no longer the hitmaker he once was

In 2013, he acknowledged his former beef with 50 Cent, and the two even took the same plane together, past feuds seemingly behind them

This beef started in 2018, when Drake got offended by comments Joe Budden made on his podcast

dissing Drake's hit album Views. This made Drake record a verse on French Montana's No Shopping

that changed up Budden's hit Pump It Up. Lyrical shots fired. That's where the feud ended, at least from Drizzy's viewpoint

Joe Budden, however, had much more to say. You see, according to Joe, he and Drake formed a sacred bond

Well, more of a sacred bong. Budden explained in a podcast, We smoked hookah together. How could you do that

First, he recorded an entire podcast, breaking down how Drake dissed him. Then he dropped a diss track which featured real audio of Drake and Budden complimenting the hell out of each other

Before Budden cuts in with the opening lines of the second verse. Look, enough of the sentimental crap. Cool if you into that

Then he followed it up with another diss track. And then some good old-fashioned Twitter harassment

How did Drake respond? Bow Wow and Soulja Boy found success together with their hit Marco Polo

It was a 2009 post from Soulja Boy, well, more of a nine-minute video rant that essentially was

Nos killed hip-hop that ignited the feud. This didn't sit well with Bow Wow, who clapped back

saying, I'd never disrespect Nos. I'm not Soulja Boy. In February 2009, the two were escalating

releasing diss videos every week arguing about whose Lambo was better and even challenging each other to a race Soulja Boy accused Bow Wow of renting his Lambo Bow Wow proved him wrong with paperwork Soulja Boy said he end Bow Wow career

and Bow Wow said he was responsible for Soulja Boy in the first place. From friends to foes, but back to friends again

A few years later in 2016, the two seem to have grown past their feud, with Soulja saying in an interview that Bow Wow was one of his best homeboys

The two have been trading friendly jabs ahead of their versus battle. Bow Wow ain't have a hit since Marco Polo and I gave him that song

Soulja said in a recent tweet. Bow Wow followed up with, The diff with me and you is

You have to put music out. I don't. I'll be at the box office this weekend

This recent beef between two young popular rappers took the internet by storm in 2013

all because of a simple miscommunication. Here's what went down. Brooklyn rapper Joey Badass posted a lyric from his successful hit track

Survival Tactics, on Twitter. They say hard work pays off. Well, tell the based god don't quit his day job. Lil B, known as the

based god in the music community, took offense to the jab. But what he didn't know was that the

words weren't from Joey Badass, but rather from Capitol Steen, a friend of Joey's who had recently

died. Feeling slighted, Lil B released a diss track, response track appropriately titled

Lil B, I'm the Badass. Joey Badass diss and warning shots, real hip hop alive. Joey came

back with the track Don't Quit Your Day Job before realizing that the bass god's Twitter fan base is

a power to be reckoned with. Cut to Joey deleting his Twitter entirely, only to come back a few

months later like the whole feud never even happened. This one is on our list because this

feud has spanned over a decade. If you want to learn more about Eminem's other beefs, check out

our video all about them linked below. First Blood was drawn in 2009 when a lyric from Eminem's

bagpipes from Baghdad took shots at Mariah Carey, Cannon's then-wife. The two traded off

diss tracks, including Eminem's The Warning and Cannon's I'm a Slick Rick. Hoping to squash the

war of words, Nick apparently extended multiple invites to him to appear on his MTV show Wild

and Out. Eminem never responded. A few years later on TI's podcast, Expeditiously, Cannon

reignited the beef, laying out the full story to the public. Apparently, he wrote a long personal

letter following the release of Bagpipes from Baghdad to Eminem many years ago. Cannon said

I wrote this long-ass letter pretty much saying, I respect you as an artist. I think you're one of

the best to ever do it, but from man to man, you talking out of pocket to my wife. He then said in

an interview to Em, I know I'm not gonna be able to out-wrap you, but I will whoop your ass. Eminem

responded with Lord above with lyrics like I know me and Mariah didn end on a high note I let her chop my balls off too before I lost to you Nick Cannon came back with the invitation and then pray for him The two went silent before firing off a few hotheaded tweets in 2019

which ranged from vaguely threatening to kind of hilarious. As of October 2020, the two seem to have called a truce

as seen in an Instagram post from Eminem's longtime friend Royce Da5ix9

This feud is on our list because there's no way Yachty could have expected an interview comment to escalate into a generational war

Lil Yachty said he couldn't name five songs by the Notorious B.I.G. or Tupac Shakur

In the rap community, that's something akin to blasphemy. The reaction was harsh and swift

Yachty managed to offend an entire generation of fans with his disrespect for their idols

He faced public criticism from big-name artists as well as death threats from 90s rap fans

Yachty acknowledged his error and said, So does that mean that he likes the old-school idols

Just recently, in spring 2021, Yachty said in an interview that he went back and finally listened to Tupac and Biggie after those comments

I definitely listened for about 30 seconds. I'm good. If you're good at what you're doing, then art is art

Sounds like he will never care what those fans think. At least he's honest

While playing the Future Music Festival, Azalea Banks started to get the vibe that Rita Ora wasn't too keen on sharing the spotlight

She took to Twitter to vent. Things went downhill from there. Ever since I arrived on this tour, Rita's been going out of her way, trying to intimidate me

Rita then reached out via a private text message, a text that Azalea also shared happily to her Instagram fans

At the end of the day, I don't know who the f*** you think you are. Secondly, you don't know me

I've done nothing but try to be nice to you. Thirdly, your dancers were talking to me

Furthermore, I'll see your ass at the m***ing concert. Talk about a tour from hell

It took a mutual friend, actress Cara Delevingne, to try to mend the relationship between the two rivals

to finally get things back on track. This beef started off as a war of words over social media that eventually led to literal shots being fired

6ix9ine was in court testifying on racketeering charges. While spilling the beans, he was asked if he had any beef in the rap game

He said yes and shared a wild encounter with his rival, Trippie Redd

6ix9ine testified that his crew planned an attack on Trippie Redd in 2017

Redd's manager called 6ix9ine in hopes to have the two rappers meet and squash the beef

He even offered up the address of Trippie Red music video shoot happening nearby Six Nine crews took his intel and scouted out the video shoot hoping to catch their leader rival Apparently they followed the rapper production van to his hotel and attacked

Red ended up getting punched in the mouth by someone from 6ix9ine's crew

A year after the hotel attack in 2018, 6ix9ine's crew stopped by the Radio City Music Hall to confront Red again

This led to a member of 6ix9ine's crew emptying a clip into Trippie Red's van

a few hours after a gig. No one was hurt, but a clear message was sent

Did the beef ever get squashed? Well, Trippie Redd might be the least of 6ix9ine's concerns

after flipping on so many other rival rappers during that court testimony

These two powerhouses went after each other at a Fashion Week party

and it was all caught on camera. Insults, elbows, and shoes were all thrown

The incident began over comments, Nicki Minaj said, about Cardi B's parenting on her Beats 1 radio show

It led to an encounter at an NYC Fashion Week party where Cardi showed up and attacked Nicki over the comments and got elbowed in the face by a security guard

But not before flinging her shoe at Nicki. Nicki only suffered minor embarrassment

In October 2019, they agreed to move on from the drama with Minaj tweeting to her fans

Okay, you guys, let's focus on positive things only from here on out

Recently, Cardi B made a public show of Goodwill, saying in an interview that Nicki Minaj dominated the male-dominated industry for years

This one made the top of our list because it gave birth to a new verb to describe getting obliterated by another rapper in a diss track

It all started in 1996, when Nas failed to show up for a session for Jay-Z's track, Bring It On

Jay-Z decided to use a sample from Nas' The World Is Yours in his absence

Apparently, Nas didn't appreciate his unapproved guest appearance, and in the opening track of his second album

Nas raps about the silliness of Lexuses with TV sets inside, something he knew Jay-Z was fond of

Jay-Z's response came via a Hot 97 freestyle that eventually ended up on his album The Blueprint called Takeover

But in 2001, Nas rose up and dropped Ether, where he called out Jay-Z as a misogynist

alluded to affairs he had, and even claimed he stole his style from Biggie. It was a diss track

so harsh, so cutting, that many use ether as a verb to describe dominating someone in a diss track

Jay-Z finally took things too far in Supa Ugly, where he revealed he had been sleeping with Nas's

girlfriend for the last three years. In 2005, the two publicly ended their feud in front of a sold

out crowd with Jay-Z declaring, this beef is done. Let's get this money. Well, there you have it

10 feuds that definitely got a little out of control