Competition has been a large part of hip hop throughout the years and, as a result, hip hop feuds have become very common throughout hip hop history. These feuds gained prominence in the mid 80s to mid 90s, which is known as the golden age of hip hop. However, these feuds didn’t stop there as they continue even today.
These feuds or “beefs” can come about for a number of different reasons. These reasons include things such as gang affiliations, turf wars and past or current relationships with others. The most common way that these feuds tend to take off is through the back and forth release of diss tracks by both sides. Sometimes, this is where the feud ends. However, there are those rare occasions where the feud leaves the studio and goes to the streets where fights, brawls, assaults and even murders have taken place.
In the present day, things are fairly quiet when it comes to real violence in these feuds outside of the odd nightclub fight. Most simply consist of rappers arguing over twitter or dissing each other in tracks.
10. Kanye West vs. 50 Cent
This feud began in late 2007 when both 50 Cent and Kayne West were on top of the hip hop world and seen as two of the best. The two mega stars were both slated to release an album on September 11th and thus some competition between the two was inevitable. 50 Cent, who up until this point had sold better than Kanye in the past, made a bet with Kanye. 50 Cent said he would no longer write music or put out any albums if Kanye’s new album outsold his. As it turned out, Kanye West did outsell 50 Cent, but obviously 50 did not hold up his end of the bet. Recently, it was revealed that the “feud” was nothing more than a stunt to drum up more sales for both artists.
9. Eminem vs. Benzino
This beef was started when Benzino, who was co-owner of “The Source” magazine, aired out some issues he had with Eminem. Benzino’s issues with Eminem were that he felt Eminem was nothing but a product of a machine that ruined the success of African American and Latino artists. As a result, Eminem and Benzino traded diss tracks over the next little while and eventually, The Source was forced to pay a substantial amount of money to Eminem for defamation of character. It is generally accepted that Eminem won the feud, as most rap fans took his side and felt that Benzino started the feud to further his own rap career.
8. Drake vs. Chris Brown
This feud came about due to the fact that Drake had gotten with a couple of different ladies that Chris Brown was previously in relationships with. First of all, Drake dated Rihanna briefly after her split from Chris Brown and then Brown claimed that his next girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, cheated on him with Drake. This beef culminated in a mid-2012 nightclub brawl between Brown, Drake and their entourages. The brawl not only featured fists flying though, as many people were injured by the numerous bottles that were thrown by each side.
7. Kendrick Lamar vs. Everyone
This is a different type of feud, as it doesn’t feature a rapper fighting another rapper or even a group of rappers fighting another group. In a track titled “Control” on a cut from Big Sean’s album “Hall of Fame,”Kendrick Lamar called out and dissed some of hip hop’s biggest names, including names like Drake,Meek Mill and Mac Miller in the verse. Despite a public uproar, a lot of the rappers that Lamar talked about in the verse have shown support for the message and took it as friendly competition within the industry. READ MORE:
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