List of diss tracks
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The following is a list of diss tracks, songs the primary purpose of which is to verbally attack someone else, usually another artist.
Traditional recordings
Date Released | Song Title | Artist(s) | Target(s) | Response to (if applicable) |
Notes | Ref(s) |
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1754 | "Yankee Doodle" | Dr. Richard Schuckberg | George Washington and the colonial "Yankee" troops | American Revolution | The song was sung by British troops to mock the colonial troops with whom they served during the French and Indian War. By 1781, the song was used by Americans as an anthem of national pride. | [1] |
1840 | "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" | Whig Party | Martin Van Buren | 1840 United States presidential election | The song is a parody of the minstrel song "Little Pigs". It was written by Alexander Coffman Ross as a campaign song for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, and refers to the incumbent Martin Van Buren (who only stood 5'6") in rather belittling terms. | |
1863 | "Union Dixie" | Daniel Decatur Emmett | Confederate States of America | American Civil War | Parody of the minstrel song "Dixie" that extolled the supposed virtues of the south, including slavery.[2] The parody, believed to have been spread by union soldiers, instead mocks the south. | [3] |
1911 | "The Preacher and the Slave" | Joe Hill | Salvation Army | In the Sweet By-and-By and Salvation Army recruitment efforts | Joe Hill mocks the focus on faith and an afterlife, rather than practical concerns, of the Salvation Army. | |
1938 | "La Gota Fría" | Emiliano Zuleta | Lorenzo Morales | Zuleta mocks Morales in the lyrics for fleeing from an accordion challenge. The song became a standard and is one of best known in the vallenato repertoire. | [4] | |
1939 | Hitler Has Only Got One Ball | British Army | Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels | |||
1941 | "When That Man Is Dead And Gone" | Al Bowlly | Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring | The Blitz | ||
1941 | "You're a Sap, Mr. Jap" | The Murphy Sisters | Hirohito | The attack on Pearl Harbor | The song was written by Carl Hoff and published just days after the United States declared war on Imperial Japan. | |
1942 | "Njet Molotoff" | Composed by Matti Jurva and was written by Tatu Pekkarinen | Soviet minister for war Vyacheslav Molotov | The Soviet invasion of Finland 1939 | ||
1943 | "Der Fuehrer's Face" | Oliver Wallace | Adolf Hitler and the Nazis | WW2 | The song mocks the Nazis as bumbling fools who blindly follow the non-sensical orders of their leaders. | [5] |
1952 | "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | Kitty Wells | Hank Thompson | Hank Thompson song "The Wild Side of Life" | The song says that contrary to Hank Thompson's view on women in his song "The Wild Side of Life" men are often at fault for adultery. | [6] |
1970 | "Happy Family" | King Crimson | The Beatles | Their break up | This song is about the break up of the Beatles in 1970 due to differing circumstances/direction/and beliefs. | [7] |
"Too Many People" | Paul McCartney | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | The Beatles' breakup | [8][9] | ||
c. 1971 | "Kinky Boots" | The Irish Brigade | British Army | Parody of Melanie's "Brand New Key", sung from the perspective of the British Army. The song implies British soldiers to be gay. | [10][better source needed] | |
1971 | "How Do You Sleep?" | John Lennon | former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney | Personal slights Lennon felt McCartney made on the latter's album Ram | [11][12][13] | |
"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 | [14] | |
1972 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | Warren Beatty | Simon admitted in 2015 that Beatty was the principal subject of the song. | [15] | |
1974 | "Sweet Home Alabama" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Neil Young and George Wallace | Young's Southern Man and Alabama | The band felt that Young had slandered the entire American South based on the actions of a few individuals. | |
1975 | "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" | Queen | Norman Sheffield | Sheffield's alleged mismanagement and embezzlement of the band's earnings | [16] | |
1977 | "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" | Pink Floyd | Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse | The song's writer, Roger Waters has stated that the second and third verses of the song are directed at the two political figures respectively. The first verse of the song is more general and is widely agreed upon by fans to be directed at businessmen in general.[17] | [18] | |
"Idiot Box" | the Damned | Television and Tom Verlaine | Television refusing to allow the Damned to play a show with them. | [19] | ||
1979 | "California über alles" | Dead Kennedys | Jerry Brown | Brown's campaign for president | Satire of Brown from his perspective. Imagining a "Hippie fascist" society. | [20] |
1984 | "Roxanne's Revenge" | Roxanne Shante | U.T.F.O. | Most notable remake of UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne", which led to hip hop's first rap beef. | [21] | |
1985 | "The Showstopper" | Salt-N-Pepa | Doug E. Fresh And Slick Rick | |||
"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. | ||
October 12, 1986 | "Scum" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | NME journalists Mat Snow and Antonella Black | Single-sided flexidisc given away at gigs promoting Your Funeral... My Trial and including a fold-out poster of the lyrics. Later included on CD pressings of the album. | [22] | |
December 1, 1986 | "South Bronx" | Boogie Down Productions | MC Shan and the Juice Crew | DJ Mr. Magic's criticism of one of KRS-One's early records. | The first diss track in The Bridge Wars. The exact release date of the single is unknown; its album was published March 3, 1987. | [23] |
March 3, 1987 | "The Bridge Is Over" | Boogie Down Productions | MC Shan, Marley Marl, the Juice Crew, Roxanne Shante and rappers from Queens, NY and the Queensbridge projects. | "The Bridge" by MC Shan | Part of The Bridge Wars, one of the earliest hip-hop rivalries. | [23] |
August 8, 1987 | "Kill That Noise" | MC Shan | Boogie Down Productions | "South Bronx" | Part of The Bridge Wars | [24] |
November 3, 1987 | "How Ya Like Me Now" | Kool Moe Dee | LL Cool J | The claim that LL Cool J stole his rap style | [25] | |
January 19, 1988 | "Liar" | Megadeth | past band member Chris Poland | Lead vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine claimed Poland was stealing guitars and selling them for heroin money. | [26] | |
September 28, 1988 | "Miracle Man" | Ozzy Osbourne | Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart | Swaggart's various controversies | Osbourne attacks Swaggart over his hypocrisy of being a televangelist that preaches moral behavior while also engaging in sin and vice. | [27] |
1990 | "Full Metal Jackoff" | Jello Biafra with D.O.A. | George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, and Oliver North | The policies of the Bush-Quayle administration and North's involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair | Amidst a long list of grievances with the United States, Biafra calls out George Bush ("moral equivalent of a serial killer"), Dan Quayle ("Just get a vice president so dumb, the crook at the top never gets impeached") and Oliver North ("patriotic hero," with heavy sarcasm) for their specific behavior. | |
June 17, 1990 | "To da Break of Dawn" | LL Cool J | Kool Moe Dee, Ice-T, and MC Hammer | The Syndicate and I'm Your Pusher by Ice-T | After the two disses in 1988, Ice-T later defended Cool J when he was arrested for profanity in his 1989 track Freedom of Speech, before LL Cool J released his response diss. | [28] |
August 14, 1990 | "100 Miles and Runnin'" and "Real Niggaz" | N.W.A. | Ice Cube | Start of the N.W.A.-Ice Cube rivalry; Ice Cube left the group over royalty disputes after the Straight Outta Compton Tour, leading the other N.W.A. members to refer to him as a "traitor". | [29] | |
March 4, 1991 | "Fuck Compton" | Tim Dog | DJ Quik, Michel'le, N.W.A, Compton, West Coast Rap, and Gangsta Rap | East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry | [30] | |
August 13, 1991 | "Word to the Badd!!" | Jermaine Jackson | Michael Jackson | The song was changed for the album | [31] | |
October 29, 1991 | "No Vaseline" | Ice Cube | former N.W.A bandmates Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella and their manager, Jerry Heller | "100 Miles and Runnin'" & "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!!! | [28][32] |
December 9, 1991 | “Miserablism” | Pet Shop Boys | Morrissey | Tennant pokes fun at Morrissey’s miserable persona and how seriously he was taken by the shoegazing crowd in the 1990s. | [33] | |
February 2, 1992 | "Faht" | Phish | Windham Hill Records | Originally titled "Windham Hell," the song pokes fun at the New Age music label. | [34][self-published source] | |
February 11, 1992 | "Fakin' Like Gangsters" | Luke | N.W.A | Luke of The 2 Live Crew Diss To N.W.A | ||
July 20, 1992 | "Tha Last Word" | DJ Quik | MC Eiht | Response to Comptons Most Wanted Song "Def Wish" | ||
September 29, 1992 | "Def Wish II" | Compton's Most Wanted | DJ Quik | "Tha Last Word" By DJ Quik | Response To DJ Quik Diss Tracks "Way 2 Funky" and The "Tha Last Word" | |
December 15, 1992 | "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" | Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg | Eazy-E, Tim Dog, and Luther (Luke) Campbell | "Fuck Compton" by Tim Dog | Eazy-E was Dre's former accomplice from the group N.W.A | [28] |
August 26, 1993 | "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" | Eazy-E feat. Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out | Former N.W.A bandmate Dr. Dre, his protégé Snoop Dogg, and their record label Death Row Records | Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') and "Bitches Ain't Shit" by Dr. Dre | [28] | |
October 19, 1993 | “It’s on” | Eazy-E | Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Tha Dogg Pound | Another diss track from Eazy-E in response to comments made about him from Dre’s debut The Chronic. This song also had several shots thrown at Snoop Dogg calling him broke, a fake gangsta, and that he gets no love from Long Beach.
Contains some very smart word plays of well-known lines off of “Deep Cover”, “Nuthin' But A "G” Thang" and “Fuck Wit Dre Day”. |
[35] | |
August 23, 1994 | "What Would You Do?" | Tha Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg | B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Eazy-E, MC Eiht, Cold 187um and Ruthless Records | The first single of Death Row Records, a company that was basically created as a protest to Ruthless Records | [36] | |
June 16, 1995 | "D.S." | Michael Jackson | Tom Sneddon | After Michael Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse, Thomas W. Sneddon Jr., district attorney for Santa Barbara County, led an investigation of Jackson. Jackson was subject to his genitalia being photographed during the search. | [37] | |
November 21, 1995 | "I Shot Ya" | LL Cool J | 2Pac Shakur | Produced by the Trackmasters, the remix of LL Cool J’s "I Shot Ya" is a posse cut that features then-up and coming New York MC’s Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Fat Joe, the debuting Foxy Brown, and Keith Murray, who was previously featured in the original version of "I Shot Ya," spitting the track’s hook inspired by a line from LL’s hit single "I’m Bad" | ||
March 1, 1996 | "L.A., L.A." | Capone-N-Noreaga feat. Mobb Deep And Tragedy Khadafi | Tha Dogg Pound, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the Los Angeles hip hop scene | "New York, New York" | [28][verification needed] | |
June 4, 1996 | "Hit 'Em Up" | Tupac Shakur feat. The Outlawz | Lil Kim, Mobb Deep, Sean Combs, Bad Boy Records & the Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie Smalls | "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". | [38] |
August 25, 1996 | "Drop a Gem on 'Em" | Mobb Deep | Tupac Shakur | Shakur's "Hit 'Em Up" | [39] | |
September 10, 1996 | "The Bitch in Yoo" | Common | Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC | The trio's earlier track "Westside Slaughterhouse" | "Westside Slaughterhouse" was itself a response to Common's 1994 song, "I Used to Love H.E.R.", in which Common criticized gangster rappers. | [28][verification needed] |
September 26, 1996 | "Against All Odds" | Tupac Shakur | Nas, Mobb Deep, Haitian Jack, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jimmy Henchman, King Tut, Stretch, De La Soul, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G. and Dr. Dre | [40] | ||
1996 | "I Shot Ya" | DMX | Tupac Shakur | East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry | DMX's freestyle was made before Tupac's Murder | [41] |
"King of the Hill" | Westside Connection | Cypress Hill | Cypress Hill's "No Rest for the Wicked" | |||
March 25, 1997 | "Kick in the Door" | The Notorious B.I.G. | Nas, Jeru the Damaja, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, 2Pac and even the track's producer DJ Premier | [42] | ||
February 10, 1998 | "Get At Me Dog" | DMX | K-Solo, 2Pac | The perceived "softness" of the rap industry | DMX's first single, | [43] |
February 12, 1998 | "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" | Eminem | Kim Mathers | |||
March 24, 1998 | "Second Round K.O." | Canibus | LL Cool J | "4, 3, 2, 1" | Despite both artists collaborating on "4, 3, 2, 1", they felt that their original verses were dissing each other, and were asked to re-write them for the final track. However, only Canibus' verse was changed for the song. | [44] |
August 25, 1998 | "Lost Ones" | Lauryn Hill | Wyclef Jean | While never confirmed, many believe this track is about Wyclef Jean, including Jean himself according to their former bandmate Pras. | [45] | |
November 24, 1998 | "Troublesome '96" | Tupac Shakur | Nas, Bad Boy Records | "The Message" | "The Message" was a diss by Nas dissing The Notorious B.I.G. but Tupac mistook it as a diss for him, and "Troublesome '96" samples "The Message" and has subtle disses to Nas and Bad Boy. | [citation needed] |
1998 | "The Ripper Strikes Back" | LL Cool J | Canibus | Canibus' | ||
March 14, 1999 | "Quiet Storm" | Mobb Deep feat. Lil' Kim | Foxy Brown | Part of a long-running feud between the two artists. Foxy Brown responded[46] and the feud subsequently led to a shooting with more than 20 shots fired.[47] | [28] | |
August 10, 1999 | "How to Rob" | 50 Cent | Dozens of artists | A young 50 Cent was looking for a hit, so he made this song, which dissed almost 50 different artists. He even received a response from Jay-Z.[48] | [28] | |
October 12, 1999 | "Your Life's on the Line" | 50 Cent | Ja Rule | [28] | ||
November 1, 1999 | "The Agony of Laffitte" / "Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now" | Spoon | Ron Laffitte and Sylvia Rhone | Laffitte was the A&R at Elektra Records, who signed Spoon to an ill-fated deal, allegedly mishandled the band and was fired by the label. Rhone was the label head who promised to keep the band on the roster then dropped them after Laffitte's departure. | [49] | |
November 16, 1999 | "Callin' Out Names" | Kurupt | DMX, Foxy Brown, Ja Rule, Irv Gotti & 50 Cent | 50 Cent mentioning him in "How to Rob" and Foxy Brown cheating on him with DMX | ||
December 21, 1999 | "Letter To The President" | Outlawz | Bill Clinton | |||
April 18, 2000 | "The Real Slim Shady" | Eminem | MTV | The network's perceived hypocrisy in censoring his material while allowing programs such as The Tom Green Show to air uncut. | ||
May 23, 2000 | "Kim" | Eminem | Kim Mathers | A restraining order preventing him from seeing his daughter. | ||
March 27, 2001 | "All Out" | Outlawz | Bad Boy Records, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z | "Brooklyn's Finest" by Jay- and Z "Kick In The Door" by The Notorious B.I.G. |
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September 11, 2001 | "Takeover" | Jay-Z | Nas and Prodigy of Mobb Deep | [50] | ||
December 4, 2001 | "Ether" | Nas | Jay-Z | Jay-Z's "Takeover" | [50] | |
December 11, 2001 | "Supa Ugly" | Jay-Z | Nas | Nas' "Ether" | [50] | |
January 1, 2002 | "Hate Me Now" | Camron | Nas | Response to "Hate Me Now" | This is a diss song aimed at rapper Nas. The song contains samples and interpolations from various songs including Nas' Hate me Now, Tupac’s Against All Odds and Jay-Z’s Takeover | |
November 21, 2002 | "The Sauce" | Eminem | Benzino | Eminem and Benzino feud | One of four diss tracks released on Shady Times: Invasion, Pt. 1, in the feud between Eminem and Benzino | |
"Nail In the Coffin" | Response to "Pull Your Skirt Up" | "Nail in the Coffin" is one of four diss tracks released on Shady Times: Invasion, Pt. 1, in the feud between Eminem and Benzino. The song was premiered on November 21 by DJ Kay Slay along with "The Sauce." In the song, Em responds to several disses on Benzino’s "Pull Your Skirt Up", that was released one and a half months earlier. | ||||
November 25, 2002 | "Cry Me a River" | Justin Timberlake | Britney Spears | Spears responded in "Everytime". | [51] | |
May 15, 2002 | "Without Me" | Eminem | Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, FCC, Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, Limp Bizkit, and Moby | |||
2002 | "Ova Here" | KRS-One | Nelly | Nelly's "#1" | KRS-One mistook a line in Nelly's song as a diss towards him. The title of the name didn't help due to one of his songs as part of Boogie Down Productions, "I'm Still #1" (a song where he called himself the best), having a similar name. In the end, it was seen as one big misunderstanding. | |
March 4, 2003 | "Came Back for You" | Lil' Kim | Eve, Foxy Brown | Eve's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" | ||
April 15, 2003 | "Hailie’s Revenge" | Eminem, Hailie Jade, Obie Trice, D12 | Benzino, Ja Rule | Ja Rule’s "Loose Change" | This song serves as Eminem joining in on the 50 Cent/Ja Rule beef | |
October 7, 2003 | "Be a Man" | Randy Savage | Hulk Hogan | [52] | ||
November 7, 2003 | "Can-I-Bitch" | Eminem | Canibus | |||
2004 | "99 Problems" | T.I. | Lil' Flip | |||
March 1, 2005 | "300 Bars N Runnin'" | The Game | G-Unit, Roc-A-Fella Records | |||
March 3, 2005 | "Piggy Bank" | 50 Cent | Nas, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Shyne, Sheek Louch, Cassidy, Lil’ Kim Kelis, Fat Joe, The Lox, The Game | "300 Bars N Runnin'" by The Game | [citation needed] | |
March 22, 2005 | "Hollaback Girl" | Gwen Stefani | Courtney Love | Love referring to Stefani as a "cheerleader" in an interview. | Love also claimed to have slept with Stefani's then-husband Gavin Rossdale. | [53] |
August 15, 2005 | "Don't Body Ya Self" | Nas | 50 Cent | 50 Cent's Piggy Bank | ||
2005 | "Not Rich, Still Lyin'" | 50 Cent | The Game | "300 Bars N Runnin'" | ||
December 21, 2006 | "Dear Mr. President" | Pink | George W. Bush | Policies of the Bush administration | ||
2006 | "Bitch Boy" | Spider Loc | The Game | |||
"Toe Tag" | ||||||
"G-Unot Killa" | ||||||
"No More Games" | Spider Loc featuring Young Buck | The Game | ||||
"Checkmate" | Jadakiss | 50 Cent | 50 Cent's "Piggy Bank" | |||
"240 Bars (Spider Joke)" | The Game | Spider Loc, Tony Yayo, M.O.P., Young Buck | "No More Games", "G-Unot Killa", "Toe Tag", and "Bitch Boy" by Spider Loc | |||
"The Funeral 100 Bars" | G-Unit | "Piggy Bank" by 50 Cent | ||||
"Don't Stop" | Outlawz | C. Delores Tucker and Bob Dole | Tucker and Dole proposing censorship of gangsta rap | [54] | ||
2006 | ”Not Everybody Likes Us” | Hank Williams III | Kid Rock, country pop | Kid Rock claiming to be a country artist, when he shares little resemblance to true country music or the singers grandfather, Hank Williams Sr. | ||
2007 | "My Bitch" | The Game | G-Unit, Jay-Z, Suge Knight | A Hot 97 freestyle by Jay-Z which The Game perceived as a diss | ||
"Body Bags" | Tony Yayo | |||||
June 16, 2009 | "Obsessed" | Mariah Carey | Eminem | Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001. | [55] | |
July 6, 2009 | "United Breaks Guitars" | Dave Carroll | United Airlines | United Airlines employees breaking Carroll's guitar while on board a flight | ||
July 28, 2009 | "Ovarios" | Jenni Rivera | Graciela Beltran | [56] | ||
July 30, 2009 | "The Warning" | Eminem | Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon | Carey's "Obsessed" | [55][57] | |
October 30, 2010 | "Roman's Revenge" | Nicki Minaj | 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. | [58] | |
February 14, 2011 | "Black Friday" | Lil' Kim | Nicki Minaj | Minaj's "Roman's Revenge" | Response to Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" album. | [59] |
June 1, 2011 | "Raised by Wolves" | Falling in Reverse | Escape the Fate | [citation needed] | ||
July 18, 2011 | "Ill Mind of Hopsin 4" | Hopsin | Tyler, the Creator | |||
December 11, 2011 | "J Clone" | Canibus | J Cole | Canibus, annoyed that J Cole (who had declared that Canibus was his all-time favorite rapper) was spitting his rhymes at concerts and in interviews, posted about his anger at J Cole on Facebook and dissed him on this track. | ||
December 20, 2011 | "Stupid Hoe" | Nicki Minaj | Lil' Kim | Black Friday | ||
2012 | "Reagan" | Killer Mike | Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan's policies as president, including Reaganomics | [60] | |
December 4, 2014 | "Las Cartas Sobre la Mesa" | Santaflow | Porta | [citation needed] | ||
March 20, 2015 | "Pepper Riddim" | Chipmunk | Big Narstie, Bugzy Malone, Devilman, Saskilla, DJ Cameo, Tinie Tempah | Response to being dissed by these artists after Chipmunk's Fire in The Booth. | [61] | |
March 25, 2015 | "Chipmunk Reply" | Devilman featuring Mr. Traumatik | Chipmunk, Skepta, Jammer, Lil Wayne, JME | "Pepper Riddim" by Chipmunk | [62][61] | |
"Relegation Riddim" | Bugzy Malone | Chipmunk | [61] | |||
"Off My Shoulder" | Saskilla | [61] | ||||
May 17, 2015 | "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. | [63] |
July 29, 2015 | "Charged Up" | Drake | Meek Mill | Response to Meek Mill's claim that Drake uses ghostwriters. | [64] | |
July 31, 2015 | "Back to Back" | [65] | ||||
July 31, 2015 | "Wanna Know" | Meek Mill | Drake | Drake's "Charged Up" and "Back to Back" | [citation needed] | |
September 17, 2015 | "Here Kitty Kitty" | Joe Exotic | Carole Baskin | The disappearance of Don Lewis | Joe accuses Carole of murdering her husband and feeding him to her tigers. | |
January 25, 2016 | "Flatline" | B.o.B | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | B.o.B's promotion of the conspiracy theory that the earth is flat. | [66][67][68] | |
January 26, 2016 | "Flat To Fact" | TYSON feat. Neil DeGrasse Tyson | B.o.B | B.o.B's "Flatline" | [citation needed] | |
16 October 2016 | "Shout Out to My Ex" | Little Mix | Zayn Malik | Malik's break-up with group member Perrie Edwards. | [69] | |
January 4, 2017 | "Another Earth" | Pink Guy | Young Thug | [70] | ||
February 25, 2017 | "shETHER" | Remy Ma | Nicki Minaj | Minaj's verse on Gucci Mane's Gucci Mane. | [citation needed][71] | |
March 10, 2017 | "No Frauds" | Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil Wayne | Remy Ma | "shETHER" | [citation needed][71] | |
May 18, 2017 | "Calle Sin Salida" | Tempo | Residente | The song was written by Tempo after the Puerto Rican singer Residente gave an interview saying that modern music lacks creativity, obviously heading towards Reggaetón, a genre in which Tempo specializes. | [citation needed] | |
"Mis Disculpas" | Residente | Tempo | [citation needed] | |||
May 19, 2017 | "Swish Swish" | Katy Perry feat Nicki Minaj | Taylor Swift | "Bad Blood" | Gaten Matarazzo, Jenna Ushkowitz, Doug the Pug, Molly Shannon, Bill Walton, Terry Crews, and others made appeared in the music video. | [63] |
May 23, 2017 | "No Suburban" | Sheff G | 22Gz | 22Gz's "Suburban" | [citation needed] | |
June 4, 2017 | "El Bruto" | Tempo | Residente | [citation needed] | ||
June 11, 2017 | "La Cátedra" | Residente | Tempo | [citation needed] | ||
August 24, 2017 | "Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Katy Perry | Response to West's "Famous", and possibly Perry's "Swish Swish". | [63][72][73] | |
September 1, 2017 | "How Do You Sleep?" | LCD Soundsystem | Tim Goldsworthy | While this correlation hasn't been confirmed, many 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. | [74][75] | |
February 13, 2018 | "Mia Khalifa" | iLoveFriday | Mia Khalifa | A fake tweet credited to Khalifa in which she allegedly criticizes group member Aqsa for smoking in a hijab in a music video. | [76] | |
March 26, 2018 | "Dead Friends" | Rich the Kid | Lil Uzi Vert | |||
February 13, 2018 | "Rich Forever" | Lil Uzi Vert | Rich the Kid | |||
May 25, 2018 | "Infrared" | Pusha-T | Drake and Lil Wayne | [citation needed] | ||
"Duppy Freestyle" | Drake | Pusha T and Kanye West | Pusha-T's "Infrared" | Same-day response. | [citation needed] | |
May 29, 2018 | "The Story of Adidon" | Pusha-T | Drake | Drake's "Duppy Freestyle" | Released four days after Duppy Freestyle; earned a response in Drake's album Scorpion. | [citation needed] |
June 1, 2018 | "I Kill People" | Trippie Redd feat. Chief Keef and Tadoe | 6ix9ine | All three have feuded with 6ix9ine. | [77] | |
August 31, 2018 | "Not Alike" | Eminem feat. Royce da 5'9" | Machine Gun Kelly | Comments Kelly made about Eminem's daughter when she was underage. | [78] | |
September 3, 2018 | "Rap Devil" | Machine Gun Kelly | Eminem | Eminem's "Not Alike", released four days prior to Rap Devil. | Reached No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes Chart.[citation needed] | [79] |
September 11, 2018 | "Intocable (Tiradera pa' Cosculluela)" | Anuel AA | Cosculluela | [citation needed] | ||
September 14, 2018 | "Killshot" | Eminem | Machine Gun Kelly, P. Diddy | Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil" | Debuted at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 in its first week.[citation needed] | [80] |
September 19, 2018 | "Love Tap" | Bizarre | Joe Budden and Jay Electronica | Response to Electronica's comments about Eminem's "Killshot" on alleged involvement of Diddy in the murder of Tupac Shakur and sobriety of Budden. | [81] | |
November 9, 2018 | "Arrest the President" | Ice Cube | Donald Trump | Includes references to accusations Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 Presidential election and Trump administration policies effecting African-Americans. | [82] | |
December 9, 2019 | "The Invitation" | Nick Cannon feat. Suge Knight, Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips & Prince Eazy | Eminem | Stemming from Eminem's feud with Cannon's ex-wife, Mariah Carey ten years earlier, These are a response to Eminem's feature on the song "Lord Above", in which he disses Cannon. All three songs were widely disliked by the public. Eminem responded on Twitter with two tweets instead of another track.[83] | [84] | |
December 10, 2019 | "Pray For Him" | Nick Cannon feat. The Black Squad | ||||
December 19, 2019 | "The Invitation Canceled" | Nick Cannon | ||||
January 9, 2020 | "ded sheeran (ed sheeran send) part 1" | black midi | Ed Sheeran | A seemingly satirical diss.[speculation?] | [citation needed] | |
May 8, 2020 | "No Suburban Pt. 2" | Sheff G | 22Gz | Response to 22Gz's "Suburban Pt. 2" | ||
November 20, 2020 | "Shots Fired" | Megan Thee Stallion | Tory Lanez | Lanez shooting Megan Thee Stallion in both her feet. | [85] | |
January 29, 2021 | "Should've Ducked" | Lil Durk feat. Pooh Shiesty | FBG Duck | Duck was a rival gang member of and had a dispute with Durk's deceased friend King Von. | ||
February 5, 2021 | "Kill All Rats" | Griselda | 6ix9ine | The diss was directed at 6ix9ine due to him feuding with Griselda member Benny the Butcher. It began when 69's manager asked Benny for a collaboration and Benny denied, and then denounced him on Twitter, 69 then responded insulting Benny. | [86][87][88] | |
February 19, 2021 | "ZAZA" | 6ix9ine | Lil Durk, Meek Mill | In the song, 6ix9ine references Pooh Shiesty's Back in Blood in a mocking fashion and speaks about King Von, late friend of Lil Durk. The end of the YouTube video also showed a clip between a verbal altercation between Meek and 6ix9ine, which was later deleted. | [89] | |
September 3 2021 | "7AM On Bridle Path | Drake | Kanye West | |||
September 2021 (Leaked) | "Life of the Party" | Kanye West feat. André 3000 | Drake | Leaked by Drake on his Sound 42 Sirius XM radio show on September 4. West's verse featured prominent disses towards Drake. | West later released the song without the diss verse as a bonus track on his studio album Donda, replacing it with a new verse talking about his childhood and family, and Andre 3000's verse left intact. | [90] |
October 30, 2021 | "Super Gremlin" | Kodak Black | Jackboy | The song is a diss towards Kodak Black's former associate and friend Jackboy. | [citation needed] | |
January 12, 2022 | "Bring the Hook" | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | King Von | In this song, YoungBoy disses the late King Von, who was killed in an altercation with YoungBoy affiliate Quando Rondo. | [citation needed] | |
February 22, 2022 | "Ahhh Ha" | Lil Durk | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | "Bring the Hook" | [citation needed] | |
February 22, 2022 | "I Hate YoungBoy" | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Lil Durk, Gucci Mane, Boosie Badazz, Apple Music, Lil Baby, King Von | "Ahhh Ha" | [citation needed] | |
March 4, 2022 | "Publicity Stunt" | Gucci Mane | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | "I Hate YoungBoy" | [citation needed] | |
April 15, 2022 | "GINÉ" | 6ix9ine | Lil Durk and King Von | Aimed at Lil Durk for not seeking revenge for King Von’s murder. | [citation needed] | |
June 24, 2022 | "Late to da Party" | Lil Nas X feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Black Entertainment Television | Recorded after a failure to nominate Lil Nas X at the BET Awards 2022, which took place 2 days after single's release. | [citation needed] |
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.[91][92][93]
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Date Released | Song Title | Artist(s) | Target(s) | Response to (if applicable) |
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April 4, 2017 | "I Didn't Hit Her" | RiceGum | The Gabbie Show | RiceGum's response to assault allegations against him from Gabbie Hanna.[93] | |
May 30, 2017 | "It's Everyday Bro" | Jake Paul feat. Team 10 | Alissa Violet | Certified RIAA Platinum;[94] Reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.[92] It peaked as the third most-disliked video on YouTube. Ignited a wave of feuds that played out through diss tracks.[95] | |
June 1, 2017 | "Logang Sucks" | Jake Paul | Logan Paul and his fans | ||
June 3, 2017 | "The Fall of Jake Paul" | Logan Paul feat. Why Don't We | Jake Paul | Jake Paul's "Logang Sucks" | The largest feud among those incited by Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro."[96][95] Logan Paul's most-viewed video.[97] |
June 9, 2017 | "It's Every Night Sis" | RiceGum feat. Alissa Violet | Jake Paul | Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro" | Certified RIAA Platinum;[98][99][100] reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.[101][102][92] |
August 5, 2017 | "YouTube Stars Diss Track" | Jake Paul | The general press | Part diss track, part musical apology video.[96][103] | |
August 12, 2017 | "Earthquake" | KSI feat. RiceGum | Behzinga | Behzinga's "Drama" | The music video was permanently deleted by KSI on 3 May 2020 after feuding with Ricegum.[104] |
August 13, 2017 | "Little Boy" | KSI | Wroetoshaw | Wroetoshaw's "KSI Sucks" | Reached No. 82 on the UK Singles chart.[105] |
August 24, 2017 | "Two Birds, One Stone" | KSI | Wroetoshaw and Joe Weller | Wroetoshaw's "KSI Exposed" | Reached No. 93 on the UK Singles chart.[105] |
September 8, 2017 | "Adam's Apple" | KSI | NetNobody (formerly SkyDoesMinecraft) | NetNobody's "Diss Track Ed" | Music video features NetNobody's ex-wife, Alesa; Reached No. 97 on the UK Singles chart.[105] |
October 3, 2017 | "Asian Jake Paul" | iDubbbz feat. Boyinaband | RiceGum | iDubbbz makes fun of Ricegum's many controversies and perceived narcissism[106] | |
October 10, 2017 | "Frick Da Police" | Ricegum | iDubbbz | iDubbbz's "Asian Jake Paul" | Ricegum's response was received notoriously poorly, it is the 37th most-disliked video on YouTube.[106] |
August 17, 2018 | "On Point" | KSI | Logan Paul | Released as part of the two entertainers' feud, and eight days before it culminated in the white-collar amateur boxing match KSI vs. Logan Paul.[107][108][91] | |
August 21, 2018 | "Goodbye KSI" | Logan Paul | KSI | KSI's "On Point" | Released as part of the two entertainers' feud, in response to KSI's "On Point",[109] and four days before it culminated in the white-collar amateur boxing match KSI vs. Logan Paul.[110][108][91] |
September 20, 2018 | "Yacht" | Gabi DeMartino | SSSniperwolf, and Ariana Grande's Fans | Released as a response to Ariana Grande's fans about the "Ariana Wannabe" thing, also released as a response to YouTuber SSSniperwolf diss video about her.[111] | |
October 5, 2018 | "Bitch Lasagna" | PewDiePie and Party in Backyard | T-Series | Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series.[112] | |
November 23, 2018 | "Insecure" | Quadeca | KSI | ||
March 31, 2019 | "Congratulations" | PewDiePie, Boyinaband, RoomieOfficial | T-Series | T-Series surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers. | Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series.[112] |
June 5, 2020 | Yalgaar | CarryMinati, Wily Frenzy | Release as a response to "YouTube vs Tiktok the End" controversy.[113][114] | ||
February 14, 2021 | "Coco" | PewDiePie | Cocomelon | Cocomelon surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers | The song's music video was terminated by YouTube for violating their community guidelines[115] |
March 3, 2022 | BZRP Music Sessions #49 | Residente | J Balvin | Released as a response to boycott of J Balvin to 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards and to his public declarations about 2021 Colombian protests. | Freestyle session produced by Argentine Bizarrap[116] |
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