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

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Date Released	Song Title	Artist(s)	Target(s)	Response to (if applicable)	Notes	Ref(s)
1933	"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.	[1]
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.	[2]
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.	[3]
1954	"Old Man Trump"	Woody Guthrie	Fred Trump	Trump's alleged greed and racially discriminatory housing practices		[4][5]
1963	"Blackhead Chinaman"	Prince Buster	Derrick Morgan	Morgan recording for producer Leslie Kong		[6]
1965	"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(s) of the song is/are unclear.	[7]
1967	"Run for Cover"	Lee "Scratch" Perry	Coxsone Dodd	Dodd's alleged underpayment of Perry		[8]
1970	"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	[9]
Sep 11, 1970	"Happy Family"	King Crimson	The Beatles		Makes fun about the separation of Beatles	[10]
Aug 2, 1971	"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.	[11][12][13][14][15]
Sep 9, 1971	"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, metion the beef with Allen Klein, talk about the Ego of Paul, and attacks the music and style of Paul	[16][17]
Nov 29, 1971	"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.	[18]
1972	"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[19]	Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins have since made amends, even recording the album Hummingbird together	[19]
	"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.	[20]
Nov 1975	"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.	[21]
1973	"Smooth Dancer"	Deep Purple	Ritchie Blackmore			[22]
	"Cow Thief Skank"	Lee "Scratch" Perry	Niney the Observer			[23][24]
1974	"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.
1975	"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)"	Queen	Norman Sheffield	Sheffield's alleged mismanagement and embezzlement of the band's earnings		[25]
Apr 21, 1975	"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	[26][27]
Apr 1, 1976	"Silly Love Songs"	Paul McCartney and Wings	John Lennon	McCartney recorded the song in response to a comment John Lennon made towards McCartney's compositions calling them "silly love songs"		[28][29]
Dec 20, 1976	"Silver Springs"	Fleetwood Mac	Lindsey Buckingham (Band Member)	Silver Springs was written by Stevie Nicks to talk about hers relationship with Lindsey Buckingham		[30][31]
Oct 27, 1977	"New York"	Sex Pistols	New York Dolls		Attacks on New York Dolls acussing they of being a fraud	[32][33]
	"E.M.I."	Sex Pistols	EMI	EMI's termination of the Sex Pistols' contract		[34][35][36]
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.[37]	[38]
	"Idiot Box"	the Damned	Television and Tom Verlaine	Television refusing to allow the Damned to play a show with them.		[39]
1979	"California über alles"	Dead Kennedys	Jerry Brown	Brown's campaign for president	Satire of Brown from his perspective. Imagining a "Hippie fascist" society.	[40]
1984	"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	[41]
1985	"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.
1986	"Mentiras"	Lupita D'Alessio	Carlos Reinoso	D'Alessio's abusive relationship with Reinoso		[42]
1986	"En Cuba No Falta Nada"	Tommy Olivencia's Orchestra	Fidel Castro	Castro's authoritarian rule of the country.	Lead vocals by Héctor Tricoche. A censored version of the song titled "El del Tabacón" was also released	[43]
Oct 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.	[44]
Dec 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.	[45]
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"	[46]
Mar 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.	[45]
Aug 8, 1987	"Kill That Noise"	MC Shan	Boogie Down Productions	"South Bronx"	Part of The Bridge Wars	[47]
Nov 3, 1987	"How Ya Like Me Now"	Kool Moe Dee	LL Cool J	The claim that LL Cool J stole his rap style		[48]
1988	"Mother"	Danzig	Tipper Gore	The Parents Music Resource Center, led by Tipper Gore and parents groups, introducing the "Parental Advisory" warning on music albums		[49]
1988	"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.	[50]
Jan 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.	[51]
Aug 16, 1988	"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	[52][53][54][55]
Sep 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.	[56]
Jun 4, 1990	"Kool Thing"	Sonic Youth feat. Chuck D	LL Cool J	It's a response of the interview LL Cool J give in the September of 1989 in Spin Magazine with he talkes to Kim Gordon (the interview himself) satisfaction with the lack of Female Personalities in Rap.		[57][58]
Jun 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.	[59]
Aug 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".	[60]
Mar 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		[61]
May 1, 1991	"Pop Goes the Weasel"	3rd Bass	Vanilla Ice			[62]
Aug 13, 1991	"Word to the Badd!!"	Jermaine Jackson	Michael Jackson		The song was changed for the album	[63]
Sep 17, 1991	"Get in the Ring"	Guns N' Roses	Music critics. Mentioned by name are critics from Hit Parader (Andy Secher), Circus, Kerrang! (Mick Wall) and Spin (Bob Guccione, Jr.).		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.[64]	[65]
Oct 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'" 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!!!	[59][66]
Dec 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.	[67]
Dec 15, 1992	"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	[59]
Aug 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		[59]
Oct 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 "Deep Cover", "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" and "Fuck Wit Dre Day".	[68]
Mar 28, 1994	"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	[69][70]
Aug 23, 1994	"What Would You Do?"	Tha Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg	B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Eazy-E, Cold 187um and Ruthless Records			[71]
1994	"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".	[72]
Jun 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.	[73]
Jul 4, 1995	"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.[74]	[75]
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"		[59]
Feb 21, 1995	"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.
Jun 4, 1996	"Hit 'Em Up"	Tupac Shakur feat. The Outlawz	Lil' Kim, Mobb Deep, Sean Combs, 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".	[76]
Aug 25, 1996	"Drop a Gem on 'Em"	Mobb Deep	Tupac Shakur	Shakur's "Hit 'Em Up"		[77]
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.	[59]
Sep 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., Q-Tip, Kool G Rap, King Sun and Dr. Dre			[78]
Sep 26, 1996	"Intro/ Bomb First (My Second Reply)"	Tupac Shakur	Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, Big L and Xzibit			[79]
Sep 26, 1996	"Toss It Up"	Tupac Shakur	Dr. Dre, Puffy, Lil' Kim, Notorious B.I.G., Blackstreet and Teddy Riley			[80]
1996	"I Shot Ya"	DMX	Tupac Shakur	East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry	DMX's freestyle was made before Tupac's Murder	[81]
Mar 25, 1997	"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			[82]
1998	"Tupeu de borfaș"	La Familia	R.A.C.L.A., Getto Daci			[83]
Feb 10, 1998	"Get At Me Dog"	DMX	K-Solo, 2Pac	The perceived "softness" of the rap industry	DMX's first single,	[84]
Mar 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.	[85]
Aug 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.	[86]
Oct 6, 1998	"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.	[87][88]
Mar 14, 1999	"Quiet Storm"	Mobb Deep feat. Lil' Kim	Foxy Brown		Part of a long-running feud between the two artists. Foxy Brown responded[89] and the feud subsequently led to a shooting with more than 20 shots fired.[90]	[59]
Aug 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.[91]	[59]
Oct 12, 1999	"Your Life's on the Line"	50 Cent	Ja Rule			[59]
Nov 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.	[92]
Sep 11, 2001	"Takeover"	Jay-Z	Nas and Prodigy of Mobb Deep			[93]
Dec 4, 2001	"Ether"	Nas	Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella Records	"Takeover"		[93]
Dec 11, 2001	"Supa Ugly"	Jay-Z	Nas	"Ether"		[93]
May 13, 2002	"Without Me"	Eminem	Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Limp Bizkit, Moby, Chris Kirkpatrick, and the FCC		The song mocks a number of Eminem's critics.	[94][95]
Nov 25, 2002	"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".	[96]
Jan 21, 2003	"Superman"	Eminem	Mariah Carey	The song elaborates on Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001.		[97]
Feb 6, 2003	"Back Down"	50 Cent	Ja Rule
Jul 8, 2003	"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.	[98]
Oct 7, 2003	"Be a Man"	Randy Savage	Hulk Hogan			[99]
2004	"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.	[83][100]
Sep 14, 2004	"Something That I’m Not"	Megadeth	Metallica	Dave Mustaine feelings about Metallica		[101][102]
Mar 9, 2005	"Checkmate"	Jadakiss	50 Cent	50 Cent's "Piggy Bank"		[103]
Mar 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.	[104]
May 22, 2006	"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.	[105]
Nov 21, 2006	"Don't Stop"	Outlawz	C. Delores Tucker and Bob Dole	Tucker and Dole proposing censorship of gangsta rap		[106]
Aug 22, 2006	"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.	[107]
Feb 6, 2007	"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.	[108]
Jun 5, 2007	"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."		[109]
Jun 16, 2009	"Obsessed"	Mariah Carey	Eminem	Eminem's claims to have dated Carey in 2001.		[110]
Jul 28, 2009	"Ovarios"	Jenni Rivera	Graciela Beltran			[111]
Jul 30, 2009	"The Warning"	Eminem	Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon	Carey's "Obsessed"		[110][112]
Feb 23, 2010	"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.	[113]
Oct 30, 2010	"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.	[114]
Feb 14, 2011	"Black Friday"	Lil' Kim	Nicki Minaj	Minaj's "Roman's Revenge"	Response to Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" album.	[115]
Dec 20, 2011	"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".	[116][117][118]
Mar 23, 2012	"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.	[119]
May 24, 2012	"Exodus 23:1"	Pusha T	Drake and Lil Wayne			[120]
Oct 22, 2012	"All too Well"	Taylor Swift	Jake Gyllenhaal	End of Relationship of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal	She talks about a failed romantic relationship, remember memories, and she written how about she discover how Jake was cheating on her	[121][122]
	"Better Man"				She talks about how she wishes he was a Better Man	[123]
	"Babe"				She talks his falses promeses and how he was cheating	[124][125]
	"Sad Beautiful Tragic"				She talks about his sorry notes and how he can't be trusted, talks too about Jake can't listen to her	[126][127]
	"The Moment I Knew"				She talks about how was the heartbreaking when Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't show up in she 21's birthday	[128][129]
Mar 13, 2013	"Better Than That"	MARINA	Ellie Goulding	Ellie and the MARINA's Ex-Boyfriend affair		[130]
Jul 23, 2013 (leaked)	"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.	[131]
Aug 14, 2014	"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.	[132][133][134]
Jan 26, 2015	"I Bet"	Ciara	Future	Ciara and Future Break-Up		[135][136]
Mar 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.	[137]
Mar 25, 2015	"Chipmunk Reply"	Devilman featuring Mr. Traumatik	Chipmunk, Skepta, Jammer, Lil Wayne, JME	"Pepper Riddim" by Chipmunk		[138][137]
	"Relegation Riddim"	Bugzy Malone	Chipmunk			[137]
	"Off My Shoulder"	"Saskilla"				[137]
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.	[139]
Jul 29, 2015	"Charged Up"	Drake	Meek Mill		Response to Meek Mill's claim that Drake uses ghostwriters.	[140]
Jul 31, 2015	"Back to Back"					[141]
Jan 25, 2016	"Flatline"	B.o.B	Neil DeGrasse Tyson		B.o.B's promotion of the conspiracy theory that the earth is flat.	[142][143][144]
Mar 30, 2016	"FDT"	YG feat Nipsey Hussle	Donald Trump	Trump's rhetoric during his 2016 presidential campaign.		[145]
Apr 22, 2016	"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	[146][147]
Oct 16, 2016	"Shout Out to My Ex"	Little Mix	Zayn Malik		Malik's break-up with group member Perrie Edwards.	[148]
Oct 29, 2016	"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 (who co-produced this song) for implementing ghostwriters in their song writing processes.	[149]
Feb 25, 2017	"Shether"	Remy Ma	Nicki Minaj		Minaj's verse on Gucci Mane's Make Love.	[150]
May 19, 2017	"Swish Swish"	Katy Perry feat Nicki Minaj	Taylor Swift and Remy Ma	"Bad Blood"	Gaten Matarazzo, Jenna Ushkowitz, Doug the Pug, Molly Shannon, Bill Walton, Terry Crews, and others appeared in the music video.	[139]
Jul 18, 2017	" Motion Sickness"	Phoebe Bridgers	Ryan Adams	Bridgers's ex-boyfriend Adams, who was accused of sexual harassment and emotional abuse by several women, including Bridgers, in 2019.		[151]
Aug 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".		[139][152][153]
Sep 1, 2017	"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.	[154][155]
Dec 22, 2017	"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.	[156][157]
Feb 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.		[158]
May 25, 2018	"Infrared"	Pusha T	Drake		Pusha T alleges that Drake uses ghostwriters.		[159]
	"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.	[159]
May 29, 2018	"The Story of Adidon"	Pusha T	Drake	"Duppy Freestyle"	Pusha T 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.	[160]
Jun 1, 2018	"I Kill People"	Trippie Redd feat. Chief Keef and Tadoe	6ix9ine	All three have feuded with 6ix9ine.		[161]
Aug 31, 2018	"Not Alike"	Eminem feat. Royce da 5'9"	Machine Gun Kelly	Comments Kelly made about Eminem's daughter when she was underage.		[162]
	"Bad Boy"	G-Eazy	Machine Gun Kelly	MGK's freestyle at Funk Flex on Hot 97 where he sent shots at him.		[163]
Sep 3, 2018	"Rap Devil"	Machine Gun Kelly	Eminem	Eminem's "Not Alike", released four days prior to Rap Devil.		[164]
Sep 14, 2018	"Killshot"	Eminem	Machine Gun Kelly, P. Diddy	Machine Gun Kelly's "Rap Devil"		[165]
Sep 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.	[166]
Nov 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 affecting African-Americans.	[167]
December 9–19, 2019	"The Invitation" "Pray For Him" "The Invitation Canceled"	Nick Cannon (all) feat. Suge Knight (track one), Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips, Prince Eazy (tracks one and two), Conceited (track two)	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.[168]		[169] [170]
Jan 9, 2020	"ded sheeran (ed sheeran send) 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.	[171][172]
Jun 25, 2020	"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.	[173] [174] [175]
Nov 20, 2020	"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.	[176][177]
Dec 16, 2020	"How To Rob (Remix)"	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.	[178]
Feb 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.	[179][180]
Feb 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.	[181]
Sep 3, 2021	"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 CLB's release.	[182][183][184]
Sep 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 the original verse he had recorded for the song, talking about his childhood and family, and Andre 3000's verse left intact.	[185]
Nov 12, 2022	"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, acresenting history and become a short film with stars Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien as a 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	[186][187][188][189]
Feb 22, 2022	"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.		[190]
	"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.		[191]
Mar 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	[192]
Nov 4, 2022	"Psycho Bitch"	Thalía	Tommy Mottola	Alleged infidelity of Mottola towards Thalía		[193]
Jan 11, 2023	"Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53"	Bizarrap and Shakira	Gerard Piqué and Clara Chía Martí	Piqué's infidelity to Shakira.		[194]
Jan 12, 2023	"Flowers"	Miley Cyrus	Liam Hemsworth			[195][196][197]
Feb 24, 2023	"TQG"	Karol G and Shakira	Anuel AA and Gerard Piqué	Pique's and Anuel's infidelity		[198]
Mar 3, 2023	"Red Ruby Da Sleeze"	Nicki Minaj	Megan Thee Stallion and Latto			[199]
Aug 8, 2023	"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".	[200][201]
Jan 26, 2024	"Hiss"	Megan Thee Stallion	Nicki Minaj, Drake, Pardison Fontaine, and Tory Lanez	"Circo Loco" and "Red Ruby da Sleeze"		[202]
Jan 29, 2024	"Big Foot"	Nicki Minaj	Megan Thee Stallion	"Hiss"		[203]
Mar 22, 2024	"Like That"	Metro Boomin, Future, 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.
Apr 5, 2024	"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.	[204]
Apr 12, 2024	"Tender"	Quavo	Chris Brown	"Freak"		[205]
Apr 13, 2024 (leaked) Apr 19, 2024 (Official)	"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		[206]
Apr 13, 2024	"Champagne Moments"	Rick Ross	Drake	"Push Ups"		[207]
Apr 19, 2024	"Weakest Link"	Chris Brown	Quavo	"Tender"		[208]
Apr 19, 2024	"Taylor Made Freestyle"	Drake	Kendrick Lamar	"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.	[209]
Apr 21, 2024	"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".	[210]
Apr 22, 2024	"Over Hoes & Bitches (feat. Takeoff)"	Quavo	Chris Brown	"Weakest Link"	Takeoff feature is posthumous, thus recorded before the feud.	[211]
Apr 30, 2024	"Euphoria"	Kendrick Lamar	Drake, J. Cole	"Push Ups", "Taylor Made Freestyle", "7 Minute Drill"		[212]
May 3, 2024	"6:16 in LA"		Drake	"Taylor Made Freestyle"	The diss track was co-produced by Jack Antonoff, whom Taylor Swift frequently produces her albums with.	[213]
	"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.	[214]
	"Buried Alive Interlude, Pt. 2"		Kendrick Lamar		Released additionally as a promo for "Family Matters" on Drake's official Instagram. a short parody remix of "Buried Alive Interlude".	[214][215][216]
	"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.	[217][218][219]
May 4, 2024	"Not Like Us"				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".	[220]
May 5, 2024	"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.	[221]
	"The Heart Part 6"	Drake	Kendrick Lamar	"Meet the Grahams" and "Not Like Us"		[222]
May 10, 2024	"Freeway's Revenge"	The Game	Rick Ross	Rick Ross attacking Drake on social media during the latter's feud with Kendrick Lamar		[223]
Jun 14, 2024	"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.	[224]
Jul 19, 2024	"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.		[225]
Aug 23, 2024	"Dumb & Poetic"	Sabrina Carpenter	Joshua Bassett, Shawn Mendes	Sabrina Relationship's with Joshua and Shawn		[226][227]

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.^{[228][229][230]}

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YouTube diss tracks

Date Released	Song Title	Artist(s)	Target(s)	Response to (if applicable)	Notes
April 19, 2013	"RuPaulogize"	Willam Belli Sharon Needles	RuPaul		Willam's response to being cut from RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 1 prior to filming.[231]
April 4, 2017	"I Didn't Hit Her"	RiceGum	The Gabbie Show		RiceGum's response to assault allegations against him from Gabbie Hanna.[230]
May 30, 2017	"It's Everyday Bro"	Jake Paul feat. Team 10	Alissa Violet		Certified RIAA Platinum;[232] Reached No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.[229] It peaked as the third most-disliked video on YouTube. Ignited a wave of feuds that played out through diss tracks.[233]
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."[234][233] Logan Paul's most-viewed video.[235]
June 9, 2017	"It's Every Night Sis"	RiceGum feat. Alissa Violet	Jake Paul	Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro"	Certified RIAA Platinum;[236][237][238] reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.[239][240][229]
August 5, 2017	"YouTube Stars Diss Track"	Jake Paul	The general press		Part diss track, part musical apology video.[234][241]
October 3, 2017	"Asian Jake Paul"	iDubbbz feat. Boyinaband	RiceGum		iDubbbz makes fun of Ricegum's many controversies and perceived narcissism[242]
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.[242]
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.[243][244][228]
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",[245] and four days before it culminated in the white-collar amateur boxing match KSI vs. Logan Paul.[246][244][228]
September 20, 2018	"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.[247]
October 5, 2018	"Bitch Lasagna"	PewDiePie and Party in Backyard	T-Series		Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series.[248]
January 1, 2019	"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.[249]
March 31, 2019	"Congratulations"	PewDiePie, Boyinaband, RoomieOfficial	T-Series	T-Series surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers.	Part of the feud PewDiePie vs T-Series.[248]
June 5, 2020	"Yalgaar"	CarryMinati, Wily Frenzy			Release as a response to "YouTube vs Tiktok the End" controversy.[250][251]
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[252]
July 31, 2023	"Kingdom Come"	KING DOTTA	Ren		[253]
August 5, 2023	"Dumb King Come"	Ren	KING DOTTA, MichelleShow	KING DOTTA's "Kingdom Come"	A cappella. Ends with praise for DOTTA, and a denunciation of the genre of diss tracks.[57]