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From diss tracks to physical altercations, the music industry has seen its share of intense rivalries. Join us as we explore the most explosive confrontations between musical titans that shaped the industry and captivated fans. From rap battles to pop star showdowns, these feuds left an indelible mark on music history.
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00:00I want to perform they favorite song, but you know they love the sewer.
00:05Yeah, that song.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the nastiest,
00:10most intense, and or most consequential rivalries in music.
00:14This doesn't include internal band member feuds like those within Oasis.
00:26Number 10. Jay-Z vs. Nas.
00:30Man!
00:31Lose!
00:32Waste yourself for the main event, delegation and grace.
00:36This battle centered around two people from New York City.
00:39Preparing his debut album, Jay-Z wanted Nas to perform on a song.
00:43The Illmatic star didn't turn up, making Reasonable Doubt the first step in the rivalry.
00:48Then came Nas' second record, It Was Written, with some thoughts on rappers like Jay-Z for The Message.
00:53Dread some synonym, Lex with TV sets the minimum.
00:56Ill-sex adrenaline, party with villain.
00:58Pretty soon, other MCs like Memphis Bleak got involved, further complicating things.
01:03Nas released the harsh critique, Aether, to reply to Jay-Z's Takeover.
01:07Then, the latter performer came back with songs like Super Ugly and Dug Deeper.
01:11When does your lies end?
01:12When does the truth begin?
01:13When does reality set in?
01:15Or does it not matter?
01:16Gotta hurt, I'm your baby mama's favorite rapper.
01:18It might have been hostile, but the water settled after the two got on stage together in 2005.
01:24Number 9. Elton John vs. Madonna.
01:27These two pop icons have different sounds and careers, making this beef somewhat unexpected.
01:32It turns out that Elton John doesn't love artists that allegedly lip-sync.
01:36During an awards acceptance speech, the British songwriter threw shade at the Vogue vocalist.
01:41Since when has lip-syncing been live?
01:46Sorry about that, but I think everyone who lip-syncs in public on stage when you pay like 75 quid to see them should be shot.
01:52This wasn't the only time that the Rocket Man attacked her either.
01:55In the early 2000s, John also made fun of the singer's theme for the James Bond movie Die Another Day.
02:01Madonna offered up some even-keeled rebuttals, defending her work and performance style.
02:12In 2025, the two met up backstage at Saturday Night Live and officially quashed this beef,
02:18with Madonna praising Sir Elton as an early musical inspiration,
02:22and Sir Elton praising Madonna for her AIDS advocacy work.
02:25She was very gracious, I apologize profusely, because what I said should never have appeared in public.
02:30She was very gracious, she accepted my apology, we bought her dinner, and that's what we're done with.
02:37When you've both been married to the same woman, you might be a little tense around each other.
02:43The same could be said for Kid Rock and Tommy Lee.
02:50Motley Crue's Lee married Pamela Anderson in the 1990s,
02:53while the singer briefly married the Baywatch star in the 2000s.
02:56Their meeting became physical at the VMAs in 2007.
03:00They might have their own explanations for how it went down,
03:03but they also seemed destined to run into each other.
03:12After the dust-up, the two walked away without any injuries.
03:16It's worth noting that this happened after Anderson had divorced both of them.
03:20While there could have been a lawsuit,
03:22cooler heads prevailed and the incident was etched into music history.
03:25You eventually called me after that and he says,
03:27you know, I understand the whole idea of what's going on.
03:31Number 7. 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule
03:34Back in the late 1990s, these two rappers started a beef that lasted many years.
03:39The origins seem to be controversial,
03:41but Ja Rule said it might have traced back to a bad meeting at a video shoot.
03:45People don't, they don't know what to believe, so they believe.
03:47Well, sometimes, you know, a lot of times the person with a louder voice
03:51is what goes down in history, like, you know, as the story.
03:54This, this, this is how it goes sometimes. Sometimes it's like that.
03:57The clapback performer and Murder, Inc. records
03:59then became some of the Indiclub star's biggest enemies.
04:02Along the way, a robbery and a stabbing were seemingly linked to the feud.
04:06The two continued to trade musical jabs long after they were topping the charts.
04:18Their antics even escalated to 50 Cent buying up tickets at his rival's show.
04:22The get-rich-or-die-trying hitmaker arguably came out on top,
04:26but he also feuded with plenty of other artists.
04:29You're known for having beefs with people, okay?
04:34Beef is not always a bad thing.
04:35Okay, how is a beef a good thing?
04:38Because I don't want to go over, like, bad history with you,
04:41but you were shot nine times, okay?
04:44That wasn't good.
04:45Number six, Nicki Minaj vs. Cardi B.
04:47In the 2010s, Nicki Minaj became a household name
04:50for her fast rhyming and bold style.
04:53The Sundan, yep, the Sundan, came up, but we still up in Dungeon.
04:56The Dun-Dun, yep, in London, competition, why, yes, I would love some.
05:00She was easily one of the most powerful female rappers until Cardi B.
05:04With hits like Bodak Yellow, the newer artist helped change the game in the latter part of the decade.
05:09You could then argue that the young performer was encroaching on Minaj's territory.
05:13Why would I hop in some beef when I could just hop in a Porsche?
05:16You, her, she, gone through what from hoops?
05:18That's not a reliable source.
05:19Despite collaborations on motorsport, these two seemed to be stewing over each other.
05:23This then turned into a physical confrontation at a New York Fashion Week event.
05:28Cardi B threw a shoe at her rival, ramping up the dispute even more and making it much harder to mend.
05:34And then a minute later, this is her exiting the plaza with her whole crew in tow
05:38with the New York Police Department.
05:40It was complete madness.
05:43Number five, Eminem vs. Machine Gun Kelly.
05:46Eminem had been successful for most of the 2000s,
05:49while Machine Gun Kelly began his ascent in the 2010s.
05:52Then, things got personal when Machine Gun Kelly called Eminem's daughter attractive.
05:56If that wasn't enough, MGK doubled down when he called out the older star on a Tech N9ne track.
06:04In 2018, the Kamikaze album and Not Alike kept the battle alive.
06:13This song addresses the tension that had been lingering for years.
06:16Rap Devil was one hostile follow-up from Kelly,
06:24while Killshot returned the favor with a much more expansive diss.
06:28Two years later, the release unaccommodating went after the younger MC again.
06:31But when they asked me, is the war finished with MGK?
06:35Of course it is.
06:35I cleansed them if it's mortal sins.
06:37I'm God and the Lord forgives even the devil worshippers.
06:39I'm moving on.
06:40The multi-generational war could always bubble up once more.
06:44Number four, Oasis vs. Blur.
06:46The battle of Britpop played out in the tabloids and the charts.
06:50It was an NME cover.
06:52That's what defined it.
06:53The NME had Blur v. Oasis,
06:55and they had a couple of boxers with their fists up.
06:57Both Oasis and Blur were pitted against each other in the 1990s,
07:01each representing new sounds in British rock.
07:03Their respective output was unique,
07:05but that didn't stop the two from butting heads.
07:07In 1995, both bands put out singles that directly competed with each other.
07:12We found out in advance what day Oasis were going to release theirs,
07:16and we thought, would it be funny if we released ours on the same day?
07:21They then moved their release date,
07:24so it wouldn't conflict with ours,
07:26and then we moved ours again back to theirs,
07:28so it was on.
07:29Country House won the battle,
07:30while Roll With It didn't do too much worse.
07:33The lingering feud might have been overshadowed
07:35by the internal tensions between Liam and Noel Gallagher.
07:38For his Gorillaz side project,
07:40Damon Albarn later collaborated with the older Gallagher
07:42and seemingly left the ill will at the door.
07:44We got the power to be loving each other no matter what happens.
07:50Number 3.
07:51Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift
07:53It all started at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
07:57Taylor Swift was on stage,
07:58but Kanye West decided to interrupt her acceptance speech.
08:01Yo, Taylor.
08:04I'm really happy for you.
08:05I'm gonna let you finish.
08:07But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.
08:09The event led to widespread criticism of the rapper.
08:13What could have been water under the bridge
08:14turned into an extended feud.
08:17There are going to be people along the way
08:18who will try to undercut your success
08:22or take credit for your accomplishments.
08:26West mentioned the vocalist in his song Famous,
08:29calling her names and claiming responsibility for her fame.
08:32The larger conflict played out
08:34while Swift repeatedly defended herself.
08:36There's also debate over a phone call between the two,
08:39but it all seemed to be overblown.
08:41Many years later,
08:42this remains one of the most random
08:44and unnecessary feuds in music history.
08:47I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.
08:50Number 2.
08:51Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake
08:53This conflict traces back to the 2010s,
08:56but Kendrick Lamar and Drake's feud
08:58became better known in the 2020s.
09:00They both made accusations about each other,
09:02building to a diss war that spanned several high-profile singles.
09:06Who the goat?
09:07Who the goat?
09:08Who the goat?
09:09Who the goat?
09:10Who you bitches really rooting for?
09:11Like a kid at half-edged from January to November.
09:14Songs like First Person Shooter and Like That
09:16renewed the conflict in a huge way.
09:18Lamar then fired back with the Grammy-winning track
09:21Not Like Us.
09:22To make matters worse for the Canadian rapper,
09:25Lamar played the Super Bowl 59 halftime show.
09:27This gave him a chance to perform his disses
09:30to an even larger audience.
09:31Why you trolling like a
09:32Ain't you tired?
09:34Trying to strike a chord
09:34And it's probably A minor
09:36With Drake's ex-Serena Williams present,
09:40the performance put a defining stamp on this beef.
09:43The Toronto-born artist is no stranger to feuds either,
09:46considering his friction with Meek Mill.
09:48Don Corleone
09:49Trust me, at the top it isn't lonely
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10:09Number 1.
10:10Tupac Shakur vs Biggie Smalls
10:11In the struggle between East and West Coast,
10:14this feud might be the biggest.
10:16Tupac Shakur was making a name for himself
10:18in rap and film
10:19as Biggie Smalls put out classics like Ready to Die.
10:21They were two of the greatest artists of their day,
10:24competing in a personal rivalry
10:26that's inspired much speculation.
10:28There were accusations of treachery and betrayal.
10:31Tupac accused Biggie of trying to have him killed.
10:34Tupac claimed to be having an affair with Biggie's wife.
10:37The rappers turned into musical enemies,
10:39with a larger battle forming between
10:41Suge Knight's Death Row Records
10:42and Diddy's Bad Boy Records.
10:44Shakur was shot one night
10:45and thought his cross-country rival
10:47could have been involved.
10:48When it was like he got shot,
10:49I was just more like, again?
10:52You know what I'm saying?
10:52He always getting shot or shot at.
10:54He gonna pull through this one again,
10:56make a few records about it,
10:57and it's gonna be over.
10:58Songs like Smalls' Who Shot Ya?
11:00and Hit Em Up
11:01took the musical war
11:02into deeply personal territory.
11:04Both men later died
11:05in separate and unsolved shootings,
11:07forever etching this conflict
11:08into legend.
11:14Did we forget another intense battle
11:17between two artists?
11:18Let us know in the comments below.
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11:21Like when you're just not
11:24Step on our gowns
11:25You need to calm down
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11:35not
11:35No
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