The Source Magazine

A Brief Look At How Beef Has Shaped the History of Hip-Hop

Kendrick and Drake’s recent beef is merely one in a fabled line of feuds that have shaped the history of hip-hop as we know it. Whether revolutionary, zeitgeist-defining or just plain silly, rap beef ...
Rolling Stone

A Year Later, No One Can Get Over the Kendrick and Drake Beef

One year ago this week, Kendrick Lamar and Drake engaged in a monumental rapid-fire rap beef, trading scathing diss songs like “Euphoria” and “Family Matters” back-to-back, sometimes in a matter of ...
syracuse.com

Rap star says hip-hop beefs are bad for the culture (and business)

Rap beefs have long been a part of hip-hop, from Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur to Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake. But one rapper who has long feuded with a fellow 2000s music star says he thinks they’re ...
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Head-Scratching Rap Beef That Recently Took Over the Internet

There is rap beef in hip-hop that everyone is tantalized by. Think Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake. The two hip-hop heavyweights went toe-to-toe last spring in a rap battle that had hip-hop fans on edge, ...
Rolling Stone

The Joey Bada$$ vs. Everyone Beef Is Fun, But What’s It Really About?

On New Year’s Day, Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ took aim at Kendrick Lamar with a track called “The Ruler’s Back.” Kendrick has yet to respond, but TDE rapper Ray Vaughn, TDE affiliate Daylyt, and ...