Nowadays, everyone is into rap beef. Drake and Kendrick Lamar set the stage, or more accurately, just Kendrick’s slew of brutal takedowns. With the mammoth success of “Not Like Us,” it proved that this kind of back and forth can be massive for hip-hop. Afterwards, rappers got into a bunch of pseudo rap beefs in the name of competition. There may be some truth to it but it’s easy to tell who was jumping in for the sake of attention and marketing.
However, it wasn’t always like this. A lot of feuds in hip-hop usually stayed within the genre. It was a staple in the culture when two people had issues with one another. Think of TI vs Lil Flip or DJ Quik vs MC Eiht, moments that outsiders might not totally understand. But there are some that even non-rap fans might know a bit about through shee