Uproxx

Questlove Issued Another Hot Take About A Classic Diss Track After Deriding The Drake And Kendrick Beef

Despite already being in hot water with rap fans over his take on the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef, Questlove derided a different diss track in a new interview. This time, his beef (heh) is with a ...
AllHipHop

Questlove Responds To Backlash Over His Criticism Of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up”

The Grammy and Oscar winner doubles down on his critique of Hip-Hop beef. There have been a lot of conversations about Hip-Hop diss tracks in recent weeks. For example, Questlove shared his opinion ...
Complex

Questlove Says His Critique of 2Pac's "Hit 'Em Up" Was 'Taken Outta Context'

Questlove is clarifying his recent thoughts regarding 2Pac 's "Hit 'Em Up," the classic 1996 diss track aimed at the Notorious B.I.G., Junior M.A.F.I.A., and Mobb Deep. During a recent appearance on ...
Complex

Havoc Explains Origin of 2Pac's "Hit 'Em Up" Diss to Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep takes on two classic Nas tracks: "Thief's Theme" from the 2004 'Street’s Disciple' album, and "Stay Chiseled" from Large Professor's 2002 project '1st Class.' Prodigy of Mobb Deep Dead at 42 ...
Yahoo

NLE Choppa Invokes 2Pac’s ‘Hit Em Up’ for ‘KO’ As He Appears to Diss NBA YoungBoy

NLE Choppa, who's now going by NLE the Great, came out guns blazing on Halloween with his bristling "KO" diss track, and it appears he's looking to make things spooky for NBA YoungBoy. "YoungBoy, what ...
The Source Magazine

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Passes “Hit ‘Em Up” in All Time Streaming Count

Drake is no stranger to having lookalikes. However, using bars from “Not Like Us” to comment on their posts on Instagram is a bit new. Over the weekend, Drake posted a clip of one of his fakes ...
Forbes

Diss Track Season Was Ultimately Good For Hip-Hop Culture And Business

At some point, many people lost count of the number of diss tracks that Drake and Kendrick Lamar swapped this spring. J. Cole was involved, and then he wasn’t. Kanye West subsequently popped off on ...