White on White Beef
When Caucasian stars clash.
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White on White Beef - Cleveland, Ohio's Machine Gun Kelly recently went on record to clear up a misunderstanding between himself and fellow white rapper Yelawolf. MGK says that comments he made about Yela on Power 105's morning show The Breakfast Club, in New York weren't meant to diss. This statement came shortly after Yela responded to him on Bootleg Kev's radio show. This isn't the first time artists of the white minority in hip hop and R&B have beefed. Here are a few other occurences… (Photos from left: Johnny Nunez/WireImage, Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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3rd Bass vs. Beastie Boys - After the Beastie Boys jumped shipped at Def Jam in 1989, a deal at Capitol their replacements, the white rapper duo 3rd Bass wasted no time bashing them. They used their song, "Sons of 3rd Bass" off their debut The Cactus Album to fire a few shows at The Beasties which were returned on their "Professor Booty" aimed at Bass. (Photos: Def Jam Records; Ron Wolfson/Landov)
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3rd Bass vs. Vanilla Ice - Vanilla Ice was an open target for any and everyone back in July 1990 when he dropped his radio hit "Ice Ice Baby," but for white rappers who felt that they had personally struggled to legitimize their space in the hip-hop world, Ice's presence was personally insulting. 3rd Bass' 1991 track "Pop Goes the Weasel" was a blatant Ice diss record that went on to be one of their biggest hits.(Photos: Def Jam Records; Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Eminem vs. Everlast - Everlast, allegedly got upset after Eminem didn't pay him his proper respect backstage at a concert. In fact, Em didn't even recognize the House of Pain frontman. Shortly thereafter, the pair exchanged disses on wax. However, things got ugly when Everlast pressed Em's buttons by calling out his daughter on "Whitey's Revenge." Em responded with "Quitter" and "S*** On You" which decisively ended the battle in his favor. (Photos: Chris Connor/WENN; Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect/Getty Images)
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Eminem vs. Limp Bizkit - Em's beef with Everlast spread to include Fred Durst and DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit, after Lethal went on TRL and sided with his former band member Everlast. Em released the diss track "Girls" on which he called the Limp Bizkit guys "sissies" among other things. (Photos: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect/Getty Images)
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Eminem vs. N*Sync - Eminem made his major label debut in 1999. By 2001 the white rapper from Detroit was infringing on popular bubble gum boy band N*Sync's territory- the top of the pop charts. Because N*Sync was simply to clean to get down on Slim Shady's level, the Justin Timberlake-headed group received some hilarious jabs including the visuals for his "The Real Slim Shady" off his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000. (Photos: Brenda Chase/Online USA/Getty Images)
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Eminem vs. Insane Clown Posse - There was never any cross-town love shown between these Detroit natives. Long before Em was ever a star, ICP accused him of falsely using their name on a flier to draw a crowd to one of his shows, and the Posse never forgot. Their "Slim Anus" song, a remix of Em's "My Name Is," is the only official diss track in the battle but they've exchanged one-liner shots at one another throughout the years. (Photos: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
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Eminem vs. Moby - When Moby spoke out against Eminem in 2004 it was a reaction to his homophobic and misogynistic. When Eminem spoke out about Moby it was a knee jerk reaction to Moby's disparaging comments. In his "Without Me," Em poked fun at the singers career and age but even years later Moby maintained that Em and anyone who works with or promotes them has "blood on their hands." (Photos: Kevin Winter/ImageDirect/Getty Images)
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Vanilla Ice vs. Queen and David Bowie - Vanilla Ice obviously sampled Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" for 1990's "Ice Ice Baby" …right? Ice infamously tried to deny that he'd jacked the sample, saying that his version was different because he had added an extra note. However, he double-backed claiming that he was kidding when he tried to make such a facetious claim and ultimately paid Queen and Bowie for the sample and provided Mercury and Bowie with songwriting credit for the track. (Photos: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Asher Roth vs. Spencer Pratt - OK maybe it wasn't full on beef but when reality star Spencer Pratt decided to go for a career in rap, he started up by trying to stir up trouble. Pratt called out fellow white rapper Roth for lack of substance in his songs. Although there's no was Pratt could've been serious, he acting like. However, Roth knew better, he completely dismissed Pratt by ignoring him altogether. (Photos: Ethan Miller/Getty Images; David Becker/Getty Images)
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