Battle of the Sexes: Male vs. Female Rap Beefs

Kim and Weezy's aren't the only inter-gender 'bows thrown.

Ransom v. Nicki Minaj - When Nicki Minaj heard that NJ rapper Ransom said that he had ghostwritten verses for her, she put no pause on publicly lambasting him as "wack" and "crazy," and reminding us that she's not a man, but "n----s got my d--k in they mouth." Ransom later said he was misinterpreted, called her "disrespectful" and then ... tweeted out a marriage proposal.(Photos from left: Twitter via @201Ransom, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BET)
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Roxanne Shanté vs. UTFO - The first major rap beef between the sexes was the infamous "Roxanne War" of the mid-'80s. After UTFO had a hit in 1984 with "Roxanne, Roxanne," which addressed a woman who was frontin' on the group's advances, Roxanne Shanté debuted with "Roxanne's Revenge," a confrontational diss track in which the teenage phenom pretended she was the woman UTFO was talking about. UTFO responded with "The Real Roxanne" and then several other groups got in on the act, releasing their own Roxanne-themed tracks.(Photos from left: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Courtesy RCA Records)
KRS-One vs. Roxanne Shanté - Years before 50 Cent emerged, an upstart KRS-One was starting beef with everyone and their mamas. As an early member of Juice Crew, Roxanne was caught up in the crossfire between KRS and her mentors MC Shan and Marley. Kris was taking no prisoners on his classic diss track "The Bridge Is Over," rapping, "Roxanne Shanté is only good for steady f--king."(Photos from left: Steve Eichner/WireImage, Jim Spellman/WireImage)Lil Kim vs. Shyne - When Shyne debuted in the late '90s, he faced a lot of flack over his vocal similarities to the one and only B.I.G. — particularly from Lil Kim. Biggie's protégé and ex-lover criticized Shyne for "disrespecting" his legacy. Some rumors even speculated that Kim was behind a couple of violent run-ins Shyne had around the time. It seems it's all water under the bridge now — we hope.(Photos from left: Alfred Williams/PictureGroup, Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Azealia Banks vs. T.I. - ATL's T.I. and Harlem rookie Azealia Banks had a war of words over the latter's criticism of T.I.'s then signee Iggy Azalea. Banks had no bow downs for the Southern king's crown, tweeting, "I could beat T.I. in a rap battle," and "T.I. will forever be a joke to me."(Photos from left: Courtesy Interscope Records, Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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