One rapper is accused of being derivative while another is mocked for his height. This jibe leads another to join in and accuse the taller man of having buttock implants. A fourth man decides to join in, but quickly retracts his comments for the sake of an easier life. And so it goes on, a feud labelled as a “civil war” in US rap, despite many of the lyrics (so far) leaning towards playground-level insults.
It would be noteworthy enough to have even two of America’s biggest rappers embroiled in a spat – but around a dozen are currently engaged in this feud, with new beefs cropping up seemingly daily. Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Future, the Weeknd and Rick Ross are among the combatants; Kanye West entered the fray over the weekend, while a separate squabble between R&B singer Chris Brown and rapper Quavo has also sprung into life, seemingly sparked in the heat of the current conflagration.
