When Twitter burst onto the scene in 2006, the platform acted as a revolutionary tool, enabling individuals to enlighten the world with their innermost thoughts constantly.
Yes, this may have ushered in a new era of self-importance and propelled the toxic phenomenon of ‘sub-tweeting’, however, the way in which it bridged the gap between the ‘celebrity world’ and fandoms was nothing short of revolutionary.
Here are some of the most iconic wars to occur in less than 140 characters or less.
1. Kanye West vs. Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa wasn’t too stoked when Kanye let the world know he had a track named Waves in the work – ‘Waves’ being a strain of weed from his own line of kush.
I been smashed the idea of that album even existing. I got joints to roll @kanyewest
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Kanye has since, unfortunately, deleted his Twitter 🙁
2. Vince Staples vs. Eminem
Vince Staples is a torchbearer for honesty and forward thinking. He held no prisoners when it came to calling out Eminem’s incredibly questionable anti-Trump freestyle, taking to Twitter to let the world know just how he felt.
The mnm statement was all in good fun I like him & Kim. @Pitchfork took it out of context because they thirsty. Lemme get these jokes off.
— Vince Staples (@vincestaples) October 14, 2017
3. Azealia Banks vs. Everyone
Azealia Banks isn’t one to keep her opinions to herself – she’s managed to piss off just about every figure in the music industry, igniting tiffs with Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky, Diplo and more….
4. Drake vs. Meek Mill
Meek Mill sure wasn’t to…. meek when it came to gushing about Drake’s supposed ~ghostwriter~ and went on to create a collective OVO clusterfuck, after saying Drake was miles behind the likes of Kendrick and J.Cole.
Stop comparing drake to me too…. He don’t write his own raps! That’s why he ain’t tweet my album because we found out! ?
— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) July 22, 2015
5. Lil Yachty vs Joe Budden
Resident old-head Joe Budden called Yachty out for disrespecting the roots of ~real hip hop~ and ‘ruining the culture’ (sure). Yachty retorted in the most #angstyteen way possible. See:
— king of the youth (@lilyachty) April 25, 2017
Drake and The Weeknd are allegedly embroiled in a beef over Bella Hadid right now. Find out what’s going down.
