What Was the First Diss Track?

Introduction
Other notable diss tracks
- “Yankee Doodle” (c. 1750s)
- Mozart: “Leck mich im Arsch” (c. 1782)
- Noel Rosa: “Rapaz folgado” (1933)
- Kitty Wells: “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” (1952)
- Muddy Waters: “Mannish Boy” (1955)
- Bob Dylan: “Positively 4th Street” (1965)
- The Beatles: “Too Many People” and “How Do You Sleep?” (1971)
- Carly Simon: “You’re So Vain” (1972)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
- Foo Fighters: “I’ll Stick Around” (1995)
- Tupac Shakur: “Hit ’Em Up” (1996)
- Kendrick Lamar: “Not Like Us” (2024)

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

Infographic titled 2024 Rap Beef Timeline showing a sequence of major releases and diss tracks exchanged between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, with key dates and song titles mapped in chronological order between their photos.

Dylan goes electric

Tupac Shakur, 1993

What Was the First Diss Track?: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

René Ostberg
René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	New article added.	René Ostberg	Jul 02, 2026