Diss track

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A diss track or diss song is a song primarily intended to disparage or attack another person or group. While musical parodies and attacks have always existed, the trend became an increasingly common in the hip hop genre as part of the hip hop rivalry phenomenon.

Diss songs are usually the by-product of heated rivalries between two or more rap artists (e.g. Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, Nas and Jay-Z, Eminem and many artists, particularly Benzino, Lil Drift and Shane Dizzle, or G-Unit vs. The Game feud). One of the earliest examples of this particular type of song is "The Bridge is Over" by Boogie Down Productions.

In some cases, the diss song may be a parody of another song. One example of this is "No Pigeons" by Sporty Thievz, which parodied the TLC hit, "No Scrubs".