A cursory skim over Eminem's sterling discography illustrates a triad of celebrated and sick-famed trends that resonate throughout his career: impeccable rhyming ability, polemic subject matter and a gaggle of feuds with a variety of luminaries from across the domain bound to mind. Although the same can all stand up on their ain merits, it's the latter that'south possibly Eminem'southward most glorious stardom. Those who have followed Hip Hop in some way, shape or course over the by decade will be able to think a headline that pitted Eminem's name confronting another icon. Mr. Mathers has never been one to proceed his ideas about others private, and if your proper name fits within the parameter of a well-structured 16-bar poetry, well… that'southward that, count yourself included. In an interview released in 2010, Compton emcee Game spoke on Eminem's devastating ability to destroy people on the mic. Here'southward what he had to say:

"If you notice in Hip Hop, Eminem is the only rapper that nobody e'er wants a problem with, including myself. Eminem is the most lyrically insane. Fifty-fifty when I was going at 50 [Cent] and me and [Dr.] Dre weren't seeing centre to eye, I stayed away from the white dude 'cause he a problem. I don't recollect there'southward a rapper he won't slay… You lot don't want a beef with Eminem, he shreds emcees for real. He can't be seen by nobody, [not] Jay [Z], nobody. Yous don't mess with the white boy."

Despite taking a backseat from the headlining beefs in the past few years to instead channel his beloved for proper noun-dropping into more humorous pursuits, Eminem/Slim Shady/Marshall Mathers' sugariness past of confrontation is omnipresent and to commemorate Shady Records 15th release, Shady XV, here are 10 of Eminem's glory feuds.

Eminem vs. Debbie Mathers

Twelvemonth Started: October 17, 1972 (Marshall Mathers' Birthday)

Vocal: "Cleaning Out My Closet" & "My Mom" & "Headlights"

Event: Formally apologized via "Headlights" & accompanying music video on MMLP2

Em's estranged human relationship with his Female parent, Debbie Mathers, has not simply been the stimulus behind diverse lawsuits, merely also the catalyst behind some of the Detroit loyalist's near gritty and cogent material to engagement. Em' has taken her to wax numerous times and at that place are a slew of records heavily referencing his mother in the breathlessly angry, completely ridiculous manner on Em' could muster. Yet, no where is this felt more prominently than on his 2002 unmarried, "Cleanin' Out My Closet." During the cut, Eminem drops a lyrical assault in one of the most illustrious verses of his career, "But put yourself in my position; just endeavor to envision / Witnessin' your momma poppin' prescription pills in the kitchen… Victim of Münchausen's Syndrome / My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't / 'Til I grew up, now I blew upwards / It makes you lot sick to ya stomach." It seems the premise behind their polarizing relationship is Eminem'south disapproval with how he was treated throughout his upbringing and his single Mother's attempts to dissipate her son, despite Mrs. Mathers pointing to the contrary. As the years went past, more diatribes followed including the 2009 Relapse cut "My Mom." "Valium was in everything, food that I ate / The water that I drank, fucking peas on my plate / She sprinkled only plenty of it to flavor my steak / So everyday I'd have at least three tummy aches / Now tell me what kinda Mother would wanna encounter her / Son grow up to be an under-a-fucking-chiever," Em' raps.

The latter stages of 2013 saw Mr. Mathers reveal a new-fangled outlook on the subject, though. "Headlights," off The Marshall Mathers LP 2, witnessed Em' apologizing to his Mother for the repugnant image he had persistently portrayed of her in his rhymes. "'Cause to this day we remain estranged and I detest it though / 'Cause you ain't even get to witness your grandbabies grow / But I'm sorry Momma for 'Cleanin' Out My Closet,' at the time I was aroused / Rightfully, maybe so, never meant that far to take it though." Maybe the most compelling part to the narrative of Debbie and Marshall Mathers is the latter'south maturity to offer such a gesture after over a decade of vilification towards his Mother in arguably the about 1-sided feud in Hip Hop history.

Eminem vs. Ja Rule


Yr Started: 2000

Vocal: "Hail Mary 2003 (Remix)" & "Like Toy Soldiers" & "Do Rae Me (Hailie's Revenge)"  "Go along Talking" & "Crash-land Heads" & "Go To Sleep" & "Peachy"

Outcome: Ja Dominion'due south career substantially ended, while Eminem & Co. connected to put out platinum-selling albums and records. Irv Gotti actually admitted that he (and therefore, Ja Rule) lost the beef to fifty Cent (and therefore, Eminem) on Hot 97.

Condensing the archives for 50 Cent & Eminem'south back-and-forth feud with Ja Dominion & Murder Inc. isn't an piece of cake task. Eminem's involvement in the feud rested largely on the shoulders of his musical brethren, l Cent. The South Jamaica, Queens resident has had a storied history with Ja Dominion and his label Murder Inc. After Fif' signed on the dotted line to Eminem'due south Shady Records imprint, Ja Rule was quick to act-the-fool. He stated that if 50 Cent was permitted to release any cloth that housed critical lyrical content towards either him or Murder Inc., he wouldn't hesitate to answer. Of course, information technology was only a thing of fourth dimension. However, Eminem's personal feud with Ja Rule was ignited later the Murder Inc. creative person dropped "Loose Change." The Shady one inherited the beef from 50 Cent, which dates dorsum to 2000. l was hospitalized after beingness stabbed by some people related to Murder, Inc., he was then shot 5 times a mere ii months later, a shooting that was was potentially connected to Ken "Supreme" McGriff (an IRS amanuensis-filed affidavit filed named him equally a doubtable).

On the rails, Ja throws stray shots at 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Backwash Records and just about everything pertaining to the Shady/Aftermath movement. Yet it's not until the beat cuts out that Ja's most stinging round is fired: "Em, y'all claim your female parent's a crackhead and Kim is a known slut / So what's Hailie gonna be when she grows up?" Subsequently this, an irate Eminem — along with his D12 subordinates — went on an all out binge with "Doe Rae Me." Eminem would subsequently reference this whole ordeal numerous times on "Like Toy Soldiers," off his 2004 album, Encore. On the cut, Em' weaves through the narrative, painting the intricacies of the saga with some of the near stellar storytelling of his career.

On the decline of Ja Rule and Murder Inc., Mr. "Where would I exist without you," had this to say: "Information technology was a roller coaster because everything — nosotros was going up so fast and everything was happening then fast and and so it went 'shooom.' It was no gradient. It was no dip. It was but a direct [drop]" — Ja Rule on Murder, Inc.'due south decline mail-beef

Eminem vs. Benzino/The Source

Twelvemonth Started: 2002

Song: "Dandy" & "The Sauce" & "Nail in the Coffin"

Outcome: Benzino regrets it and is no longer affiliated with the source.

The storied beefiness between Eminem and Benzino dates back to circa 2000. Later selling over 1.76 1000000 copies of his sophomore anthology, The Marshall Mathers LP, within its offset week on the shelves, The Source, one of Rap's most iconic magazines, in which Benzino was the co-founder of, greeted the projection with a comical ⅖ mics rating. Nonetheless, publically, Eminem kept rather quiet on the demeaning review. Nevertheless, the power of such record sales didn't wrench at the mind strings of the magazine's (much delayed) co-founder who later dropped "I Don't Wanna," the diss track aimed at Eminem that was the catalyst behind their feud. Despite at that place being no antiphon from the Motor Metropolis luminary on attempt one, Benzino shortly followed with another rails drenched in diss references. It was after his 2d try that Em' replied in November of 2002 with "The Sauce" and from there, things spiraled. Withering records were sent from both camps including Benzino's "Pull Your Skirt Upward" and Eminem's "Blast In The Coffin," largely touted as one of the best diss records of all time. On the former, "Pull Your Skirt Up," Benzino raps: "I birthed your little career now you owe your life to Ray," referencing Eminem'due south appearance in the mag'south prestigious Unsigned Hype column in March of 1998. In response, on the latter's "Nail In The Coffin," Em' spits: "Talking 'bout I owe him / Bowwow, yous owe me… I'm promoting you correct at present / Yo, let'due south put the nail in his coffin." Things but escalated, too.

In an interview released in 2012, Benzino admitted it was a mistake to get embroiled in the whole situation.

"Information technology was a mistake for me getting involved in the situation with Eminem," Benzino said. "The Eminem thing started getting uglier and uglier, and of course I can have responsibleness for some of the stuff I said every bit far as directly towards his family, you know, actually personal shots. It was out of order. I believe some of the stuff that he said was out of society also, but at the terminate of the day, it's all fair in war… If I could do information technology over again, I definitely would. Eminem was and however is a major force. Hip Hop has brought cultures together – Asian, Latino, Blackness, White – and I should have been more responsible… [If I met him today] first I'd want to apologize for the Hailie references."

Eminem (D12) vs. Royce Da 5'9


Year Started:2008

Song: "Smack Down"

Outcome: In 2008, Royce would be featured on D12's mixtape Render of the Dirty Dozen. They would also tour together in Canada and Europe. Royce is now on the Eminem-sponsored "quartet" Slaughterhouse, effectively indicating the beef's terminate. Em & Royce as well dropped Hell: The Sequel, an album under their Bad Meets Evil moniker.

Many feuds in Hip Hop's encyclopedic past take followed a similar trajectory; two friends who started beefing once money and distinction crawled in with the frame. Suffice to say Eminem and Royce Da v'9's one-time problems followed a kindred model, then the books propose. Afterwards bug broke out between Dr. Dre and Royce Da 5'9'southward manager, Kino Childers, Royce decided to pen down a deal with Tommy Boy Records. Afterwards signing with another characterization, Royce distanced his relationship with Eminem to work on his debut album, Rock City. Subsequently, Royce was not able to finish the Acrimony Management tour as Eminem's hypeman, leaving Em' left scrambling for a replacement. Equally a substitute, Eminem pointed to long-time friend and young man D12 brethren Proof to go his on-phase disciple. During a freestyle submitted for The Anger Management mixtape, Royce Da 5'9 rapped, "Fuck anger management / I need somebody to manage my anger." This was taken by D12 and Eminem equally a raging shot at The Anger Management bout and Royce'due south conclusion to drop off as Eminem'south hypeman. Whether intentional or not, things before long escalated into a clamor of controversy between the two camps.

Back in March of '03, Royce Da 5'9 offered his side of the-then burning feud in an sectional story with HipHopDX. When the beef was in full swing, Royce added fuel to the fire past citing D12 every bit the grouping who were ruining Rap. He added that they were the worst group ever and were only wack to him. Things again intensified and several diss records past both parties were unleashed, including "Smack Downwards" from D12, and "Malcom Ten" and "Shit on Yous" from Royce. In the summertime of 2003, Proof and Royce got into information technology outside of a club, leading to group fighting and both of them getting arrested. Information technology'southward reported that they were placed in adjacent cells and talked out their differences.

Several years later and following the untimely death of Proof and Eminem's subsequent stint in rehab, Royce and and Em' reunited, with the latter signing Royce's group Slaughterhouse to his Shady Records imprint. On "Move On (Remix)" off Slaughterhouse's self-titled 2011 EP, Royce raps, "You lot dealt with Shady shit? I dealt with shady shit / But I'm the just one can truly say I dealt with Shady'southward shit… Marshall I'm sorry, I knew I went left / I ain't into fucking my family like incest," formerly laying downward his apology on wax. Today, Royce Da 5'ix and Eminem'south friendship is arguably stronger than always every bit the duo keep to work together on music and are frequently pictured together in the studio.

Eminem vs. Mariah Carey/Nick Cannon

Year Started: 2001

Song: "The Warning," "Superman," "When the Music Stops," "Jimmy Crack Corn" & "Bagpipes from Baghdad"

Upshot: Em' however throws shots at these ii whenever he feels like it, simply the sting isn't quite there anymore, with Mariah Carey'south legendary career stalled for television and picture and Nick Cannon splitting with the star earlier this year.

Nosotros've got to turn the page all the way back to the turn of the century to unearth the source of the storied feud betwixt Eminem and New York songstress, Mariah Carey (and afterwards Nick Cannon). After the pair met to discuss a possible collaboration on Mariah'southward Charmbracelet album back in 2001, it'due south alleged that the couple embarked on what would turn out to be a brusque-lived and later, fiery human relationship. Doings seemed to flutter on until Eminem dropped his fourth studio album The Eminem Show in 2002 where in that location were multiple references to the pair's relationship. Later that year, Eminem confirmed the relationship in an interview with Rolling Stone, however, Mariah Carey later on denied it in conversation with Larry King: "I was probably with him a total of 4 times. And I don't consider that dating somebody," she said. Em' was riled up due to Mariah's continual denial about their relationship.

Things appeared to have died down but subsequently Mariah Carey wedded Nick Cannon in 2008, the tirades began again. "Bagpipes From Baghdad," off Em's 2009 release Relapse, was strewn with a gaggle of caustic shots, ("Nick Cannon, y'all prick, I wish you luck with the fuckin' whore / Every minute there'due south a sucker born"). Afterwards the ball was thrown back into Mariah Carey's court following the said Relapse cut, the songstress released "Obsessed," a ballad articulate in its bulletin. One watch of the visuals for the cut on the New Yorker'south VEVO account tells the story. The vocal sees an individual that very evidently impersonates and connotes Eminem acting as a stalker and probing the question, "Why yous so obsessed with me?" Eminem, never been one to permit another take the last say, released the Dr. Dre-produced number "The Warning," an all out harangue at both Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. Em' wasn't holding back.

The beefiness has taken a backseat over the past lustrum, but after information technology was reported earlier this year that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were planning a divorce, there'south surely to exist some rhymes pertaining to the elongated tale in the time to come, no?

Eminem vs. Michael Jackson

Year Started: 2004

Song: "Just Lose It" (Video)

Outcome: BET pulled the video; MTV (and information technology's affiliates) continued to air the video; Nothing was ever truly "resolved"

To call information technology a "feud" is perhaps the incorrect terminology for Eminem and Michael Jackson's problems; bicker or squabble would suffice. However Em'due south problems with Michael Jackson were definitely a product of his Slim Shady modify ego. Issues emerged when Eminem released the beginning single, "Just Lose It," off his 5th studio album Encore, taking ostensible shots at MJ. With one spin of the record it'due south instantly credible why the former Motown artist took offense: "Come here, piffling kiddies, on my lap / Judge who's back with a brand new rap / And I don't hateful a rap as in a new case of child-molestation accusation / … I've done touched on everything but little boys / That'south not a stab at Michael / That'south just a metaphor / I'one thousand only psycho," Em' raps. The tape is laced with homoerotic humor, merely the premise to what Eminem is alluding too wasn't helping MJ's then-child abuse allegations. The video but added fuel to the fire, too, past fusing Eminem's galvanizing lyrics with an array of insulting aesthetics with MJ as the target man. Following the release of the video, a spokesperson for Michael Jackson said the post-obit about the video: "The entire video is inappropriate; it'south not only one thing," Raymone Bain said. "He is very disappointed, he is very angry. It's one thing for there to be a spoof, information technology'south another to be insensitive and disrespectful. It crossed the line."

Eminem vs. George Due west. Bush


Year Started: 2003

Song: "Mosh," "We As Americans" & "Dearest Me"

Event: A line near Em's purported desire to meet the president dead was looked into by the U.s. Secret Service every bit a potential threat on the President'due south life after the uncensored version of "Nosotros As Americans" leaked. Ultimately, he was exonerated.

Suffice to say George W. Bush-league wasn't Eminem'southward preferential candidate on the ballot paper during the presidential elections of the early aughts. For those in-touch on with Em'due south soi-disant "golden years," the narrative behind their issues will be something you'll be instantly familiar with. The origins of the turbulent tale between the 43rd President of the Usa and Marshall Mathers tin can be traced back to the latter stages of 2003, when a bootleg version of Eminem'due south "We As Americans" surfaced online. On the cut, Shady raps, "I don't rap for dead presidents / I'd rather encounter the president *dead* / It's never been said / But I set precedents." Shortly after the record found its way onto the Cyberspace, an individual representing the Hush-hush Service Office of Public Affairs subsequently confirmed that the threatening lyrics were being investigated, most likely because of what Eminem was alluding to in his rhymes. Thankfully, zippo came from the commotion and Em' was chop-chop exonerated.

Eminem vs. Christina Aguilera

Year Started: 2000

Song: "The Real Slim Shady" & "Freestyle Gone Crazy"

Effect: She vehemently denied his claims about blowing Carson Daily and/or Fred Durst and recorded a parody rap of "The Real Slim Shady."

Christina Aguilera teed herself upwardly for this one. Back in 2000, the Staten Isle, New York resident fabricated an appearance on her "What A Girl Wants" MTV Special and chose Eminem's "My Name Is" equally one of her favorite music videos at that fourth dimension. Instead of doing the smart movement and leaving it there, Aguilera went on to discuss Eminem'southward purported relationship with his on-and-off girlfriend, Kim: "I heard he'south married now. [To] the girl that he talks nearly killing on his record actually [laughs]," she says. Eminem, not wanting his personal life beingness discussed on national television, quickly weighed in on the tale.

During an interview soon afterward, Eminem says Aguilera used a rumor to put him on smash in forepart of the nation. "She heard a rumor. She didn't know if I was married or not. She only heard a rumor and and so put me on blast… But I figured, 'Well, fuck it. All right. Okay. I'm married. Okay. Whatever. That's absurd. Simply you said something nigh me, so I'm going to vocalisation some rumors that I heard near you.'" It was from here that Eminem used the labrish gabber of Aguilera's sexual relationships with MTV Veejay Carson Daly and Limb Bizkit frontman Fred Durst to flip the script. On his "The Existent Slim Shady" cutting off his 2000 anthology, The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem raps: "Shit, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs / So I tin sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst / And hear 'em argue over who she gave caput to first / Niggling bowwow put me on blast on MTV / 'Yes he's beautiful, just I recollect he's married to Kim, hee hee.'" Afterwards, an Aguilera rep discussed Eminem's lyrics with the New York Daily News: "It's disgusting, information technology's offensive and, above all, it's not truthful." It wasn't over there, either. Offering her accept over the same "The Existent Slim Shady" beat, Aguilera laced downward her own musings that probably did nothing more than than make Eminem express mirth. "Little twit blasts me on his new CD / Why? 'Cause I turned him downwardly for a engagement / As for the question of who came starting time, was it Carson daly or was information technology Fred Durst? / I'm sorry Slim, but this is gonna hurt / They both came closer than you ever will, jerk."

Eminem vs. Will Smith

Year Started: 2002

Song: "The Real Slim Shady"

Result: The "beef" was wink-in-the-pan. Information technology didn't terminal.

After reading through the archives, the "feud" (if you can call information technology that) between Eminem and Will Smith seems to be more built on respect than any personal bug between the two luminaries. And, information technology'south likely they would agree. Despite not existence the but person to feel Slim Shady'south wrath on "The Real Slim Shady," Will Smith did grab a verbal seize with teeth from the Detroit lyricist. On the cutting, Em' raps: "Will Smith doesn't take to cuss to sell records / Well, I do / So fuck him. And fuck you lot too," likely referring to Smith's 1998 Grammy Speech, where the Fresh Prince thespian spoke out on the profanity so frequently used in Rap music. Here, for MTV, Em' addresses the matter candidly: "I felt like he was taking a stab at me and [Dr.] Dre and anybody who uses profanity on the records to express themselves. If you experience strong enough most something, and then you might put a little "f***" before yous say exactly what yous're saying."

Although that shot marked both the showtime and the end of the feud, Will Smith'due south Grammy speech communication may non have been the only thing that had Slim Shady rustled up the wrong style. According to long-fourth dimension friend and collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith gave Eminem some aboveboard feedback when the pair bumped into each other at a studio in Philadelphia in the belatedly '90s. Jazzy Jeff recalls the emcee-turned-actor telling Eminem: "You're either gonna be the biggest flop in Hip Hop, or you're gonna be the biggest thing that nosotros've ever seen in Hip Hop." That's kind of one of those "cat got your tongue" moments.

Eminem vs. Drugs

Year Started: Uncertain – Teenage years? Rx abuse began in 2002 during production of viii Mile due to issues sleeping.

Song: "Brain Damage," "My Mistake," "Yet Don't Give A F*ck," "Drug Ballad," "Nether The Influence," "Drips"

Consequence: Later several years of prescription drug abuse, in 2007 Eminem overdosed on methadone when being used as a sleep assistance which was said to be easier on his liver than Vicodin. He fell in his bathroom and was taken to the infirmary.

Slim became clean later on his overdose scare just a calendar month later went back into his addiction full swing.

April 20, 2008, Eminem finally embraced a sober lifestyle. Shut friend Elton John became a mentor during Em's delicate time by communicating with him once a calendar week.

While not a feud with another dignitary, Eminem's storied and rather public war against drugs was his toughest and most onerous challenge thitherto. In Dec of 2007, subsequently years of drug abuse, Eminem overdosed on an corporeality of methadone equivalent to four bags of heroin and co-ordinate to reports, such abuse landed Eminem just "two hours abroad" from his death. After being released from hospital, Em' quickly fell back into his ways and inside a month, had relapsed. Em'southward discussed this challenging chapter of his life in the April 2009 upshot of XXL Magazine. "I wasn't ready mentally," Em' says. "I wasn't set to give up the drugs. I didn't actually think I had a problem. Basically, I went in, and I came out. I relapsed, and I spent the side by side iii years struggling with it. As well, at that fourth dimension, I felt like I wanted to pull back, because my drug problem had got so bad. I felt like, Maybe if I have a break, mayhap this volition aid. I started to get into the producer role more than… I can even so be out there with my music, similar with the Re-Up album, but I don't have to exist in the spotlight the whole time."

In Apr of 2008, Eminem embraced a sober lifestyle and synonymous with his 2010 album, embarked on his own recovery. His growth as a person is mirrored in his rhymes. Looking back, one can't help but doff a cap to Mr. Mathers for overcoming the darker side to fame and fortune that unfortunately, claims the lives of and then many.

Eminem vs. Iggy Azalea

Year Started: 2014

Song: "Vegas"

Outcome: Not still decided, this beefiness see'due south Em' clash with a new generation of pop star. And, let's face it, Iggy is in the same beautiful, popular, blond haired lane every bit his other frequent target over the years Britney Spears. Iggy has spoken out on Twitter, but she has never penned anything, and, hopefully, information technology remains that way.

Iggy Azalea has been catching a lot of flak equally of late. After Rah Digga fired off asserting her view that the Australian-built-in rapper isn't Hip Hop, Snoop Dogg jumped into the fold. The Long Beach, California native went on an Instagram lampooning spree, posting a multitude of mocking pictures afterwards goading Azalea into firing back over Twitter. Sprinkled amidst the aforementioned are ceaseless claims of a latent feud with beau rapstress Nicki Minaj, and as if this wasn't painful plenty to watch, and to add together insult to injury (quite literally), Eminem has become the nigh recent creative person to addendum his name to the list of those throwing jabs at the "Fancy" rapper. On "Vegas," off his Shady Fifteen anthology, Eminem raps: "So swallow my pride, you're lucky just to follow my ride / If I permit you run aslope the Humvee / Unless you lot're Nicki, grab you by the wrist, permit's ski / And then what's it gon' exist / Put that shit away, Iggy / You don't wanna accident that rape whistle on me." Of course, Azalea responded, saying she'south "bored of the erstwhile men threatening young women." Information technology's difficult to picture this feud continuing, as a matter of fact, it's probably already concluded.

Honorable Mention:

Eminem Vs. Kimberly Scott Mathers

Year started: 1989

Song: "'97 Bonnie & Clyde," "Kim," "Sing for the Moment," "'Till I Collapse," "Soldier," "Hailie'southward Song," "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," "Mockingbird," "Puke," "When I'm Gone," "I'g Going Through Changes"

Outcome: Em and Kim originally married in 1999 and divorced in 2001. In 2000, Kim slashed her wrists and later sued Eminem for x million and claimed defamation of her name in the vocal titled, Kim. Information technology is unknown if she was awarded the money Marshall and Kim remarried in January of 2006, Eminem divorced Kim for the last fourth dimension months afterward in April of 2006. Em denied rumors of the two reuniting in 2010. "Kim and I take had our differences, certain, but things are good betwixt us at present," says the rapper (real name Marshall B. Mathers III), adding that the ii accept forged a "seamless" back and forth between their homes. "She's at that place belongings the fort down – and she does an amazing job."

Who knows how long Marshall Mathers has been drawing at the chantry of "Kim" to use equally burn down for his well-nigh creative and disturbing works. His early work, certainly, saw her as a poltergeist in the room over the course of those albums. And their rampant problems served as muse for him, along with their daughter (Hailie) to describe out the intensely descriptive confined that would keep to ascertain his massive critical and commercial acclaim.

Although not technically a beef per se, his back and forth with her helped propel him into the arms of mainstream stardom (whether he liked it or not).

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