History Main / BattleRapping

* [[VideoGame/NBABallers NBA Ballers: Phenom]]'s story mode features a sidequest where your character can battle real-life battle rap champion Jin at an NBA Finals event. Winning the battle unlocks Jin as a playable character in exhibition mode.

--->'''Hamilton:''' A civics lesson from a slaver? Hey, neighbor,\\

* In ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', rap battles serve as representations of [[MundaneMadeAwesome cabinet debates.]] UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton and UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson have one on debt assumption and one on the nation's neutrality policy. There’s also a cut rap where they discuss what to do about the slave trade.
** But of course, they're ''really'' about dissing each other.

While battle rapping is still a relatively new phenomenon, its roots can be traced back as far back as the fifth century to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyting Flyting]], which is a contest of exchanged insults, usually performed in verse. The insults would be extremely provocative, ranging from cowardice to sexual perversion, not quite unlike the insults used in the rap battles of today.

* Music/KoolMoeDee vs Busy Bee Starski: On September 11, 1981, A series of rap battles took place at Harlem World in New York City. Starski, who was the headlining rapper that night, was challenged by Kool Moe Dee. Starski started the battle off with the typical battle rap of the time, hamming it up for the crowd and getting them on their side with his party rhymes. When Moe's turn came around, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86XG7gw4RIA he utterly roasted Starski]], making claims that he stole his rhymes from Spoonie Gee, a member of Moe's group ''The Treacherous Three''. Not only did Kool Moe Dee win that battle, he changed the face of battle rapping forever. [[http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-04-26/news/blow-average/ As the ''Dallas Observer'' noted]] in a retrospective:

** Baraka winning all rounds, only to get knocked out (or worse) by the last person he beat. The exceptions to this rule are the Sindel battle, where he and Raiden got blasted out of the building before he could spit his verse, and the Montaro battle where he lost for the first time [[spoiler: but still got electrocuted by Raiden for insulting him earlier.]]

* In 2010, SteamPunk "Chap-Hop" rapper Professor Elemental released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk "Fighting Trousers"]], a battle track aimed at fellow Chap-Hopper Mr. B., the Gentleman Rhymer. This lead up to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Q26z-Sc7c "chap off"]] between the two in Sussex. Currently, they've apparently squashed their beef now and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxc1vMqjYU even performed a song together.]]

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Episode 20 of Season 14 is a rap battle between Church and Sarge [[spoiler: with a sudden guest appearance from Felix and Locus.]]
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0eKEoBYGXE Pennywise Vs. Pennywise]]'', a rap battle between the Creator/TimCurry version from the [[Film/It1990 1990 adaption]] and the Creator/BillSkarsgard version from the [[Film/It2017 2017 adaption]] of ''{{Literature/It}}''.

* Animation Rap League, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuQRTI8xF-Ugt_AR4KQFjIw ARL]], [[TagLine Where Animation Meets The Mic]]. Being a live battle rap league, the competitors are more interested in dissing each other personally than staying in character like ''Epic Rap Battles Of History'', but everyone nonetheless is challenged to take up some animated character every battle and tie that in in some way every round.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheInfiniteSource The Infinite Source]], initially one man's lower budget ''Epic Rap Battles Of History'' copy among a trifecta of music channels. The addition of more rappers and allowance of fan submitted content turned Infinite Source into a prerecorded, more character focused version of ARL.
* Episode 28 ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' features a rap battle set to synth music between the Captain-General of the Custodes and Fabricator-General of the Mechanicus over [[spoiler: the [[BodyBackupDrive Proteus Protocol]].]]

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/YouTube and Website/{{Twitch}}. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwiglJJ48Mk this video]], Kitboga, as his character Viktor, manages to get a scammer boss to engage in a rap battle with him. The scammer claims that it's a tie, despite barely managing to rhyme and losing track of the beat.

* UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli is often cited as the modern UrExample of hip hop in general, but his witty and poetic trash talk at his opponents also made him an early - and literal - example of a battle rapper. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_the_Greatest_(Cassius_Clay_album) He even released an album of disses aimed at Sonny Liston]] almost exactly ten years before hip hop was truly born, and it even featured both his most famous jab at Liston, and the earliest known example of a battle rap record: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1uuHt4WCwk Will The Real Sonny Liston Please Fall Down]]":

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Episode 20 of Season 14 is a rap battle between Church and Sarge [[spoiler: with a sudden guest appearance from Felix and Locus.]]

** In 2019, Dan and his friend [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbc2N6biTMUDFE_b79TPbw The Supendium]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwUlpdR_PA each]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW7EI8jpAwU&feature=youtu.be made]] a video [[PromotedFanboy on behalf]] of 11 Bit Studios (who [[ApprovalOfGod loved]] their earlier songs) as an advertisement for ''VideoGame/{{Frostpunk}}'''s console release. With Dan portraying [[DayOfTheJackboot Order]] and Stupendium as [[TheTheocracy Faith]]. With the first verse setting up their ideology, the second showing their decent into tyranny and what they [[KillEmAll plan to do]] to their opposition. Finally the ending verse is based off the video watched and shows the rapper proclaiming victory but showing [[WasItReallyWorthIt doubt about what they did]] (with both last verse's being deliberately [[TheHorseshoeEffect similar]]).

* ''[=IISuperwomanII=]'' produced a ''Website/YouTube vs WebOriginal/{{Vine}} Rap Battle'' featuring several [=YouTube=] and Vine celebrities dissing each others' favorite site.

-->'''Hamilton''': A civics lesson from a slaver? Hey, neighbor,
-->Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor
-->"We plant seeds in the South. We create!"
-->Yeah, keep ranting
-->We know who's ''really'' doing the planting!

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEPG08HHnqk RVB Throwdown]], a battle rap between the leaders of each team (Church and Sarge), plus a guest verse from the Chorus mercenaries.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': There's a rap battle (or, should we say, haiku battle) in ''[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTalesOfBaSingSe Tales of Ba Sing Se]]''. Sokka stumbles into a house that contains a bunch of female haiku poets. When one of them tells Sokka to get out with haiku, he then responded with a haiku of his own... with rap twist. It then escalates until Sokka accidentally uses 6 syllables instead of 5 in his last line (it's a rule in haiku) which gets him kicked outside by the house's bouncer.

* There's a rap battle (or, should we say, haiku battle) in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'''s season two episode "Tales of Ba Sing Se". Sokka stumbles into a house that contains a bunch of female haiku poets. When one of them tells Sokka to get out with haiku, he then responded with a haiku of his own... with rap twist. It then escalates until Sokka accidentally uses 6 syllables instead of 5 in his last line (it's a rule in haiku) which gets him kicked outside by the house's bouncer.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Rap It Up", Pops accidentally gets involved in a feud with a rap group called the Crew Crew after mistaking their freestyle battles for a poetry recital. The members of the Crew Crew are voiced by real-life rappers Music/ChildishGambino, Tyler The Creator and MC Lyte.
* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' Buttercup and Blossom try to have a rap battle to decide who gets a ticket to their favorite boy band. Bubbles stops them partway.
* The ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' episode "8 Carrot" parodies ''Film/EightMile'', with Bugs Bunny as B-Rabbit versus Elmer Fudd as Elmer Phudd.
* In "[[Recap/ElenaOfAvalorS2E8Shapeshifters Shapeshifters]]" from ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', "The Right Thing To Do" is a rap battle between Elena and Esteban regarding whether or not it's really right for her to go off and fight Shuriki.
* Trolls in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' engage in rap battle contests, but [[SugarBowl being trolls]] the raps are all about complimenting each other the best. Poppy used to be a champion but quit in shame when she accidentally brought up something her opponent was embarrassed about.

** Drake and Pusha T had been beefing on and off since 2012, stemming from the latter's feud with his mentors Birdman and Music/LilWayne, but 2018 was when things truly kicked into high gear, and got Music/KanyeWest involved. Things started with Pusha T reigniting the ghostwriting accusations towards Drake on the track "Infared" from his album ''Daytona''. Drake quickly responded with the well-recieved "Duppy Freestyle". On it, Drake denied the ghostwriting accusations; while questioning Pusha's past as a drug dealer, and insinuated ''he'' ghostwrote for Kanye while he visited him in Wyoming. Drake even went as far as to send G.O.O.D. Music a $100,000 invoice for "promotional assistance and career reviving". Unfortunately, Drake's fortunes would immediately turn sour with Pusha releasing "The Story of Adidon" a few days later. On "Adidon", Pusha revealed to the world that Drake had a secret child with a pornstar, and accused him of being a deadbeat father, and mocked Drake's longtime producer Noah "40" Shebib for having multiple sclerosis. However, the most damning blow to Drizzy was the cover: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Adidon#/media/File:The_Story_of_Adidon_-_Pusha_T.jpg A photo of him in blackface with a goofy smile]], prompting mockery and condemnation from all sides. Drake [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-addresses-blackface-photo-from-pusha-ts-story-of-adidon-629302/ later explained]] that the photo was part of a project he did with a photographer about racism in the entertainment industry. He also accused Kanye of telling Pusha about his son, but Pusha claimed he got the info from a woman Shebib slept with. Ultimately, Drake never responded to "Adidon" on record, and it caused his reputation among the hip-hop community to nosedive tremendously; though it ultimately didn't hurt his overall sales or pop chart success. The feud would also lead to a beef between Kanye and Drake (mainly instigated by Ye) that lasted into 2021, with the two of them regularly throwing barbs at each other on various songs.

** Drake and Pusha T had been beefing on and off since 2012, stemming from the latter's feud with his mentors Birdman and Music/LilWayne, but 2018 was when things truly kicked into high gear, and got Music/KanyeWest involved. Things started with Pusha T reigniting the ghostwriting accusations towards Drake on the track "Infared" from his album ''Daytona''. Drake quickly responded with the well-recieved "Duppy Freestyle". On it, Drake denied the ghostwriting accusations; while questioning Pusha's past as a drug dealer, and insinuated ''he'' ghostwrote for Kanye while he visited him in Wyoming. Drake even went as far as to send G.O.O.D. Music a $100,000 invoice for "promotional assistance and career reviving". Unfortunately, Drake's fortunes would immediately turn sour with Pusha releasing "The Story of Adidon" a few days later. On "Adidon", Pusha revealed to the world that Drake had a secret child with a pornstar, and accused him of being a deadbeat father, and mocked Drake's longtime producer Noah "40" Shebib for having multiple sclerosis. However, the most damning blow to Drizzy was the cover: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Adidon#/media/File:The_Story_of_Adidon_-_Pusha_T.jpg A photo of him in blackface with a goofy smile]], prompting mockery and condemnation from all sides. Drake [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-addresses-blackface-photo-from-pusha-ts-story-of-adidon-629302/ later explained]] that the photo was part of a project he did with a photographer about racism in the entertainment industry. He also accused Kanye of telling Pusha about his son, but Pusha claimed he got the info from a woman Shebib slept with. Ultimately, Drake never responded to "Adidon" on record, and it caused his reputation among the hiip-hop community to nosedive tremendously; though it ultimately didn't hurt his overall sales or pop chart success. The feud would also lead to a beef between Kanye and Drake (mainly instigated by Ye) that lasted into 2021, with the two of them regularly throwing barbs at each other on various songs.

** Drake and Pusha T had been beefing on and off since 2012, stemming from the latter's feud with his mentors Birdman and Music/LilWayne, but 2018 was when things truly kicked into high gear, and got Music/KanyeWest involved. Things started with Pusha T reigniting the ghostwriting accusations towards Drake on the track "Infared" from his album ''Daytona''. Drake quickly responded with the well-recieved "Duppy Freestyle". On it, he denied the ghostwriting accusations; while questioning Pusha's past as a drug dealer, and insinuated ''he'' ghostwrote for Kanye while he visited him in Wyoming. Drake even went as far as to send G.O.O.D. Music a $100,000 invoice for "promotional assistance and career reviving". Unfortunately, Drake's fortunes would immediately turn sour with Pusha releasing "The Story of Adidon" a few days later. On "Adidon", Pusha revealed to the world that Drake had a secret child with a pornstar, and accused him of being a deadbeat father, and mocked Drake's longtime producer Noah "40" Shebib for having multiple sclerosis. However, the most damning blow to Drizzy was the cover: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Adidon#/media/File:The_Story_of_Adidon_-_Pusha_T.jpg A photo of him in blackface with a goofy smile]], prompting mockery and condemnation from all sides. Drake [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-addresses-blackface-photo-from-pusha-ts-story-of-adidon-629302/ later explained]] the photo was part of a project he did with a photographer about racism in the entertainment industry. He also accused Kanye of telling Pusha about his son, but Pusha claimed he got the info from a woman Shebib slept with. Ultimately, Drake never responded to "Adidon" on record, and it caused his reputation among the hiip-hop community to nosedive tremendously; though it ultimately didn't hurt his overall sales or pop chart success.

** His breakout album ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' is hugely influenced by his past in battle raps. It contains multiple songs derived from his battle rapping style ("Role Model", "Just Don't Give A Fuck"); "Guilty Conscience" is a novelty song based on the idea of a rap battle between a GoodAngelBadAngel pair, which Slim Shady (as the bad angel) wins by doing [[AdHominem personals]] on (good angel) Music/DrDre; and the shock punchlines of BreakthroughHit "My Name Is" were written in an attempt to make Dre [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]], as he was so used to playing to a crowd that he needed to see an audience reaction to know if he was doing a good job. The outrageous, self-deprecating shock-humour content, in which he [[BoastfulRap boasts]] about ridiculous things like having [=STDs=] or [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood being abused by his mother]] - a style he developed to force a laugh out of audiences sceptical of his whiteness without coming across as a white supremacist - caused [[TheNewRockAndRoll a moral panic]] from white, middle-class audiences who had no context to understand that verbal aggression and shock content is typical of battle rap. Even though his followup album abandoned the battle-rapping style in favour of more typical songwriting techniques (while maintaining the gimmicky humour), the controversy created an image of him as [[YouCanPanicNow a corruptor of public morals screwing up your kids]], which remains his signature to this day, [[RatedGForGangsta although muted with time]].

!!Legendary rap battles:

** Eminem has a reputation as a MemeticBadass due to his {{Diss Track}}s being great at wrecking the reputations of his opponents even when he's [[CherryTapping going easy on them]], though it's fair to comment that he rarely had a WorthyOpponent of anything close to his ability level. From 2002-2003, he [[CreatorKiller tore]] [[CondemnedByHistory through]] multiple careers, most notably Ja Rule (last seen as [[Horrible/MusicFestivals a Fyre Festival instigator]]) and ''The Source'' editor Benzino. While Eminem signed the death certificate of Benzino's career - albeit due to Benzino's all-consuming fixation on Eminem turning his own staff against him - Benzino inflicted a serious wound on Eminem by leaking [[OldShame some racist freestyles he did as a teenager]]. While Eminem did not face the same level of scruitiny for these freestyles as he likely would have today, they were instrumental in the accusations of racism Eminem faced for mocking Music/MichaelJackson on his ''Encore'' lead single "Just Lose It", contributing to the mixed reception to ''Encore'' and ending Eminem's imperial phase.

** Canibus's obsession with LL spiralled into a decade-long passive-aggressive beef with Music/{{Eminem}}, starting in 1998. Bus thought Em had ghostwritten the diss on "4,3,2,1", which Eminem denied. Regardless, he offered Canibus a [[AWildRapperAppears guest verse]] on ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' as a peace offering, which Canibus turned down, viewing the then overweight, dark-haired, bespectacled and acne-riddled Em as an unpromising novelty act. At first, they swatted at each other with backhanded complements, but after a [[BeautifulAllAlong slender, blond, contact-lensed and clear-complexioned]] Eminem became a generation-defining pop star as Bus got dropped from his label, Bus vented his frustration with ''C! True Hollywood Stories'', a ConceptAlbum where he rapped in character as [[LoonyFan Stan]]. Eminem ([[{{Troll}} with typical class]]) responded by [[CopycatMockery imitating Canibus's gravelly voice and hyperlexic rapping style]], or [[BigStupidDoodooHead insulting him with playground jibes over beats that sounded like children's music]] (one of these, "Can-I-Bitch", was so goofy and [[InspirationalInsult borderline encouraging]] that Bus couldn't figure out if he was meant to take the diss seriously, and let the beef cool out of sheer confusion). In 2009, after Eminem's comeback, Canibus went back on the assault - first making the bizarre allegation that Eminem was the scion of the [[HermeticMagic Hermetic magician]] Samuel Liddell "[=MacGregor=]" Mathers and using his occult powers to [[AncientConspiracy control the rap industry]], and secondly by releasing a track called "Air Strike" that used ManipulativeEditing to have D12 seem to diss Eminem. Eminem wasn't fooled, but made it apparent he wasn't interested in beefing with Canibus any more ("I am 37 years old"), so the whole thing fizzled out (with Canibus generally agreed to have been the 'winner' - though [[PyrrhicVictory not by covering himself in glory]], especially since the non-D12 portions of "Air Strike" are about [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blaming Eminem for his own childhood abuse]]). In 2021, LL Cool J was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Eminem, and, in his acceptance speech, made a special thanks to Canibus, so it's fair to say the beef has been squashed.

* ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'': Tougo lays into some freestylers for blocking the sidewalk, and ends up convincing them to return to school and start a rap club to express themselves, by rap battling them. Poemu's dad [[PunnyName Raimu]] also used to be a battle rapper, and we get to see him rap battle with Tougo's dad at the school cultural festival.

** Thanks to a {{Mondegreen}} taken out of context in Common's landmark single "I Used to Love H.E.R."[[note]]"I wasn’t salty she was with the boys in the hood" was misheard as "I was ''insulted'' she was with the boys in the hood."[[/note]], he was on the shit list of a few west coast emcees for a time during the East-West Coast feud, despite being from the midwest. Ice Cube in particular took the most offense, and him and his crew Westside Connection attacked Common and several other east coast rappers on the track "Westside Slaughterhouse"; going as far as to boldly (and falsely) declare "Hip Hop started in the West!" Common quickly responded with "The Bitch In Yoo", ridiculing Ice Cube and his crew for taking his song out of context, repeated hypocrisy, lumping him, a midwestern rapper, with the east coast, and pointing out that Ice Cube relied on east coast acts like Das EFX and Music/PublicEnemy to help put his first few albums together. Eventually, the emcees squashed the beef with the help of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farhakan.

** Eminem has a reputation as a MemeticBadass due to his {{Diss Track}}s - even the playful ones - tending to be able to destroy the reputations of his opponents even when he's [[CherryTapping going easy on them]], though it's fair to comment that he rarely had a WorthyOpponent with anything close to his ability level. From 2002-2003, he went through a string of [[CreatorKiller killing]] or [[CondemnedByHistory damaging]] multiple careers, most notably Ja Rule (last seen as [[Horrible/MusicFestivals a Fyre Festival instigator]]) and ''The Source'' editor Benzino. While Eminem signed the death certificate of Benzino's career - albeit due to Benzino's all-consuming fixation on Eminem turning his own staff against him - Benzino inflicted a serious wound on Eminem by leaking [[OldShame some racist freestyles he did as a teenager]]. While Eminem got off comparatively lightly, the freestyles were instrumental in the accusations of racism Eminem faced for mocking Music/MichaelJackson on his ''Encore'' lead single "Just Lose It", contributing to the mixed reception to ''Encore'' and ending Eminem's imperial phase.

** Eminem participated in a number of beefs in 2003, which ended up [[CreatorKiller killing]] or [[CondemnedByHistory damaging]] multiple careers, most notoriously that of Ja Rule (last seen as [[Horrible/MusicFestivals a Fyre Festival instigator]]) and that of ''The Source'' editor Benzino. While Eminem was instrumental in ending Benzino's career - albeit more because Benzino's fixation on Eminem caused his own staff to turn on him over it - Benzino inflicted a serious wound on Eminem by leaking [[OldShame some racist freestyles he did as a teenager]], which were instrumental in the accusations of racism Eminem faced for mocking Music/MichaelJackson on his ''Encore'' lead single "Just Lose It", contributing to the mixed reception to ''Encore'' and ending Eminem's imperial phase.

** Eminem participated in a number of beefs in 2003, which ended up [[CreatorKiller killing]] or [[CondemnedByHistory damaging]] multiple careers, most notoriously that of Ja Rule (last seen as [[Horrible/MusicFestivals a Fyre Festival instigator]] and that of ''The Source'' editor Benzino. While Eminem was instrumental in ending Benzino's career - albeit more because Benzino's fixation on Eminem caused him to neglect his duties - Benzino inflicted a serious wound on Eminem by leaking [[OldShame some racist freestyles he did as a teenager]], which were instrumental in the accusations of racism Eminem faced for mocking Music/MichaelJackson on his ''Encore'' lead single "Just Lose It", contributing to the somewhat negative reception to ''Encore'' and ending Eminem's imperial phase.

** Canibus's obsession with LL spiralled into a decade-long passive-aggressive beef with Music/{{Eminem}}, starting in 1998. Bus thought Em had ghostwritten the diss on "4,3,2,1", which Eminem denied. Regardless, he offered Canibus a [[AWildRapperAppears guest verse]] on ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' as a peace offering, which Canibus turned down, viewing the then overweight, dark-haired, bespectacled and acne-riddled Em as an unpromising novelty act. At first, they swatted at each other with backhanded complements, but after a [[BeautifulAllAlong slender, blond, contact-lensed and clear-complexioned]] Eminem became a generation-defining pop star as Bus got dropped from his label, Bus vented his frustration with ''C! True Hollywood Stories'', a ConceptAlbum where he rapped in character as [[LoonyFan Stan]]. Eminem ([[{{Troll}} with typical class]]) responded by [[CopycatMockery imitating Canibus's gravelly voice and hyperlexic rapping style]], or [[BigStupidDoodooHead insulting him with playground jibes over beats that sounded like children's music]] (one of these, ''Can-I-Bitch'', was so goofy and [[InspirationalInsult borderline encouraging]] that Bus couldn't figure out if he was meant to take the diss seriously, and let the beef cool out of sheer confusion). In 2009, after Eminem's comeback, Canibus went back on the assault - first making the bizarre allegation that Eminem was the scion of the [[HermeticMagic Hermetic magician]] Samuel Liddell "[=MacGregor=]" Mathers and using his occult powers to [[AncientConspiracy control the rap industry]], and secondly by releasing a track called "Air Strike" that used ManipulativeEditing to have D12 seem to diss Eminem. Eminem wasn't fooled, but made it apparent he wasn't interested in beefing with Canibus any more ("I am 37 years old"), so the whole thing fizzled out (with Canibus generally agreed to have been the 'winner' - though [[PyrrhicVictory not by covering himself in glory]], especially since the non-D12 portions of "Air Strike" are about [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blaming Eminem for his own childhood abuse]]). In 2021, LL Cool J was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Eminem, and, in his acceptance speech, made a special thanks to Canibus, so it's fair to say the beef has been squashed.