Eminem Has Dissed These 15 Rappers

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For this list, we’re looking at rappers Eminem has dissed, mocked, or called out over the years in songs, interviews, and the occasional career-ending warning shot. Of course, not every name here means a lifelong blood feud. Slim Shady has thrown enough lyrical grenades that some were bigger explosions than others. After looking at the MCs he has praised, it only feels fair to flip the record over and revisit the rappers who ended up on the wrong side of his pen. | © Travis Shinn

1. Diddy

That Diddy line in “Killshot” is the kind of Slim Shady grenade that makes everyone check whether the pin was actually pulled. While aiming mainly at Machine Gun Kelly, Eminem threw in the wild claim that “Diddy admits” involvement in Tupac’s death, then immediately softened the blow with, “I’m just playin’, Diddy.” It was technically framed as a joke, but the damage was already done, because you cannot casually drop one of rap’s darkest conspiracy theories and expect the room to keep eating appetizers. Years later, Eminem went at Diddy again on The Death of Slim Shady, proving that some names stay loaded in his rhyme chamber. | © Dennis Van Tine

2. Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg’s entry is less a blood feud and more a family argument that got caught on a hot mic. Eminem’s “Zeus” jab. “Last thing I need is Snoop doggin’ me” came after Snoop said he could live without Em’s music, and Em later explained the issue was not the ranking but “the tone.” That distinction matters, because he openly admitted Snoop was once “like a damn god” to him before twisting the line into a joke. It was a strange mix of hurt feelings, Dre-family politics, and lyrical pettiness, which is basically Thanksgiving dinner if everyone at the table had platinum plaques. | © Jerod Harris

3. Tyler, the Creator

The Tyler, the Creator diss on “Fall” became one of the rare moments where the backlash hit harder than the target. He went after Tyler after public criticism of his music, but later told Sway that the word he used felt like it “might be too far.” His explanation was unusually self-aware: in trying to hurt Tyler, he realized he was “hurting a lot of other people.” That makes the whole episode messier than a normal rap jab, because Eminem did not just fire a shot and move on; he eventually looked back at the bullet and admitted it hit a wider crowd than intended. | © Happy Place

4. Machine Gun Kelly

Machine Gun Kelly probably got the cleanest modern example of Eminem switching from annoyed to fully armed. In the Sway interview, Em said the real reason was “a lot more petty” than people thought, then dismissed Kelly with, “You’re not even in the conversation.” Once “Killshot” arrived, the tone became even sharper, especially with the famous jab, “Had to give you a career to destroy it.” The feud had Hailie comments, Shade 45 accusations, “Rap Devil,” man-bun jokes, and enough internet reaction videos to power a small country. MGK swung first on wax, but Eminem made the reply feel like a career performance review written with a flamethrower. | © Romain Maurice

5. The Game

Instead of giving The Game a full diss-track war after “The Black Slim Shady,” Eminem answered with the colder insult: a handful of bars on “Realest.” Game had mocked the idea of hearing Em in clubs, so Eminem flipped that into the line about still getting “played in the clubs” while treating the whole challenge like it did not deserve a ten-minute response. That restraint was part of the jab. The Game wanted a heavyweight event; Eminem gave him a drive-by paragraph and kept moving. Sometimes the meanest thing a battle rapper can do is not empty the clip, but make the other guy look like he begged for the smoke. | © Alberto E. Rodriguez

6. Ja Rule

Ja Rule did not just enter an Eminem feud; he stepped on the family landmine. After Ja mentioned Hailie, Eminem’s response on “Hailie’s Revenge / Doe Rae Me” came with the warning, “Don’t you never say my little girl’s name.” That was not regular rap-sport trash talk anymore; that was the red button with fingerprints all over it. The larger Murder Inc. vs. Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit war already had enough noise, but bringing Em’s daughter into the record changed the temperature instantly. Eminem has dissed plenty of people for ego, sales, or credibility, but this one sounded like a father answering before the rapper even got dressed. | © Paras Griffin

7. Joe Budden

Joe Budden’s clash with Eminem had the ugly flavor of an office dispute where everyone also happens to own a microphone. After Budden trashed Revival, Em fired back on Kamikaze and later told Sway, “I gave you a platform,” arguing that he had used his own reach to boost Slaughterhouse while Joe used his to attack him. That quote is the real sting here: it is not just “you criticized my album,” it is “you did it from a house I helped build.” Because Budden had been part of the Shady Records orbit, the shots felt less like random beef and more like an internal memo that somehow came with rhyme schemes. | © Noam Galai

8. Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea caught a stray on “Killshot,” which is very different from being the central villain but still not exactly a spa day. Eminem used “that Iggy ho” while comparing MGK’s place in rap history to names he clearly saw as less prestigious company, and Iggy quickly called the celebrity name-drops “lazy bars.” That response gave the moment extra oxygen, because the line itself was more drive-by than full diss. Eminem has always loved stuffing a battle track with side targets, but this one showed the risk of using other artists as punchline furniture. Sometimes the furniture talks back. | © Steven Taylor

9. 6ix9ine

Tekashi 6ix9ine only needed one line on “Zeus” to understand exactly how Eminem saw him. “She says I am trash, but she listens to Tekashi” is less a traditional diss than a disgusted eyebrow raise, aimed as much at hypocritical listeners as at 6ix9ine himself. The joke works because Em treats Tekashi like a symbol of chaotic attention culture rather than a serious lyrical opponent. No long back-and-forth, no grand declaration, no battle-rap ceremony; just one quick flick of the wrist. For a rapper who once built whole demolition sites out of diss tracks, that kind of casual dismissal can feel even colder. | © Jose Devillegas

10. Melle Mel

Melle Mel questioning Eminem’s all-time status because of race led to a very pointed response on “Realest.” Eminem pushed back with the argument, “If I was Black, I woulda sold half,” then twisted the whole debate into a complaint that his whiteness cuts both ways. The strange part is that Em has spent years praising hip-hop pioneers, so firing back at one of them came with obvious generational tension. This was not a young rival looking for clout or an old tabloid feud crawling out of a drawer. It was a legacy debate turning personal, and Eminem answered like someone tired of having every achievement weighed with an asterisk attached. | © Melle Mel

11. Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt was not the main body on “Fall,” but he was definitely in the blast radius. Eminem later explained that both Tyler and Earl had criticized him, and he specifically referenced Earl’s old “Mountain Dew” crack about Eminem fans as part of what annoyed him. That gives the diss more context than just an older rapper yelling at the new kids. Em heard the comments, stored the insult, and then folded it into the larger Kamikaze revenge tour against critics, bloggers, and younger artists who had written him off. Earl did not get the longest verse, but he got enough shrapnel to know the file had not been forgotten. | © Ryo Tanzawa

12. Benzino

Benzino is practically a recurring boss fight in Eminem’s career, from “The Sauce” and “Nail in the Coffin” to “Doomsday Pt. 2.” The newer jab turned into a whole short-man riddle “opposite of Benzino? A giraffe” before Em asked how he could “go at his neck” when there was no neck to aim at. It is childish, brutal, and annoyingly memorable, which is exactly why it works as a Slim Shady insult. Their feud started with The Source, credibility arguments, and industry politics, but decades later it still comes back to jokes sharp enough to make the original beef feel freshly microwaved. | © Benzino

13. Canibus

Canibus got one of Eminem’s strangest diss tracks, because “Can-I-Bitch” plays less like a standard battle record and more like a cartoon reenactment of rap paranoia. Em turns the name itself into “Canibitch,” then mocks him with, “Please tell me what happened” to the style he once had. The backstory involved LL Cool J, ghostwriting suspicions, and the kind of late-’90s lyrical pride that could turn one rumor into a full-scale war. Eminem’s attack was goofy on purpose, but that was part of the insult. He did not just challenge Canibus; he made him the punchline in a sketch only a battle-rap nerd could fully appreciate. | © Canibus

14. Everlast

Everlast’s beef with Eminem produced some of the ugliest, most personal writing from that early Shady era. On “Quitter,” Eminem mocked him as “bitter” because “the days of House of Pain are gone,” then turned the hook into a taunt about Everlast fading while Em’s career exploded. The fight reportedly grew from perceived disrespect and then escalated after family references entered the picture, which explains why the track feels less like sparring and more like somebody throwing chairs after closing time. It was crude, mean, and very much of its moment, back when a hallway encounter could somehow become six minutes of recorded hostility. | © Everlast & Danny Boy

15. Lord Jamar

Lord Jamar managed to irritate Eminem without needing a massive hit record, mostly by repeatedly arguing that white rappers are “guests” in hip-hop. Eminem actually agreed with the core phrase in a Crooked interview, saying, “I’m absolutely a guest,” but he still fired back elsewhere because Jamar’s criticism kept circling around his legitimacy. On “I Will,” Em aimed the cleanest jab: “weakest link,” a nasty little shot at Jamar’s place in Brand Nubian history. That is what makes this feud interesting. Eminem accepted the cultural point, but rejected the idea that accepting it meant standing still while someone used it to dismiss his entire career. | © Johnny Nunez