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Everything you need to know about Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's rap beef


Cape Town – Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly are now in a full war of words complete with diss tracks and tweets. 

The tension between the two American performers started back in 2012 when Machine Gun Kelly, aka MGK, tweeted about Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, Eminem’s daughter who was 16-years-old at the time.

Then in a track titled Not Alike on Eminem's surprise album, Kamikazewhich was released last week – the older rapper name-checked Machine Gun Kelly referencing to the since deleted 2012 tweet. Channel24 will not be reprinting the lyrics on the song. 

Following this verse, MGK responded with a song titled Rap Devil, which was released on Monday and references his nemesis’ popular track titled Rap God

In the song the Cleveland musician takes aim at Eminem’s appearance, his most recent work and a slew of other things.

LISTEN TO RAP DEVIL HERE:


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