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Eminem vs. MGK: Who Won the Feud? (Or did it even really start?)

Despite many believing it to be a "fake feud", the beef between the so-called "Rap God", Eminem and the titular Machine Gun Kelly, or Richard Colson Baker,  goes all the way back to 2012 when Baker released a controversial tweet regarding Eminem's daughter, Hailie, who was only 16 at the time.

Eminem, or Marshal Mathers III, called out MGK, fianlly, after six years of the two rappers throwing shade towards one another. After releasing his surprise album, Kamikaze, in 2018, Eminem specifically calls out MGK on the track "Not Alike".  Later that year, MGK retaliated by releasing his diss track, "Rap Devil", which is when the beef truly started to make its way to the hip-hop world. (Rap Devil Official Video)

A couple weeks later, Eminem appeared on a talk show with Sway Calloway. When asked about the feud and his reaction to seeing the tweet about his daughter, he responded with: "One day, you know, you go down a fucking wormhole on YouTube or whatever," he says. "I see 'Machine Gun Kelly Talks About Eminem's Daughter' or whatever. I’m like 'what the fuck?' I click on it…he starts doing a press run, basically, about Hailie. I’m like 'what the fuck? Yo, my man better chill." (Cosmopolitan Article)

A few days later, Eminem released a retaliation to "Rap Devil": "Killshot". The track was filled with an enormous amount of disses and was Eninem's attempt to finally win the rap war once and for all. Unfortunately, it only encouraged more controversy. Fans started doing research. Turns out that both rappers were both signed to Introscope, a record company, leading to many to believe that the whole rivalry was faked and they have simply been working the crowd to raise their own profits. Hell, MGK was seen at a Fall-Out Boy concert wearing a shirt with the "Killshot" logo printed on it. (Killshot Official Audio)

However, despite both rappers SEEMING to fight to the bitter end over a tweet, it has been proven that Eminem's latest album, Kamikaze, has sold over 430,000 copies compared to MGK's debut album, Lace Up, which only sold, roughly, 50,000 copies, and his total sales for his latest album, EP Binge, only sold 22,000 copies. Statistically speaking, Eminem has kept his title of the true Rap God.

But the final decision is entirely up to you. Is Eminem still the Rap God? Or has MGK come to take his title....and his girl?