On par with his name, the Long Island battle rapper goes after MGK with diabolically sharp commentary.
Diabolic has built his reputation in battle rap circles through his lyrical precision and undeniable stage presence. He came to the New York underground scene in the early 2000s and earned respect with aggressive punchlines. Apparently, he does not mince his words in the interview as well. Diabolic sat down for a conversation with Panda Chop! and touched on the infamous beef that destroyed MGK’s credibility and rap career.
Battle Rap Perspective
There is no love lost between Diabolic and MGK. The MC recalled an earlier confrontation, when he walked into MGK’s tour bus and scared him. Diabolic admits that he was a drunk bully and shouldn’t have done it, but cannot stop laughing, remembering how different he was from his performatively tough persona.
That night, Diabolic came to Limp Bizkit’s gig at a New York venue through mutual connections and was pleasantly surprised to learn that Fred Durst recognised him. MGK, of course, did not. “He doesn’t give a ship about underground scene”, cackles Diabolic. He has no respect for MGK’s personality or music. “Everything he does is shit”, Diabolic shakes his head. Especially Kelly’s most famous, or infamous, track – Eminem’s diss, “Rap Devil”.
“It was awful. It was fucking terrible”, says Diabolic. “People try to give that shit credit. ‘Oh, he kind of did his thing’. No, he did not. Stop it. Eminem destroyed that kid. He’s lucky Eminem even rapped to him. He should feel blessed. ‘Your beard’s weird’. It was absolutely garbage”.
Change For Worse
Changing genres did not help his case. Diabolic acknowledges that many rappers moved to pastures new, changing their style to more melodic delivery, like Post Malone and Jelly Roll. And while it’s not his cup of tea, he has no problem giving them praise as talented artists. Although MGK? He did not get any better, even if he found some young impressionable audience for his latest projects.
“I do not understand the standards now”, Diabolic sighs, and it seems that many agree with him. While MGK seems to be enjoying commercial success with his take on pop punk, anyone with two ears can hear how bland, unoriginal, and low-quality his music is. Comedian Charlene Kaye summarised it in one blistering video, picking up his “guitar solo”.
@itscharlenekaye I hope this encourages more men to pick up the guitar!
Looking at MGK’s trajectory, it is easy to see that this man has never picked himself up after being obliterated by Rap God, despite his own attempts to spin that battle as a fight of equals. Diabolic, and many rappers whose opinion actually matters, are sure: “Killshot” left little doubt as to who won and who had to be shipped back home and never come back to the rap scene.
