Diss tracks have been dropping one after another this week. Nothing to do with Eminem, and yet somehow he got involved. Not directly, no, Marshall is minding his own business, hopefully, finishing that new album of his at which Rosenberg hinted earlier.

However, rap heavyweights recently either used Em’s beat for a diss ot namedropped him to make a point.

Merkules vs Benzino

The Canadian rapper steadily builds his career from a child prodigy to a lyrical master. Having received cosigns from KXNG Crooked and D12, he made a deal with a new reincarnation of Death Row, helmed by Snoop Dogg. Through this label he Merkules released his latest project last year, but he is not taking a break to relax. As many artists of a new generation do, he’s constantly dropping new music – not for it to go on charts, but to reinforce his reputation, keep his audience engaged, and maybe even just for the love of hip hop.

So one of his latest online drops is built over historic Eminem’s collaboration with Snoop Dogg, “Bitch Please II”. Merk paints a picture oh his character being a violent uncontrollable addict who does not fit in the society. And to illustrate the point he also uses the name connected to Eminem through his incessant beef with Slim, Benzino. In one scathing line Merkules makes fun of both Benzino’s rapping career and credibility:

I hate people, fuck being social, I don’t care!
Went to a Benzino show, ‘cause I know nobody goes there.

Make no mistake, Merkules went there with his rhyme only because of Marshall. He makes these remixes just to flex, but that was a perfect opportunity to diss Benzino, and Merk did not miss it.

Two Eminem references in one short video – well done!

Papoose vs 50 Cent

These two were going at each other for months now. Fifty trolled Pappose for being a lesser man in his marriage with professional boxer and former mixed martial artist Claressa Shields, two were exchanging jabs and AI-egenrated videos, until Claressa put her foot down and told Fifty to back out. Which he did.
If anything, it was an example of hos animosity is manifesting in hip hop now. Social media posts, fake videos, fan’s outrage in the comment section. A diss record is not a go-to problem solving tool as it used to be.

Or maybe it still is, as Pappose dropped a diss track aimed at Fif. To add insult to injury, Pappose used Fifty’s legendary “Many Men” beat to attack him. With no sign of a glossy studio finish, Pap recorded the video on a phone in his one car while driving. However, he had time to go through all Fif’s allegedly sore points, including Diddy, “wack verses”, and that Fifty only made it in the industry because of Eminem’s assistance. Otherwise, claims Papoose, Fifty’s career woldn’t have moved further then petty theft:

If it wasn’t for Em
you’d be looking for a purse to snatch.

That’s fine line that Papoose is walking, offending 50 Cent and giving Eminem, a kingmaker, a respectful nod.

50 Cent vs T.I.

This conflict goes back to 2007, when Fifty called Tip a snitch. It came to the head again in the pandemic time, when Verzuz was all the heap and T.I. tried, unsuccessfully to land 50 Cent as his opponent. T.I. was inviting, daring, threatening Fif with the lost of respect, but Fifty remained unmoveable. He was not interested, end of story. T.I. has never abandoned the idea, even now, when Verzuz is a feature if the past nobody cares about.

Thing got very heated when Fifty posted an unflattering photo of Tiny, T.I.’s wife. That’s how everybody learned that they have children who are also into rap. Because one of them, named King, decided to diss Fifty’s late mother in response. T.I. since implied that it was not the most mature decision of his son, eager to stand up in this battle. However, the family closed ranks and since then we have more disses from King and his brother Domani.

50 Cent responded. And not on a random phone recorded video, but on the official main theme for the latest season of his TV saga Power. So, he dissed the whole Harris family on the song that millions households will be listening to every time they put a new episode on:

I’m back with my dope boy grammar
Your daddy made your mama eat every box in Atlanta
Freak shit, peep shit, keep shit
On the low, but everybody know

Fifty alludes both to King’s attempt to offend him by mentioning that Fif writes books now, and to the allegations of sexual harassment that have been following the Harris family for some time now. 50 Cent even mused over the idea to make a documentary about it, probably, similar in tone to his Diddy documentary.

What is telling, Fifty used for a video thumbnail a photo with Eminem, taking during their shared set in Michigan a couple of years ago. Again, Eminem has nothing to do with the social media drama, nobody has even mentioned his name on the lyrics. And yet, Fifty puts their brotherly handshake on the subliminal diss. What sign does it send to the T.I.? That association with Em makes Fifty more dangerous? That despite being so close to the well known king of disses he does not call for help but deal with the situation on his own, while three Harris men pile up on him? You guess is as good as ours. But for now, while things a getting uglier every day, Fifty’s magnanimous diss track is blessed with Marshall’s picture.

So, this is how, without moving a finger, Eminem found his name attached to three ongoing beef cases.

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