From classic-rock squabbles to hip-hop diss tracks and social media wars, here are the ridiculous, rancorous conflicts that have held us rapt.
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* Potato * the pages of Rolling Stone * “Dear Friend” * Love admitted to Goldmine * 1971 Rolling Stone profile * Wilson later claimed * revealed that Love would continue touring as the Beach Boys without the help of Wilson * told Rolling Stone’s Jason Fine * Gilmour told Rolling Stone in 1987 * labeling it * surprised fans in 2011 by bringing out Gilmour and Mason * regretted the lawsuit * Waters declined to participate * reflected Ray * According to Dave * Dave reflected * furious Facebook post * in a 1988 Rolling Stone interview * interview with Entertainment Weekly * published by the Daily News * the MTV Video Music Awards * the band unveiled plans * The Opie & Anthony Show * Billboard interview. * “cease and desist” letter * a Calgary newspaper * “farewell tour.” * walked back those claims * former manager Doug Goldstein * Spinner * Billboard * he said at the time * told NME * to Observer * Brit Awards under a new title: “Shitelife.” * Shortlist * later told Vibe * he said soon after * he explained while testifying * In Rock’s version of events * Purple Rain tour * supposedly crowed * he recalled in the Minneapolis Star Tribune * 1997 interview with Chris Rock on MTV * mentioning it to Will.i.am * 2006 interview with Esquire * 1992 MTV Video Music Awards * recalled MTV executive Amy Finnerty * in an open letter * Grohl sent over the oversized guitar throne * told XXL * spoke to MTV News * MTV’s RapFix Live * They put in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show * an interview with the.LIFE Files * role in the Fyre Festival fiasco * Noel’s Top 101 * 2016 documentary Supersonic * episode of MTV’s Unplugged * compare him to * May 2017 terrorist attack in Manchester * benefit show * scolded his brother * mocking Noel’s seemingly teary performance * 2014 episode of Watch What Happens Live * she insisted during another appearance on WWHL in February 2016 * on The Wendy Williams Show, * TMZ asked * 2009 Saturday Night Live sketch * she told 20/20 correspondent Cynthia McFarrden * she protested in NME * on Howard Stern’s radio show * Rolling Stone‘s 2015 cover story * impassioned speech against sexism and misogyny * President Obama weighed in to brand West a ‘jackass.” * he railed * interview with The New York Times * West boasted * in a Vanity Fair profile that August * Swift present West with the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 VMAs * released the accompanying video * leaked a video * Swift posted a lengthy note to her social media * “Look What You Made Me Do,” a lethal revenge track released in late August 2017 * lyrics are littered with hints * by naming names * Kevin Durant to Whataburger * U.K. DJ Semtex on OVO Sound Radio * barred Dan Auerbach * emails between the exes leaked * Rolling Stone. * Rolling Stone in a May 2014 cover story * an apology * issued a denial * telling Arianna Huffington * music video that premiered at the VMAs * he told Billboard in January 2016 * interview with Fader * he told L’Uomo Vogue that January * he said on Andy Cohen’s radio show in August * Minaj’s “Truffle Butter,” * shared a video * her rework of Prince’s “Darling Nikki.” * to serve up the “#3PackFromPARIS,”