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(#4) Keith Richards And Elton John
Keith Richards and Elton John have fought for almost as long as their respective music careers. The Rolling Stones guitarist and the legendary singer have dissed each other in the press over a few decades, with Richards saying he "won't miss" John when he retires from touring.
The peak of their rivalry came in 1997 when Richards slammed John for re-recording a 1973 tribute to Marilyn Monroe in honor of Princess Diana.
John said in response:
It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He's pathetic, poor thing. It's like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young. I have great respect for the Stones, but they would have been better if they had thrown Keith out 15 years ago... I just think he's an assh*le and I have for a long time.
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(#3) Nirvana And Guns N' Roses
The feud between Nirvana and Guns N' Roses is one of the most well-documented in rock history. It didn't start bad: GnR frontman Axl Rose, an admitted Nirvana fan, invited Kurt Cobain and company out on tour in 1992. Cobain refused because he deemed Rose a sellout.
The comments angered Rose, who called Cobain and wife Courtney Love "f*ckin' junkies" and claimed their child had birth defects because of their drug use. The whole thing came to blows at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, when Love sarcastically asked Rose to become their daughter's godfather.
"You shut your b*tch up, or I'm taking you down to the pavement!" Rose told Cobain in response. Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic also sparred backstage with GnR bassist Duff McKagan at the awards show. The feud cooled when Cobain died, and band members have since patched things up - with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl collaborating onstage with Axl Rose and Slash several times.
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(#5) Prince And Michael Jackson
The feud between Prince and Michael Jackson never aired-out in public, but leaked audio of Jackson in 1988 revealed how much he disliked his fellow legend.
"I don't like to be compared to Prince at all," Jackson said. "I have proven myself since I was real little. It's not fair. He feels like I'm his opponent. I hope he changes because boy, he's gonna get hurt. He's the type that might commit suicide or something."
Jackson also referred to Prince as "very rude."
"Prince is very competitive. He has been very mean and nasty to my family," he said.
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(#9) Rihanna And Ciara
Rihanna and Ciara's beef started when the latter claimed on TV the two ran into each other at a party, and RiRi "wasn't the nicest."
"It's crazy, because I've always loved and respected what she's done in fashion. It wasn't the most pleasant run-in," Ciara said.
Rihanna responded on Twitter, shading Ciara in the process. "My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u?" she wrote.
The tweets progressed more intensely until things calmed down when both ultimately apologized. "Ciara baby, I love u girl! U hurt my feelings real bad on TV! I'm heartbroken! That's y I retaliated this way! So sorry," Rihanna wrote.
Ciara responded by saying there has "always been love" between them.
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(#2) Kanye West And Taylor Swift
The feud between Kanye West and Taylor Swift is the most infamous in pop music history. The problems started when West grabbed the mic away from Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards to denounce Swift winning the award over Beyoncé. West later apologized, and the pair seemed fine for a while. They even photographed together at the 2015 Grammy Awards. Swift also presented West with the MTV Video Vanguard Award.
Things changed when West unveiled his song "Famous," which included lines about how he made Swift famous. Everything fell apart when Swift criticized the song. West's wife Kim Kardashian later posted a secretly recorded video clip purported to show Swift knew about the song in advance and approved of it. There was some heated back-and-forth on social media, and things worsened from there.
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(#8) Morrissey And Robert Smith
Morrissey appears to dislike many things and people, and Robert Smith of The Cure is no exception. The pair's feud began when a journalist asked Morrissey who he'd kill first if he were in a room with The Fall's Mark E. Smith, The Cure frontman, and a loaded gun. Morrissey responded by saying he'd essentially kill them both, prompting a frustrated response from Smith.
In 1993 Smith again referenced Morrissey in an interview, saying he "never liked him."
Morrissey ultimately responded by calling Smith a "fat clown with makeup weeping over a guitar."
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