RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2008–2021
Bow Wow vs. Soulja Boy
Lambos, Ignorant Shit, and the friendly Verzuz ending
The “Marco Polo” collaborators turn YouTube flexing, Lamborghini arguments, and playful diss tracks into an early-internet rivalry. They convert it into 2016’s Ignorant Shit mixtape and a 2021 Verzuz faceoff, making the final record a friendship-driven competition—not a violent feud.
THE RECORD
The moments
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“Marco Polo” turns collaborators into friendly competitors
Bow Wow and Soulja Boy team up for “Marco Polo,” then their talk about creative credit, influence, and luxury starts a low-stakes rivalry between two young stars.
▶ Read the history behind the rivalryDiss track · disputed account
A Lamborghini challenge and diss tracks make it viral
Soulja Boy challenges Bow Wow to a Lamborghini race and questions whether Bow Wow’s car is rented. Soulja releases “Fuck Bow Wow”; Bow Wow answers with “What I Think About You,” keeping the exchange in internet-entertainment territory.
“The only reason you're in the game is because of me.”Bow Wow, “What I Think About You”
▶ Watch “What I Think About You”Reconciliation
Ignorant Shit turns old trolling into a joint release
After years of intermittent online jokes, Bow Wow and Soulja Boy reframe their early rivalry as nostalgia, releasing the 11-track collaborative mixtape Ignorant Shit.
▶ Read about Ignorant ShitPerformance
Verzuz makes the car bet a celebration of friendship
Ahead of their Verzuz battle, Soulja Boy playfully offers the pink slip to his Lamborghini if Bow Wow wins. At the June 26 show they trade jokes, perform their catalogs, and embrace as longtime friends.
“If you win the Verzuz, I'll give you the pink slip to my Lambo... I bought my shit cash!”Soulja Boy, June 2021
▶ Watch Bow Wow reflect on their relationshipRead the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS