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RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 1989–1995

Eazy-E vs. Ice Cube

N.W.A. breakup to a reported final reconciliation

ResolvedHeat index 4/5

Ice Cube’s exit from N.W.A. places Eazy-E inside the royalty and management fight. N.W.A. answers on record, Cube responds with “No Vaseline,” and accounts later describe the two reconnecting shortly before Eazy’s death.

Diss trackBusiness disputeReconciliation

THE RECORD

The moments

  1. Business dispute

    Ice Cube leaves N.W.A amid royalty disputes

    Ice Cube departs N.W.A, publicly tying the split to compensation and contract concerns involving the group’s business structure.

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  2. Diss track

    N.W.A records brand Cube a traitor

    N.W.A’s post-split records attack Ice Cube as a defector, widening the dispute from business to public battle rap.

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  3. Diss track

    “No Vaseline” answers the entire former group

    Ice Cube’s record attacks N.W.A and manager Jerry Heller, becoming the conflict’s defining response.

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THE RECEIPTS

Sources and listening

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KEEP EXPLORING

More drama

N.W.A. vs. Ice CubeRoyalty disputes and “No Vaseline”Dr. Dre vs. Eazy-ERuthless fallout, “Dre Day,” and a final reconciliation

ARTIST LENSES

People in the surrounding story

N.W.A.Rap groupWho Beefed? index node.Dr. DreRapperWho Beefed? index node.