RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2005–2022
Jeezy vs. DJ Drama
Trap or Die partners, Gucci-era fallout, SNOFALL reunion
Jeezy and DJ Drama helped define the Gangsta Grillz era with Trap or Die. Drama’s later work with Gucci Mane during Jeezy’s feud with Gucci creates a brief loyalty fracture, but the collaborators ultimately reunite—first in the mixtape orbit and then on 2022’s SNOFALL.
THE RECORD
The moments
Music industry
Trap or Die establishes a southern-mixtape partnership
Jeezy and DJ Drama help define the Gangsta Grillz era with Trap or Die, creating a partnership strong enough that later business moves feel personal.
Read the receipt ↗Interview · disputed account
Gucci’s Gangsta Grillz run creates a loyalty problem
As Jeezy’s conflict with Gucci Mane escalates, DJ Drama hosts Gucci projects. Jeezy publicly frames the move as choosing the other side.
“If you're with me, you're with me.”Jeezy, radio interview
Read the receipt ↗Reconciliation
SNOFALL makes the reunion undeniable
Years after smoothing out the relationship, Jeezy and Drama release SNOFALL together—an unmistakable end point for the old mixtape politics.
▶ Watch DJ Drama discuss the fallout
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Jeezy × DJ Drama — Trap or Die to SNOFALL ↗ARTIST LENSES