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RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2016–2016

Soulja Boy vs. Shia LaBeouf

Breakfast Club freestyles and a three-day internet feud

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Shia LaBeouf’s Breakfast Club freestyle targets Soulja Boy, who answers with an angry Instagram video. Shia posts a response freestyle, then Soulja walks back the threats and credits Shia’s acting career, ending the surreal crossover as quickly as it began.

Diss trackSocial mediaReconciliation

THE RECORD

The moments

  1. Diss track

    Shia’s Breakfast Club freestyle names Soulja

    After a run of surprise radio freestyles, Shia LaBeouf uses his Breakfast Club appearance to throw a bar at Soulja Boy.

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  2. Social media · disputed account

    Soulja threatens; Shia returns with another freestyle

    Soulja posts an angry Instagram response and tells Shia to stay out of Atlanta. Shia answers with a targeted freestyle criticizing Soulja’s music.

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  3. Reconciliation

    Soulja declares the clash squashed

    Soulja later praises Shia’s acting ability in a Breakfast Club appearance and retracts the earlier heat, ending the exchange in the same month.

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THE RECEIPTS

Sources and listening

Snoop Dogg and Soulja Boy public exchanges — video, radio, and social-media archives ↗