A successful diss track works both lyrically and musically.
Rick Ross's Birdman slam 'Idols Becomes Rivals' does that trick.
And when a fan took to Twitter to point out its fire, Ross took the opportunity to further twist the knife into Baby.
@rickyrozay idols become rivals dope Fr..make me wanna sign my pub with MMG #MMG/SCE
— @CFreshForever (@CFRESH4REAL) March 20, 2017
keep your publishing homie.This not Cash Money. #MMG https://t.co/2m0FBwLOjv
— Yung Rénzél (@rickyrozay) March 20, 2017
It's sort of the 2017 140 characters or less version of this:
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