Whether you believe that celebrity beef is real or manufactured, you have to respect its history. Typically, musicians in the same genre will take jabs each other, but in the ’70’s John Lennon and Paul McCartney of Beatles fame went hard at each other. The legendary Beatles had split and each were releasing solo albums to build their own careers. McCartney was the first to initiate the beef by not crediting fellow Beatles on his album Ram and adding disses on a couple tracks. Lennon wasn’t one to back down so he returned fire with a diss track entitled How Do You Sleep? It was dedicated to tearing down McCartney and to make matters worse, George Harrison is on the track. Like most celeb beef, this too was squashed and right before Lennon’s assassination, according to McCartney’s infamous GQ interview. Listen, watch and read here.
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