diss

/ dɪs /

verb

1. slang,  to treat (someone) with contempt

Word History and Origins

Origin of diss¹

C20: originally Black rap slang, short for _disrespect

Example Sentences

He won the latter two categories in February behind the Drake diss “Not Like Us.”

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Last year Drake accused record label Universal Music of conspiring to inflate streaming figures for a diss track by rival Kendrick Lamar.

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More recent performers have included this past year's headliner Kendrick Lamar, the rapper who cut out profanity but still performed a viral diss track of his rival Drake.

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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit in which Drake had accused the world’s biggest record company of defaming him with the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.”

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A federal judge dismissed rapper Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s popular “Not Like Us,” a diss track at the center of a long-running beef between the stars.

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