The Most Savage Diss Tracks from Texas Artists

Everyone loves seeing when two artists have "beef" with each other (just look at the whole Drake & Kendrick Lamar deal). We've certainly seen some Texas artists come up with some unique diss tracks of their own; some diss tracks have become some of their best songs to date.

Destiny's Child - Survivor

A song that was actually a response to a radio station joking that the Houston group was like the show Survivor (LeToya Tuckett & LeTavia Robinson were kicked out so they joked about who was next), Beyoncé wrote the song after taking the negative comment & turned into something positive. There was actually a lawsuit filed around the lyrical content after the song was released; the lawsuit was settled in 2002.

Everything is ok with all 5 members now; they've even posed for a few photos in recent years too.

Beyoncé - Don't Hurt Yourself

Speaking of Beyoncé, she's written a diss track in 2016...to her own husband. Jay-Z became the subject of the song "Don't Hurt Yourself" on her album Lemonade. Beyoncé directed her anger towards her husband after...let's just say some martial issues happened, she wrote the song as a warning to Jay-Z saying that if he does it again, "You gon' lose your wife".

The two are still married today so obviously the two have worked things out. It still reminds probably one of the most brutal lyrical content Queen Bee has put in a song.

The Mars Volta - Concertina

Before The Mars Volta out of El Paso, Texas would release their debut album in 2003, the band put out their Tremulant EP in 2002. The song "Concertina" has been rumored to be directed towards one of their former bandmates from At the Drive-In, Ben Rodriguez, and his actions of driving Julio Venegas (a good friend of the band) to take his life back in 1996.

However this has never been confirmed by the band but looking at the lyrics, fans certainly believe this might have been the case. Us, however, we just like the song for what it is: the start of The Mars Volta as their own band.

Spoon - The Agony of Laffittle/Laffittle Don't Fail Me Now

This song is DEFINITLEY aimed towards someone close to the band; Austin's Spoon wrote not one but TWO songs towards their former A&R rep, Ron Laffittle, was let go from Elektra Records. After the band got tired of Ron's behavior, they wrote "The Agony of Laffittle" on their 1998 album, A Series of Sneaks. They would write a 2nd song about Ron called "Laffittle Don't Fail Me Now" that was released as a B-side.

The band was dropped by the label shortly afterwards but became a huge success in the 2000s & 2010s. So I'd say the band is doing fine now...

Waylon Jennings - Living Legends Pt. II

If making a diss track to one person is good, why not MANY people? That's what Littlefield's Waylon Jennings did when he wrote "Living Legends Pt. II", a song about his distaste on how Nashville is changing. Just looking at the lyrics & it's pretty clear who he was aiming. Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Billy Ray Cyrus are among the country stars that Waylon had the most issue with; at least enough to include his song.

Pantera - War Nerve

Pantera's The Great Southern Trendkill certainly has some of the band's most brutal & aggressive lyrics & sounds on any of their albums. "War Nerve" in particular is one of Pantera's most aggressive songs they've written. And who was the song directed towards? Pretty much everyone. Especially those in the news like CNN, as the lyrics directly state.

Other notable diss tracks from Texas artists include:

• Ciara wrote "I Bet" after her breakup with Future in 2015.
• Joe Tex wrote "You Keep Her" as a direct dig at his R&B rival, James Brown.
• Ashlee Simpson wrote "Boyfriend" which rumored to be directed at Lindsey Lohan. The story was confirmed in 2018 by Business Insider.
• Machine Gun Kelly wrote "Rap Devil" during his beef with Eminem.
• Megan Thee Stallion has been the subject of a few diss tracks and she's written a few of his own, like "Shots Fired" & "Hiss".