Though their murders are officially unsolved, the late Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls are presumed casualties of the mid-'90s bicoastal battle, with its gang overtones.

Fans of the Detroit rapper stormed the St. Andrew's Hall stage at Everlast's February show, breaking gear and starting a brawl. Three people were sent to the hospital with injuries. Eminem and Everlast had traded insults in song.

Gunfire erupted outside a New York radio station in March in what police think was a shootout between associates of the risque rivals. One man was injured.

Angry that he was unmasked in print as the Madd Rapper, Derek Angellettie allegedly led three men in an assault on Blaze editor Jesse Washington in 1998.