Osama Bin Laden Diss: Difference between revisions

	ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.
	Osama Bin Laden Diss
Genre	Rap Parody
Year	2001 - 2006
Original poster	DaBomb
Search started	2007

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Osama Bin Laden Diss Track is an unsolved parody rap dating from the mid-2000s. The track samples The Watcher by Dr. Dre and has been misattributed to Eminem due to the artist performing the song having a similar flow to him.

History

In 2001 after the September 11th attacks, Dr. Dre had announced a diss track against the Taliban.^[1] The parody song, published online sometime after this, references Dre's statements and uses the beat from his 1999 song "The Watcher,". The song features a man imitating Osama Bin Laden while insulting Dre and referencing the events of September 11th.

The song has been frequently misattributed to Eminem due to somewhat similar styles between his tracks and the diss. This was furthered by the fact Eminem has impersonated Bin Laden before.^[2] A friend of Eminem, Mr Porter, refuted this speculation in a currently deleted tweet.

Search

Initial investigation suggested that x391 had made the song, as he was one of the first known uploaders of the song to YouTube and hadn't posted anything before or since.^[3] This was debunked when an older sample of the song was found in a video by JESSON12, who uploaded an incomplete snippet of it on August 18th, 2006.^[4] An earlier upload of the song was traced back to a post on the somaliaonline forums on January 12th, 2006, which linked to an inaccessible "Radio Baranbaro" music page.^[5] The oldest known source of the song is a torrent file uploaded to the Pirate Bay on August 17th, 2005 by user DaBomb.^[6]

Debunked leads include popular parody rapper Rucka Rucka Ali, known for offensive covers and impersonations of Osama Bin Laden^[7], and Denace, a rapper known for making Eminem-style tracks. Both of them were contacted by COBEYSUCKS and both denied making the track in private messages.^[8]

Currently it is thought that the diss was shared through Limewire or other P2P file sharing platforms on the early internet. A few people have indicated they remember the track from one of these websites.

References

[1] ttps://www.nme.com/news/music/dr-dre-110-1378425

[2] ttps://www.mtv.com/news/a7l9ev/eminem-dresses-up-like-bin-laden-for-without-me-video

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/user/x391

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snqZRy_bJC0

[5] ttps://www.somaliaonline.com/community/topic/8018-osama-bin-laden-disses-dr-dre/

[6] ttps://tpb.party/torrent/3371103/Osama_Bin_Laden_-_Dr._Dre_Diss.mp3

[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hWVSvzh9os

[8] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIrlhUuFcAg

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-'''Osama Bin Laden Diss Track''' is an unsolved parody rap dating from the mid-2000s. The track samples '''The Watcher''' by '''Dr. Dre''' and has been misatributed to '''Eminem''' due to the artist performing the song having a similar flow to him.
+'''Osama Bin Laden Diss Track''' is an unsolved parody rap dating from the mid-2000s. The track samples '''The Watcher''' by '''Dr. Dre''' and has been misattributed to '''Eminem''' due to the artist performing the song having a similar flow to him.
 ==History==
-In 2001, Dr. Dre had announced a diss track against the Taliban. The parody song, published online sometime after this, is likely in reference to Dre's statements and uses the beat from his 1999 song The Watcher. The rapper, doing an impression of Bin Laden, spends most of the track insulting Dre and referencing events of September 11th.
+In 2001 after the September 11th attacks, Dr. Dre had announced a diss track against the Taliban.<ref>https://www.nme.com/news/music/dr-dre-110-1378425</ref> The parody song, published online sometime after this, references Dre's statements and uses the beat from his 1999 song "The Watcher,". The song features a man imitating Osama Bin Laden while insulting Dre and referencing the events of September 11th.
-The earliest known upload of the song was posted in 2007 by a YouTube channel called '''x391'''.
+The song has been frequently misattributed to Eminem due to somewhat similar styles between his tracks and the diss. This was furthered by the fact Eminem has impersonated Bin Laden before.<ref>https://www.mtv.com/news/a7l9ev/eminem-dresses-up-like-bin-laden-for-without-me-video</ref> A friend of Eminem, Mr Porter, refuted this speculation in a currently deleted tweet.
-The song has been frequently misatributed to Eminem due to somewhat similar styles between his tracks and the diss. This was furthered by the fact Eminem has impersonated Bin Laden before. A friend of Eminem, Mr Porter, refuted thus speculation in a currently deleted tweet.
 ==Search==
-Initial investigation suggested that x391 had made the song. This was supported by the fact that they had posted the oldest upload of the diss and hadn't posted anything before or since.
+Initial investigation suggested that '''x391''' had made the song, as he was one of the first known uploaders of the song to YouTube and hadn't posted anything before or since.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/user/x391</ref> This was debunked when an older sample of the song was found in a video by '''JESSON12''', who uploaded an incomplete snippet of it on August 18th, 2006.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snqZRy_bJC0</ref> An earlier upload of the song was traced back to a post on the somaliaonline forums on January 12th, 2006, which linked to an inaccessible "Radio Baranbaro" music page.<ref>https://www.somaliaonline.com/community/topic/8018-osama-bin-laden-disses-dr-dre/</ref> The oldest known source of the song is a torrent file uploaded to the Pirate Bay on August 17th, 2005 by user DaBomb.<ref>https://tpb.party/torrent/3371103/Osama_Bin_Laden_-_Dr._Dre_Diss.mp3</ref>
-This was debunked when an older sample of the song was found in a video by '''JESSON12''', who uploaded an incomplete snippet of it.
-Old school parody provocateur Youtuber '''Rucka Rucka Ali''' was suggested as a possible suspect, as was '''Denace''', a rapper known for making Eminem-style tracks. Both of them were contacted by COBEYSUCKS and both denied making the track in private messages.
+Debunked leads include popular parody rapper '''Rucka Rucka Ali,''' known for offensive covers and impersonations of Osama Bin Laden<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hWVSvzh9os</ref>, and '''Denace''', a rapper known for making Eminem-style tracks. Both of them were contacted by COBEYSUCKS and both denied making the track in private messages.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIrlhUuFcAg</ref>
-Currently it is thought that the diss was shared through Limewire or other p2p file sharing platforms on the early internet. A few people have indicated they remember the track from one of these websites.
+Currently it is thought that the diss was shared through Limewire or other P2P file sharing platforms on the early internet. A few people have indicated they remember the track from one of these websites.
 == References ==