Songs the Artist Hates
Music 9/11s
Artist Stories
This Inspired This
Artists' Real Names
200
Juice WRLD said, about this 2017 Diamond song, "I hate it with a passion...It’s getting tired to me. I still play it."
What is "Lucid Dreams"?
200
When Zayn Malik left this Band on March 25, 2015, it was likely 9/11 for Facebook users born post-9/11.
What is One Direction?
200
After his band broke up for the first time and left Studio One, he worked as a forklift operator in the US to raise money to start his Tuff Gong label, then returned to Jamaica and reunited with his band.
Who is Bob Marley?
200
This album cover is inspired by this iconic picture of Princess Diana on a diving board.
What is "SOS"?
200
Christopher Edwin Breaux said, "I changed my name on my birthday last year, it was the most empowering thing I did in 2010, for sure. I went on LegalZoom and changed my name. It just felt cool."
He changed his name to This.
Who is Frank Ocean?
400
In a 2013 interview, Kanye West stated that he made this song to raise money to create an immersive live experience for his fans. At least Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx also got paid.
What is "Gold Digger"?
400
This reggae artist, founding member of The Wailers, and "Equal Rights" singer actually died on 9/11/1987 after being robbed by a former friend.
Who is Peter Tosh?
400
She was the first female artist to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 in 1987. (Her bathroom was also the cover of Pusha T's "Daytona").
Who is Whitney Houston?
400
Replace the lion with an alligator, and you basically have this rapper's debut mixtape's cover.
Who is Doechii?
400
Helen Folasade Adu
Who is Sade?
600
This Frank Sinatra song, though his most famous, was one he hated, calling it self-serving and self-indulgent.
What is "My Way"?
600
Is it a 9/11, when he has been posting tweets like this since the advent of Twitter, maybe not, but it's still fitting.
Who is Kanye West?
600
**Daily Double**
This baritone singer was jailed for stealing $30,000 in Cadillac tires. He credited hearing Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never" while imprisoned with changing the course of his life.
Who is Barry White?
600
The music video for the hit song "Stronger" is heavily inspired by this show/movie, which is famously Kanye West's favorite anime.
What is Akira?
600
Adidja Azim Palmer
Who is Vybz Kartel?
800
Radiohead hated their most famous song so much that the band almost broke up, fearing they would become a one-hit wonder. They also hated it because they didn't want people to relate to it.
What is "Creep"?
800
Depending on who you ask, these two rap/R&B artists' unfollowing each other on Instagram on July 24, 2025, was a huge deal.
Who are Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator?
800
This Blue Notes artist, dubbed the next "Marvin Gaye", was stalked by Marvin Gaye while he was on a date with Gaye's ex-wife.
Who is Teddy Pendergrass?
800
Lil Uzi Vert becomes this Wesley Snipes action hero, maybe he'll pay his taxes so that we can keep the rights to the franchise.
Who is Blade?
800
Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe
Who is Lil Tecca?
1000
Lupe Fiasco said he felt pressured by his label to create This less lyrical song for his album "Lasers", saying, "It just needs to be something easy on the eyes."
What is "The Show Goes On"?
1000
Probably the first "Music 9/11" was "The Day the Music Died", Don McLean in his song, "American Pie" says, "I can't remember if I cried. When I read about his widowed bride" in reference to him, the most famous person who died in a plane crash.
Who is Buddy Holly?
1000
This rap boy band was born from an internet thread on a Kanye West message board in 2014. The thread title was "Anyone wanna make a band?"
Who are Brockhampton?
1000
This D'Angelo song cuts off suddenly because the recording tape he was using ran out.
Questlove left the cut-off ending as is, inspired by The Beatles' song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)." The song is also an homage to many of Prince's songs.
What is Untitled (How Does It Feel)?
1000
Jamar Rolando McNaughton
Who is Chronixx?