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The 7 Best Civil Wars, Ranked
If this country’s gonna fracture, let it happen like one of these glorious conflagrations
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7. Dru Hill
In 2008, Baltimore’s finest R&B quartet had a whole ass fight live on the radio that had them about five steps from whipping each other’s asses. Word followed that it was all staged, though that would imply that there was a reason for doing it — selling reunion tour tickets, getting resigned to Def Soul, anything.
6. Everybody vs. Meghan McCain
What’s better than a civil war? One that you get to relive every single morning. The cast of The View hating on McCain daily — and her whining in response — remains appointment viewing that’s casualty-free. (Well, except for our brain cells.)
5. Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj
When the two divas became judges on American Idol, all the world had to do was wait. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that their egos would clash — and they did just that, fighting throughout the show, live on the air, providing damn near enough shade to…