Marvin Watson Jr. (born March 19, 1976),[1] better known by his stage name Messy Marv, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California.
In 2005, Messy Marv was involved in a feud with G-Unit, which escalated when Obie Trice, a member of Shady Records, said in a radio interview on KMEL: "in San Francisco I have to cover my ass."
Following this, Guce and Messy Marv released a diss track, "50 Explanations", on the album Pill Music: The Rico Act, Vol.
[14] On April 19, 2007, rapper Spider Loc released a diss track towards Marv, and Game called "Ova Killa" featuring Papa Smurf.
[21][22] On September 25, 2013, Philthy Rich released a track entitled "Swear to God" featuring Kurt Diggler, where he dissed Messy Marv and other Bay Area rappers Kafani & DB Tha General.
[23] On October 15 of the same year, Philthy Rich released a freestyle diss track about Marv over the beat of Drake's "Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2".
[24] The next day, under his alias "Lil Paper'd Up Mess", Marv responded with the diss track "I'm Right Here",[25] originally with plans to follow up with a full album entitled Philthy Rich Is A Bitch.
[26] The same day, October 16, Philthy released a diss record entitled Messy Marv Is A Fake Blood.