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Throw down!

Justin Bieber seems to be starting a bit of a beef with fellow pop star heartthrob Shawn Mendes. Of course everyone knows of Shawn's history with Bieber's wife Hailey Baldwin, so clearly THAT'S got something to do with it but could it also be that Justin's feeling threatened by Mendes' musical success?

The "In My Blood" singer covers the latest issue of the Observer magazine and is dubbed the "Prince of Pop." Shawn posted the cover pic to Instagram and guess who commented?! Justin wrote: "Hmm ‘’ Gonna have to break a few more records to dethrone my title there bud (canadian voice)..but if you want we can play hockey for it but i heard your [sic] a real bender on the ice we could just drop the buckets and tilt for it."

Shawn replied, "@justinbieber LOL any time any day you just let me know!!!!!!"

Some fans didn't get that Bieber was supposedly commenting in jest and one dude wrote, "justin has been dead from music for how long? take a seat bud.” To which Justin replied, “There is no competition and it was a playful joke people relax.. there’s no sides we’re all just here to make dope music. I’m just [as] competitive as he is … so it was just a little playful jargon."

Playful, indeed!