Will Smith got caught in the crossfire of Joey Badass and Ray Vaughn’s feud—and let’s just hope Big Willie doesn’t feel the need to step in with a verse of his own, because that smoke might be too much to handle.
Ray Vaughn took to X to throw some shade at Joey’s latest single, “ABK.” Clearly unimpressed, Vaughn posted a clip of Will Smith’s “Lunch Break” freestyle, implying that Joey’s verse gave off the same vibes.
“That NEW JOEY VERSE ON ABK WAS LIKE,” Vaughn wrote.
Vaughn hinted that he’s not done yet, posting, “I don’t want nobody in Cali gettin in. Cause he gone cry 20v1,” suggesting more heat is on the way.
Joey Badass dropped “ABK” on July 17 as the lead single off his upcoming project, Lonely At The Top. On the track, he boldly claims his spot among New York’s elite, spitting, “The question rhetorical, who the King of New York is? / If it ain’t me, then who? / I’ma need the proof / If ni**as want to try to dispute, tell them get in the booth.”
Before the single dropped, Joey opened up to TMZ about ranking himself. “I don’t really think it’s my place to rank myself — you know I’m biased,” he said. “I think that I’m one of the illest, but that’s me and I think I’m supposed to feel like that.”
He continued, “I definitely think there’s a lot more work to do, and I’m inspired and charged up to do that work so that the world can get in tune with what I already know.”
Joey and Vaughn’s back-and-forth has been brewing for months, ever since Joey fired shots at West Coast rap on “The Ruler is Back.” Since then, he’s been keeping the pressure on—allegedly filing a trademark for “TDEast,” throwing jabs during a Red Bull Spiral Freestyle, and even calling out Kendrick Lamar just to raise the stakes.
