J.I.D. has revealed that he stood by Joey Bada$$ during the rapper’s recent lyrical exchange with several West Coast artists.
In a new sit-down with XXL, the two discussed Joey’s back-and-forth with TDE’s Ray Vaughn and other rappers who joined in on the feud.
“He said, ‘Aye bruh, get them n***as,'” Joey joked, recalling what J.I.D. told him (around the 12:30 mark in the video below). Joey also shared his own reaction to the situation: “They got me fucked up. I’m about to Joey n***as. They got the wrong one. Let’s go. Let’s get to it.”
J.I.D. clarified that the exchange wasn’t that deep. “It was real slap boxing shit because nobody really hated each other,” he said, adding that he’s more of a writer than a battle rapper and wouldn’t have gotten involved in that kind of beef himself.
Watch their full comments on the rivalry below:
Joey Bada$$ made it clear he wasn’t holding back in his disses toward Ray Vaughn and other West Coast rappers.
On his fiery response track “Crash Dummy,” released in May, Joey addressed rumors that he attended one of Diddy’s infamous “freak-off” parties and claimed that Top Dawg Entertainment boss Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith had asked for his help in boosting Vaughn’s visibility.
“I was at the party, but I also saw Top there,” Joey raps. “He said, ‘Hey, Joey, I got this artist named Ray Vaughn / And I’d appreciate if you would really help me put him on’ / I said, ‘Okay, Top, but you know it’s gon’ cost you’ / You know I really want the one who elevated your roster.”
Joey didn’t stop there — he turned his lyrical fire on Top Dawg himself, referencing the label head’s legal troubles.
“Joey just spun again, how could it be? / It’s like he knew it was comin’, the future, what he foresee? / Have you ever thought TDE was working for me?,” he spits. “Last time I checked, your label exec’s was in hot water / The Diddy house angle is terrible, you makin’ it way too easy for me, we ain’t comparable.”
On another track, “ABK,” an acronym for “anybody killer,” Joey crowned himself the King of New York, declaring his dominance and asserting that he came out on top of the entire feud.
