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Joey Badass and Ray Vaughn are not letting up on one another anytime quickly. On Monday (Might 19) night time, the Brooklyn rapper added extra gasoline to the fireplace with the Loaded Lux-assisted “MY TOWN,” just for the Prime Dawg Leisure signee to reply about an hour later with “Golden Eye.”
Sampling Cam’ron’s “Welcome To New York Metropolis,” Joey declares, “F**okay a 20 v. one, n**ga, I’ll take anyone” — possible referencing the lengthy checklist of West Coast artists who’ve been coming at him recently, together with AZ Chike, Daylyt and, in fact, Vaughn. “I am smokin’ all you n**fuel within the blunt, this the sunshine pack / The irony for months, they instructed Joey to combat again,” he spits.
“Look, Ray Vaughn was so final week / Now, I am listening to s**t about some n**ga named A** Cheek,” he humorously rhymes, clearly taking part in off AZ Chike’s identify. He continues, “Who wanna be the subsequent sufferer? / What number of Prime Dawgs will it take to sick ’em?” Elsewhere in his verse, the Professional Period frontman references “Energy Ebook III: Elevating Kanan,” Vivica A. Fox and DJ Vlad. Take a hearken to “MY TOWN” under.
Ray Vaugn’s Responds To “MY TOWN” With Scathing “Golden Eye” Diss
Vaughn got here again swinging simply as onerous on “Golden Eye,” allotting traces like, “Holy s**t, it gotta get again on Troy and ain’t say s**t / Heard he out right here begging for Dot, I let the Ok spit.” Moments later, the Lengthy Seashore native takes jabs at Joey’s collective: “Look, CJ received no hit, Kirk received no hit / You ain’t received no hits, so Professional Period do not exist.”
Vaughn additionally referenced Joey’s longtime girlfriend, Serayah, and his pivot into performing, suggesting it was as a result of the 1999 artist “could not get a Grammy.” “Rap for 20 years, nonetheless ain’t made Massive Three / Now he went to TV ‘trigger in New York, you a cast-out,” the rapper says over the refrain. Peep the report under.
A Temporary Timeline Of Joey Badass And Ray Vaughn’s Beef
All through the whole thing of their beef, Joey and Vaughn have undoubtedly hit one another the place it hurts. It began in January, when the Summer time Knights creator seemingly claimed rap followers had been doing “an excessive amount of West Coast d**okay lickin’” on “The Ruler’s Again.” Per week later, Vaughn responded with the “coronary heart pt. 6”-sampling “Crashout Heritage.”
Joey then doubled down with “Sorry Not Sorry” and “Pardon Me,” each of which ended up being on his February EP, Pardon Me. Then, the “Elevating Kanan” actor teamed up with Massive Sean and Ab-Soul — Vaughn’s TDE labelmate — for his or her “Crimson Bull Spiral Freestyle,” by which he throws much more punches. “However f**okay it, shine a light-weight on ’em, I’mma gentle Ray / Now how can I say this all in a pleasant manner? / In case you want the eye, inform Prime he gotta pay,” he raps, amongst its many different loaded bars.
Vaughn shortly shot again with “H** Period,” adopted by Joey matching that vitality on “THE FINALS,” and now right here we’re.