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Key Takeaways:
- Joey Bada$$ premiered his latest single, “ABK,” dwell on nationwide TV, giving followers a primary style of his subsequent period.
- The efficiency included lyrical photographs at Ray Vaughn and references to his East Coast roots and mock label TDEast.
- The 1999 creator additionally lately welcomed a child boy with Serayah, including a private milestone to his busy summer season.
Joey Bada$$ is making it identified he’s able to go to battle. On Wednesday (July 16) evening, the Brooklyn rapper stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” to debut “ABK,” the primary single from his forthcoming album, Lonely on the Prime.
Taking the stage behind a podium with a “The United $tate$ of Rap” plaque, Joey Bada$$ wasted no time delivering bars like, “It’s the Beast Coast boogeyman, steppin’ in my Timberlands / I ain’t with the small speak, I obtained larger plans / Again by standard demand, hit him the place he stand.”
Within the second verse, he seemingly addressed his rap battle with the West Coast, and extra particularly, Ray Vaughn. “They thought I used to be gentle work, so that they despatched their little mans to kill me / Thought it’d work, all 2025, I hit ’em the place it’d harm,” he spat. The reference turned even clearer towards the top of the verse, when the 1999 artist known as himself the nicest emcee since Nas, Biggie and JAY-Z.
The “Love Is Solely a Feeling” rapper additionally name-dropped TDEast, his mock label imprint followers have heard about loads of occasions on diss tracks like “THE FINALS” and “CRASH DUMMY.” Watch his full efficiency under.
It clearly goes with out saying, however lots has gone down for Joey Bada$$ previously few months. Except for taking jabs at Vaughn, AZ Chike and even Kendrick Lamar, the Professional Period frontman additionally welcomed a child boy with Serayah in June.
The kid marked Joey Bada$$’ second, as he has a daughter from a earlier relationship. Of their joint ESSENCE cowl story, the “Present Me” artist mirrored on how she’s adjusting to turning into an enormous sister. “I believe she’s like, ‘I obtained to share my daddy now?’” he joked. “However I already know she’s going to return round. She’s going to be tremendous hands-on.”
Lonely on the Prime at present doesn’t have a launch date but. Nonetheless, throughout a sit-down for UPROXX’s “Sound Examine,” Joey Bada$$ revealed that he plans on dropping an album by Aug. 30.