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Pusha T, Joey Badass and Ray Vaughn
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Key Takeaways:
- Pusha T praised the Joey Bada$$ vs. Ray Vaughn beef as a wholesome lyrical change that stayed aggressive.
- The back-and-forth helped increase Vaughn’s profile and construct momentum for Joey Bada$$’ subsequent album.
- Pusha T additionally shared his ideas on the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud, calling it “1,000 p.c” entertaining.
Joey Bada$$ and Ray Vaughn’s rap beef is Pusha T-approved, which says a complete lot. On Monday (July 21), Clipse appeared on DJ Hed and Gina Views’ “Efficient Instantly” podcast, throughout which they weighed in on the East Coast-West Coast rivalry.
“It was good within the sense of simply rap,” Pusha T mentioned. “I felt like [there] wasn’t no actual unwell intent or malicious intent on no person’s finish.” Having navigated his personal fair proportion of beefs — and famously having dismantled one of many best artists of our time — he clearly is aware of a factor or two about “unwell intent.”
The Virginia-raised artist continued, “It was simply good for them to bust it up like that.” He’s not utterly mistaken. Joey Bada$$ and Vaughn’s beef in the end had no actual losers or winners. The truth is, it helped propel the Prime Dawg Leisure signee onto XXL’s Freshman cowl and fueled anticipation for the “Christ Acutely aware” rapper’s upcoming album, Lonely on the Prime.
Their battle stemmed from Joey Bada$$ seemingly sending pictures Kendrick Lamar’s manner on “The Ruler’s Again” in January. Vaughn responded on the “coronary heart pt. 6”-sampling “Crashout Heritage,” which led to the 2 throwing jabs and subliminals throughout a string of different tracks. Amongst them had been “Inconceivable Patty,” “Pardon Me,” “H** Period,” “THE FINALS” and extra.
Their feud clearly occurred months after what’s undoubtedly one of many most-discussed beefs in Hip Hop historical past: Drake vs. Lamar. When requested about it, Pusha T mentioned he was “1,000 p.c” entertained. “I used to be having fun with that s**t like all people else,” the DAYTONA rapper famous.
It also needs to come as no shock that his favourite music to come back from that complete change was Lamar’s “euphoria,” by which he was name-dropped. Earlier within the month, Pusha T instructed “The Breakfast Membership” that he truly spoke to the Grammy Award winner whereas he was going at it with Drake.