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Key Takeaways:
- Skepta’s new observe “Pleasant Fireplace” immediately disses Joyner Lucas and throws photographs at DJ Akademiks and Ebro Darden.
- A line referencing “Reward The Lord (Da Shine)” has followers speculating that ASAP Rocky can also be a goal.
- The lyrics reignite the U.Okay. vs. U.S. rap rivalry, including new warmth to the continuing debate.
Let the U.Okay. versus U.S. rap battle formally start! On Friday (July 11) at midnight, Skepta fired a shot heard around the globe with “Pleasant Fireplace,” his diss observe geared toward Joyner Lucas.
He wastes no time moving into it. “Previous man Ebro askin’ me silly questions / Trynna use me to get clicks, I mentioned what I mentioned,” Skepta raps within the opening verse. For many who may’ve missed it, he sat down with Ebro Darden for Apple Music final 12 months, the place they most notably mentioned whether or not the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef had gone too far.
A couple of bars later, the Insomnia artist takes photographs at DJ Akademiks: “Time to wipe the smile off Ak’s face / Time to say, ‘Chat, W Skepta.’” Regardless of beforehand claiming he’d have “two bars max” for Lucas, Skepta evidently had much more to get off his chest.
“Joyner Lucas, you bastard / Why you rap such as you studied at Harvard?” he begins the second verse, adopted by traces like, “Catch ’em exterior and transfer to him, heartless / Cuts, bruises and plasters / If I see him on tour in London, I leap on stage and transfer to his dancers.”
Though Skepta would not name out ASAP Rocky by title, he does reference their platinum-selling collaboration and vogue, which is greater than sufficient purpose for followers to suppose it is aimed on the Harlem rapper. “Reward the Lord, you need beast? Then I’ve acquired this: / You have not had a success music for the longest / Too involved together with your garments / You ought to be specializing in flows,” he later dishes out.
As Skepta clarified earlier within the week, “Rocky is my household,” so don’t anticipate issues to get too private there. That being mentioned, everybody else appears to be honest recreation.