Key Takeaways:

• Joey Bada$$ clarifies that his “West Coast” lyric was a JAY-Z homage, not a diss.
• He and Ab-Soul spoke privately and agreed the road was not meant as disrespect.
• Joey believes social media and stan tradition exaggerated the strain right into a full-blown rap beef.

Joey Bada$$ says the web made approach an excessive amount of out of his West Coast line on “The Ruler’s Back,” which dropped throughout his feud with Ray Vaughn. On Friday (Sept. 5), he revisited the second throughout the “New Rory & Mal” podcast, even revealing that he checked in with Ab-Soul about it.

The 1999 rapper actually didn’t assume the “Too much West Coast d**k lickin’ / I’m hearin’ n**gas throwin’ rocks, really ain’t s**t stickin’” bar would quantity to a lot, particularly because it was borrowed from JAY-Z. Joey defined, “It ain’t like I said, ‘Yo, f**k the West Coast.’” He added that Ab-Soul additionally felt it wasn’t that large of a deal.

Reflecting on his dialog with the “DO BETTER” artist, Joey talked about they talked for “10, 15 minutes” and laughed about the entire thing. “I’m like, ‘For real, you took any disrespect from that?’ He’s like, ‘Nah, n**ga, n**gas was rapping.’ His favorite thing to say is, ‘You in the gym,’” Joey stated.

In the Brooklyn native’s opinion, what actually blew the strains out of proportion was social media and stan tradition. “The internet nowadays fuels s**t,” he defined. “This narrative started developing and when the narrative started developing, I was like, ‘OK, somebody’s going to take this bait.’”

“I honestly wasn’t prepared,” Joey admitted. “I rolled with the punches.” Check out the clip under.

As most followers know, Vaughn responded to “The Ruler’s Back” with “Crashout Heritage,” which sampled Kendrick Lamar’s “heart pt. 6.” That document set off a string of back-and-forth pictures, with each side buying and selling jabs on tracks like “Impossible Patty,” “Pardon Me,” “H** Era,” “THE FINALS” and extra.

Joey and Ab-Soul are set to hit the street collectively in October for his or her “Dark Aura Tour” alongside Rapsody. See the flyer under.