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Ab-Soul, Joey Badass and Ray Vaughn

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Ab-Soul is stepping again within the ring. On Tuesday (Might 27), the HERBERT rapper shared a freestyle responding to Joey Badass’ ongoing feud — for the second time, technically — involving Ray Vaughn, Daylyt and extra West Coast artists.

On the Low the Nice-produced minimize, Soulo fired off warning pictures and, surprisingly, critiqued a few of Vaughn’s earlier bars. “Catch you a pleasant fade, then maintain it that manner / TDEast was a motherf**kin’ stretch, actual s**t,” he rapped in reference to Joey’s declare on “THE FINALS” about creating an East Coast equal to Prime Dawg Leisure.

Elsewhere, the Carson native poked enjoyable on the sheer variety of Diddy-related bars in Vaughn’s response observe, “Golden Eye.” Ab-Soul dished out, “And Vaughn Wick may’ve referenced Puff a lil’ an excessive amount of / However cuh needed all of the motherf**kin’ smoke, therefore why he was so blunt.”

Very like the TDE lyricist’s “Crimson Bull Spiral Freestyle” with Massive Sean and his “lil’ homie” Joey, Ab-Soul tried to maintain issues pleasant, not less than to a level, whereas telling everybody else to again off. Just a few bars later, he rapped, “I do not know you different n**fuel, I ain’t ever knockin’ no hustle / I am simply sayin’, you may wish to faucet in earlier than you find yourself in some hassle, huh.”

Then got here maybe essentially the most thrilling a part of the freestyle: Soulo addressing Lamar’s silence amid Joey and different East Coast rappers’ jabs on the GNX rapper. “N**fuel name theyself tryna beefin’ Dot? Hehe, haha / When gang is aware of this straight, dancing round stadiums offered out / It is best y’all again up, ‘trigger fairly frankly, if he truly wanted again up / Y’all know he’d simply carry Soul out,” he unloaded.

DJ Akademiks Responds To Ab-Soul’s Diss

Towards the very finish of the freestyle, Ab-Soul additionally threw a jab at DJ Akademiks, who, unsurprisingly, didn’t admire the point out. “I’ma slap Akademiks once I see him,” the “Norbit” rapper stated. Subsequently, the web commentator tweeted, “Sounds wonderful. Simply remind that n**ga they gained’t throw a funeral for him like Nipsey [Hussle]. Preserve rapping, lil’ n**ga. We ain’t see [you] slap nothing but.”