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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 recognized he’s able to go to struggle. On Wednesday (July 16) night time, the Brooklyn rapper stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to debut “ABK,” the primary single from his forthcoming album, Lonely on the Top.

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 talk, I got bigger plans / Back by popular demand, hit him where he stand.”

In the second verse, he seemingly addressed his rap battle with the West Coast, and extra particularly, Ray Vaughn. “They thought I was light work, so they sent their little mans to kill me / Thought it might work, all 2025, I hit ’em where it might hurt,” he spat. The reference turned even clearer towards the top of the verse, when the 1999 artist referred to as himself the nicest emcee since Nas, Biggie and JAY-Z.

The “Love Is Only a Feeling” rapper also name-dropped TDEast, his mock label imprint fans have heard about plenty of times on diss tracks like “THE FINALS” and “CRASH DUMMY.” Watch his full efficiency under.

It clearly goes with out saying, however loads has gone down for Joey Bada$$ prior to now few months. Aside from taking jabs at Vaughn, AZ Chike and even Kendrick Lamar, the Pro Era frontman additionally welcomed a child boy with Serayah in June.

The baby marked Joey Bada$$’ second, as he has a daughter from a earlier relationship. In their joint ESSENCE cowl story, the “Show Me” artist mirrored on how she’s adjusting to turning into an enormous sister. “I think she’s like, ‘I got to share my daddy now?’” he joked. “But I already know she’s going to come around. She’s going to be super hands-on.”

Lonely on the Top presently doesn’t have a launch date but. However, during a sit-down for UPROXX’s “Sound Check,” Joey Bada$$ revealed that he plans on dropping an album by Aug. 30.