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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 percent” 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’ “Effective Immediately” podcast, throughout which they weighed in on the East Coast-West Coast rivalry.

“It was good in the sense of just rap,” Pusha T mentioned. “I felt like [there] wasn’t no real ill intent or malicious intent on nobody’s end.” Having navigated his personal justifiable share of beefs — and famously having dismantled one of many best artists of our time — he clearly is aware of a factor or two about “ill intent.”

The Virginia-raised artist continued, “It was just good for them to bust it up like that.” He’s not utterly improper. Joey Bada$$ and Vaughn’s beef finally had no actual losers or winners. In reality, it helped propel the Top Dawg Entertainment signee onto XXL’s Freshman cover and fueled anticipation for the “Christ Conscious” rapper’s upcoming album, Lonely on the Top.

Their battle stemmed from Joey Bada$$ seemingly sending photographs Kendrick Lamar’s manner on “The Ruler’s Back” in January. Vaughn responded on the “heart pt. 6”-sampling “Crashout Heritage,” which led to the 2 throwing jabs and subliminals throughout a string of different tracks. Among them have been “Impossible Patty,” “Pardon Me,” “H** Era,” “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 percent” entertained. “I was enjoying that s**t like everybody else,” the DAYTONA rapper famous.

It must also come as no shock that his favourite tune to come back from that entire change was Lamar’s “euphoria,” wherein he was name-dropped. Earlier within the month, Pusha T advised “The Breakfast Club” that he actually spoke to the Grammy Award winner whereas he was going at it with Drake.