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Kendrick Lamar, Ray Vaughn and Joey Badass

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Key Takeaways

• Kendrick Lamar suggested Ray Vaughn to take away ad-libs from his Joey Badass disses, conserving issues sharp and intentional.
• Vaughn defined that High Dawg Leisure has a “protocol” for releasing tracks, even throughout lively rap beefs.
• The back-and-forth between Vaughn and Joey has cooled, with each artists now centered on upcoming tasks.

Ray Vaughn picked up just a few pointers from Kendrick Lamar throughout his ongoing rap beef with Joey Badass. Throughout a Friday (June 6) look on “The Bootleg Kev Podcast,” the Lengthy Seaside rapper opened up in regards to the behind-the-scenes recommendation he bought from the Pulitzer Prize winner.

“I am on the cellphone with [Lamar] after I’m going at Joey, [like], ‘Hey, do you f**ok with this?'” he shared. “I at all times get suggestions. S**t nonetheless do not come out [whenever I want]. It is nonetheless bought a protocol.”

Regardless of what some would possibly assume, no, Lamar didn’t give Vaughn any traces. “If something, it is like, ‘Take one thing out,’” the High Dawg Leisure artist defined, noting that it wasn’t about bars or disses, however extra about trimming issues down. “Like ad-libs.” Watch the clip under.

Many followers would possibly say having the “Not Like Us” hitmaker in your nook is considerably of an unfair benefit, particularly after what he did to Drake final yr. Nevertheless, as Ab-Soul and some others from the West Coast have identified, Joey seemingly had his sights set on Okay. Dot from the beginning.

Elsewhere in his dialog with Bootleg Kev, Vaughn defined that TDE at all times has some enter on what will get launched, particularly since tracks exit via the label’s official channels. “It is nonetheless the way in which we run TDE. It is nonetheless the identical factor,” he stated. “You have to go down the road…Once they submit it, it is occurring TDE’s web page. It’s like, ‘N**ga, you talking, and it’s coming from our aspect, so just be sure you’re coming appropriate.’”

Since their back-and-forth began, Vaughn has taken jabs at Joey by means of tracks like “Crashout Heritage,” “H** Period” and “Golden Eye.” The Brooklyn native returned hearth throughout his “Pink Bull Spiral Freestyle,” “THE FINALS” and “CRASH DUMMY.”

Issues seem to have cooled off recently, particularly after Ab-Soul referred to as for the 2 to maintain it a “pleasant fade” in a freestyle released back in May. To not point out, each Vaughn and Joey are engaged on upcoming tasks, and with the 1999 creator anticipating a baby quickly, the meat would possibly keep on pause for some time.