Skepta caught to his phrase on Friday (July 11) when he dropped “Friendly Fire” and took photographs at A$AP Rocky and Joyner Lucas in a no-frills diss that reignited the simmering UK vs US rap rivalry.

The grime pioneer, who just lately challenged American rappers to a lyrical showdown, opened fireplace on his former collaborator A$AP Rocky with a jab at his musical output and style priorities:

“Praise the lord, you want beast? Then I’ve got this/You haven’t had a hit song for the longest/Too concerned with your clothes/You should be focusing on flows.”

Skepta then turned his consideration to Joyner Lucas, delivering a scathing verse that mocked his rap model: “Joyner Lucas, you bastard/Why you rap like you studied at Harvard?/Catch ’em outside and move to him, heartless/Cuts, bruises, and plasters/If I see him on tour in London, I jump on stage and move to his dancers.”

He didn’t cease there. Skepta made his stance clear with a blunt declaration: “Where I’m from, I’m a goat. Where you’re from, you’re a joke.”

Skepta – Friendly Fire

The monitor shortly lit up social media, with listeners cracking jokes and predicting how Joyner would possibly clap again.

One consumer quipped, “Joyner finna rap from the perspective of a crumpet.” Another joked, “Joyner Lucas about to drop a diss track in his own voice and in Skepta’s accent. This s### gon be easy money for Joyner.”

A 3rd added, “Joyner bout to rap from the perspective of a UK soldier during WW2 eating beans and toast.”

Skepta opened up concerning the motivation behind the monitor and his current posts, claiming US rappers have all the time regarded down on UK artists.

“Time to get the respect we deserve,” Skepta declared throughout a current interview. He added that he’s not saying British rappers would “annihilate” their American counterparts however insisted, “It’s positively potential.

The diss follows Skepta’s posts final week when he publicly known as for a transatlantic rap battle to settle the long-standing rivalry between UK and US Hip-Hop. He emphasised the problem was about lyrical talent, not beef: “no violence, just bars, punchlines and counteractions.”

Skepta even laid out a fantasy card of matchups, together with himself vs. A$AP Rocky, Ghetts vs. Eminem, Chip vs. Kendrick Lamar, Dave vs. Lil Wayne and Central Cee vs Jack Harlow.

He argued that UK artists have a bonus attributable to their grime roots and deep examine of American rap, whereas US rappers not often return the favor.

Joyner Lucas was one of many first to accept the problem, prompting Skepta to vow he’d be talked about within the diss aimed toward Rocky. He saved that promise.

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