Skepta is making good on his promise to go at Joyner Lucas. After the two rappers had a pointed back-and-forth via Twitter and alluded to a United States versus United Kingdom rap battle, Skepta has now released the new track “Friendly Fire,” which takes aim at Lucas, calling out the rapper from Massachusetts.
“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 / Who said that I’ma lose? I need answers..”
From there, Skepta slams Lucas for his background and lack of commercial success; but he not only goes in on Lucas: “Friendly Fire” also blasts DJ Akademiks (“Time to wipe the smile off Ak’s face / Time to say, ‘Chat, W Skepta.’”) and Ebro Darden:
“Old man Ebro askin’ me stupid questions / Tryna use me to get clicks / I said what I said / Now I’m reaping the benefits, this ain’t beef, that’s expensive / You know I ain’t tryna lose pounds, I ain’t on the Ozempic / Come uptown, white wine, hummus and breadsticks…”
This whole saga began on July 3, when Skepta announced on X that he wants to take on a U.S. rapper on wax; and he proposed multiple battles between U.K. and U.S. artists.
“I wanna clash an American rapper anyway,” Skepta tweeted. “Finally get this U.K./U.S. rap debate sorted.”
“The moment I’ve been waiting for… the word, Joyner Lucas vs @Skepta #UKvsUS,” Lucas tweeted in response. Skepta fired back — claiming that he’d reference Lucas on an upcoming diss track intended for A$AP Rocky — which he later said was just him hyping things up as he doesn’t plan to diss Rocky.
“You may cut the numbers out there and I respect it,” he said of Lucas’ fanbase. “So, when I make my diss track for Rocky, I’m gonna give you two bars and then make one of the young Gs just rub you out… I didn’t do the work that I did for Jonah [sic] Lucas just to be saying my name anyhow. I got diss track on YouTube with 30 million views, no ad-libs. It’s levels, bro.”
Joyner then posted a viral video of comedian Aries Spears mocking British grime. Skepta also issued a warning to Lucas via Instagram.
“Hey Jonah, I wasn’t even gonna reply back but I’m a rapper’s rapper,” Skepta wrote on his IG Story. “I’m gonna respect the fact that you stood up and said something. The first man, you get me? But this is just another example of the ignorance. Jonah, if you was from the U.K., fam? Quiet, bro, understand?”
You can check out “Friendly Fire” below.
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