{"id":44475,"date":"2025-08-21T17:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/joey-bada-reveals-hes-actually-a-fan-of-not-like-us\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:23:47","slug":"joey-bada-reveals-hes-actually-a-fan-of-not-like-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/joey-bada-reveals-hes-actually-a-fan-of-not-like-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Bada$$ Reveals He&#8217;s Actually A Fan of &#8216;Not Like Us&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/joey-badass\">Joey Bada$$<\/a> has revealed that he is actually a fan of Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u201cNot Like Us\u201d despite calling out the Compton superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em>, the New Yorker reflected on his war with the West Coast over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMy energy was more connected to, like, it was really in the spirit of, \u2018Yo you having y\u2019all moment, but New York City got something to say too\u2019 type of thing. People had their complications with that, like, \u2018Oh y\u2019all had y\u2019all moment. We ain\u2019t say nothing.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joey continued: \u201cBut I\u2019m like it\u2019s 2025 and it\u2019s playful. It was a playful nature for me. This rap shit is a sport and I have so many allies on the West. From my perspective, if you really seen it, I didn\u2019t mean no disrespect. That wasn\u2019t my intention, but I\u2019m like \u2018Yo we rappin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"optanon-category-C0003\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9; width:100%; height:auto; display:block;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wU1l9ZGhRhc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He concluded by saying: \u201cI was Crip Walking to \u2018Not Like Us\u2019 all summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dropping a number of diss tracks aimed at various West Coast artists, Joey saved some of his most serious barbs for Kendrick.<\/p>\n<p>On diss track \u201cThe Finals\u201d, Joey raps: <em>\u201cI salute you Kenny but I know you well aware \/ You lookin\u2019 for some competition? Then just know that I\u2019ll be right here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The track, which is mainly aimed at TDE rapper Rey Vaughn, also includes bars such as: \u201c<em>The way you let Dot dick sit in your mouth \/ This that same dick linkin\u2019 I was talkin\u2019 about \/ You n-ggas would do anything for the clout \/ Crash out over n-ggas who won\u2019t even let you in they house \/ I bet you ain\u2019t even got his number\/It\u2019s funny how the thirst is bein\u2019 disguised as hunger.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things kicked off between Joey and the West Coast as a whole\u00a0<a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/joey-badass-rulers-back-west-coast-diss\">when he dropped \u201cThe Ruler\u2019s Back\u201d in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the song, he rapped:\u00a0<em>\u201cToo much West Coast dick lickin\u2019 \/ I\u2019m hearing n-ggas throwin\u2019 rocks, really ain\u2019t shit stickin\u2019 \/ \u2018Cause if we\u2019re talking bar for bar, really it\u2019s slim pickings \/ I rap like I draw pentagrams and kill chickens, n-gga \/ Fuck around with your soul like Ether, quick for a feature \/ This that black Air Force energy comin\u2019 out your speaker.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/joey-bada-reveals-hes-actually-a-fan-of-not-like-us\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Bada$$ has revealed that he is actually a fan of Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u201cNot Like Us\u201d despite calling out the Compton superstar. 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