Skepta took several shots at Joyner Lucas with his “Friendly Fire” diss track on July 11, and the Massachusetts rapper appears ready to step in the booth and offer up his response.
Lucas posted a clip to social media on Sunday (July 13) acknowledging Skepta’s jabs, but also teasing his plans to reply. “Alright, say less, my boy,” he stated matter-of-factly after listening to the U.K. rapper’s track.
Joyner sparked the feud after seeing Skepta crown the U.K. rappers over what the American spitters had to offer. “The moment I’ve been waiting for… say the word, Joyner Lucas vs @Skepta
#UKvsUS,” he wrote.
Skepta fired back via Instagram Stories: “Hey Jonah, I wasn’t even gonna reply back but I’m a rapper’s rapper. 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 UK, fam? Quiet, bro, understand?”
The U.K. rhymer referred to Lucas as a “joke” and dissed his rapping style as well as his inability to produce hits throughout the bristling “Friendly Fire.” “Where I’m from, I’m a GOAT/ Where you’re from, you’re a joke/ SK turn you to a ghost, yo/ Talkin’ like you’re lyrical miracle, oh please/ Where I come from, that’s a default speed,” Skepta spews on the track.
Drake chimed in on the U.K.-U.S. rapper debate, and he’s siding with London. “London rappers are the best lyricists in the world,” Drizzy said during his Wireless Festival set. “No disrespect to America, but nobody in the world can outrap London rappers.”
Lucas laughed at Drake’s comments, and now the countdown appears to be on to when his response to Skepta will arrive.