Ab-Soul Speaks On Joey Bada$$ And West Coast Rap Feud: “It’s A Sport”

Hip-Hop Wired Presents: CRT FRSH (Certified Fresh) Playlist 5.23.25

CRT FRSH, Hip-Hop Wired’s playlist where we showcase music that we believe is “Certified Fresh,” is back with the newness! With our latest update this week, we’re gonna focus on Joey BadA$$ and his feud with what seems like the entire West Coast before sharing new heat. I want to explain how I approach curating the CRT FRSH playlist. Most importantly, I don’t segregate my Hip-Hop. Every form of music from the main cultural tree deserves a listen…

Ab-Soul Speaks On Joey Bada$$ And West Coast Rap Feud: “It’s A Sport”

Ab-Soul shares his outlook on the rap battle between Joey Bada$$ and his west coast peers in a conversation with VIBE.

Ray Vaughn Speaks On Joey Badass Beef in New Interview

TDE’s Ray Vaughn is squabbling for respect. After Joey Bada$$ sent an apparent shot at the West Coast on the January track “The Ruler’s Back,” Ray felt obliged to clap back and represent for his coast. One week later, the Long Beach, Calif. MC did exactly that in the form of “Crashout Heritage.” It’s been up ever since. Both … The post Ray Vaughn Speaks On Joey Badass Beef in New Interview appeared first on W CNN RADIO NEWS.

The East Versus West Rap Battle Of 2025 Totaled 93 Diss Tracks

While the Joey Bada$$ and Ray Vaughn battle was the main hip-hop event of the past few weeks, don’t forget about everyone else. Thanks to the one and only Justin Hunte, also known as The Company Man, we now have a solid idea of just how many tracks went back and forth throughout this whole exchange. Per Hunte on Twitter, everything from Joey’s “The Ruler’s Back” all the way to Aaron Rose’s “STOCKHOLM SYNDROME” encompasses a whopping 93 diss trac…

Joey Bada$$’ 20 vs. 1: A Breakdown of the Rap Battle Royale

Joey Bada$$ started the year off by throwing down the gauntlet. Back in January, the Brooklyn rhymer kicked off 2025 with “The Ruler’s Back,” an East Coast banger (right down to the Slick Rick/Jay-Z nod in the title) that took aim at West Coast contemporaries and announced that Joey was taking no prisoners. Since the release of the song, it’s been months of lyrical sparring between Joey and a seemingly ever-growing list of Golden State emcees lo…