{"id":669680,"date":"2025-05-16T20:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kendrick-lamar-challenged-to-rap-battle-by-joey-bada\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T20:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:25:17","slug":"kendrick-lamar-challenged-to-rap-battle-by-joey-bada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kendrick-lamar-challenged-to-rap-battle-by-joey-bada\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Challenged To Rap Battle By Joey Bada$$"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Kendrick Lamar has been challenged to a rap battle by Joey Bada$$.<\/p>\n<p>Bada$$ has been waging a one man war on the West Coast in recent months and has now made it clear he wants to duel with the \u201cNot Like Us\u201d superstar.<\/p>\n<p>On new diss track \u201cThe Finals\u201d, Joey raps: <em>\u201cI salute you Kenny but I know you well aware \/ You lookin\u2019 for some competition? Then just know that I\u2019ll be right here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The track, which is mainly aimed at TDE r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Rey Vaughn, also includes bars such as: \u201c<em>The way you let Dot dick sit in your mouth \/ This that same dick linkin\u2019 I was talkin\u2019 about \/ You n-ggas would do anything for the clout \/ Crash out over n-ggas who won\u2019t even let you in they house \/ I bet you ain\u2019t even got his number\/It\u2019s funny how the thirst is bein\u2019 disguised as hunger.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joey Bada$$ - THE FINALS (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qd4F-Woh8KU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Things kicked off between Joey and the West Coast when he dropped \u201cThe Ruler\u2019s Back\u201d in January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-player\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ad-background\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/assets\/img\/DX-City_Silhouette.png\" alt=\"HipHopDX | Rap &amp; Hip Hop News | Ad Placeholder\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-indicator-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-indicator\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"border\">\n<div class=\"ad-border-top\">\n<div class=\"left-border\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-loading-text\">\n<p>AD LOADING&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right-border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-border-bottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"vc-player\" class=\"video-player-ad\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-indicator\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the song, he rapped: <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>The song led to responses from the likes of Vaughn and Daylyt as well as Ab-Soul during a recent freestyle where he went face to face with Joey.<\/p>\n<p>Ab-Soul spat during the cypher:\u00a0<em>\u201cLyt was heavy and Ray definitely stepped \/ But this is Hip Hop, you know we still on that \/ It was healthy for the sport, sticking to the roots, keeping it competitive \/ Just be lucky that Soul ain\u2019t stepping in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Joey rapped in reply: <em>\u201cFirst off, I could never hate the West Coast \/ But since n-ggas comin\u2019 for Joe, fuck it then, let\u2019s go \/ N-ggas must\u2019ve forgot what Dot said on \u2018Control\u2019 \/ There\u2019s still a buncha sensitive rappers in they pyjama clothes. I guess, this ain\u2019t no East versus West \/ I just think that I\u2019m the best, as a matter fact, I know \/ These bars could put bad boys on death row \/ Kinda crazy how Suge and Puff in jail, though (Damn) (Woah) \/ Yo, I was at the party but I never seen a freak off (Woah) \/ Instead a battle rapper on stage showing his cheeks off (Ayo).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Bada$$ has been waging a one man war on the West Coast in recent months and has now made it clear he wants to duel with the \u201cNot Like Us\u201d superstar. On new diss track \u201cThe Finals\u201d, Joey raps: \u201cI salute you Kenny&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/app.hiphopdx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kendrick-Lamar-Challenged-To-Rap-Battle-By-Joey-Bada-.jpg?w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[149547,77576],"class_list":["post-669680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-joey-badass","tag-kendrick-lamar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}