Ab-Soul was part of the Red Bull Freestyle with Joey Bada$$ that caused a lot of tension.
The Los Angeles rapper amped up the Rap beef between Joey Bada$$ and the entire West Coast
“At the end of the day, I was going to be super cool but f**k it, man. I choreographed the whole sh*t,” explained the 38-year-old ahead of the Red Bull BC One Cypher.
“Because of the whole thing with Joey and a couple of the homies. I knew he was going to have something to say about that.”
“Me and Joey are really close, obviously. And so, we had to let the world know that we are just keeping it on wax. Hip-Hop is competitive, it’s a sport. It’s real healthy, but it’s not…it doesn’t have to be disrespectful or dangerous or anything like that…We can get busy and still shake hands.”
He continued to explain, “I also wanted to synchronize it to where if you listen, we’re all kind of getting at each other. Everybody is competing against each other, but it’s a sibling rivalry. It’s a friendly competition… That’s the point we were trying to make… And that’s Hip-Hop, that’s intelligent movement. It’s competitive, it’s a sport.”
During this Red Bull Freestyle cypher, Joey threw some shots at Ray Vaughn and the rest of the West Coast. This sparked a massive feud that seemingly would not end.
Prominent emcees like Daylyt, Reason, and Nyck Caution all delivered their own diss tracks. Furthermore, West Coast artists like AZ Chike and Hitta J3 also delivered some venomous records.
