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\n\tBe careful what you wish for. After Joyner Lucas<\/a> said clashing with Skepta<\/a> was the \u201cmoment he was waiting for,\u201d the U.K. legend took to the booth and delivered the bristling \u201cFriendly Fire\u201d diss track<\/a>, aiming at Lucas and others on Friday (July 11). <\/p>\n \n\tSkepta had plenty of smoke for JL on the second verse, which he began by sniping at Lucas\u2019 skillset: \u201cJoyner Lucas, you bastard\/ Why you rap like you studied at Harvard?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe continues to jab Joyner for not producing hit songs. \u201cPraise the lord, you want beast? Then I\u2019ve got this\/ You haven\u2019t had a hit song for the longest\/ Too concerned with your clothes\/ You should be focusing on flows,\u201d Skepta raps. <\/p>\n \n\tThat wasn\u2019t all either, as Skepta hailed himself as a \u201cGOAT\u201d while referring to Lucas as a \u201clyrical miracle\u201d and claims he\u2019s looked at as a \u201cjoke\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWhere I\u2019m from, I\u2019m a GOAT\/ Where you\u2019re from, you\u2019re a joke\/ SK turn you to a ghost, yo\/ Talkin\u2019 like you\u2019re lyrical miracle, oh please\/ Where I come from, that\u2019s a default speed,\u201d he spews. <\/p>\n \n\tLucas has been waiting for Skepta<\/a> to step into the ring, so this most likely isn\u2019t the last we\u2019ve heard from this feud, which began brewing last week amid the U.K. versus U.S. rap debate.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI wanna clash an American rapper anyway,\u201d Skepta wrote to X<\/a> on July 3. \u201cFinally get this UK\/US rap debate sorted.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLucas accepted the challenge and baited Skepta<\/a> on July 4. \u201cThe moment I\u2019ve been waiting for\u2026 say the word, Joyner Lucas vs @Skepta #UKvsUS,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \n\tPrior to dropping \u201cFriendly Fire,\u201d Skepta <\/a>offered up a final warning<\/a> for Joyner Lucas. \u201cHey Jonah, I wasn\u2019t even gonna reply back but I\u2019m a rapper\u2019s rapper,\u201d he wrote on his IG Story. \u201cI\u2019m 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?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHowever, Joyner Lucas wasn\u2019t the only person on Skepta\u2019s \u201cFriendly Fire\u201d hit list, as he also jabbed at Hot 97 radio host Ebro Darden and streamer DJ Akademiks. \u201cOld man Ebro\u00a0askin\u2019 me stupid questions \n\tListen to \u201cFriendly Fire\u201d below.<\/p>\n
Tryna use me to get clicks, I said what I said,\u201d he raps to open the track. The bar appears to be tied to their 2024 interview<\/a> on Apple Music, which saw Skepta chime in about the Drake-Kendrick Lamar battle. <\/a><\/p>\n