Skepta and Joyner Lucas have been going back and forth on social media after the U.K. rapper said that he wanted to “clash an American rapper” to “get this UK/US rap debate sorted” on X July 3.
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Over the weekend, the U.K. legend had a message for Lucas that he posted on his Instagram Story as he was getting off a flight. “Hey Jonah, I wasn’t even gonna reply back but I’m a rapper’s rapper,” he said in response to Lucas saying this was the moment he’s been waiting for on his X account. “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?”
However, while being slightly offended that he was the first American rapper to speak up, Skepta said that he may give him some acknowledgement in a diss track that he has planned for A$AP Rocky. “You may cut the numbers out there and I respect it,” he said of Lucas’ listenership. “So, when I make my diss track for Rocky, I’m gonna give you two bars and then make one of the young Gs just rub you out… I didn’t do the work that I did for Jonah Lucas just to be saying my name anyhow. I got diss track on YouTube with 30 million views, no ad-libs. It’s levels, bro.”
Joyner then replied on X with a clip of comedian Aries Spears making fun of British rappers to which Skepta responded by writing, “I was wondering who’s perspective you were gonna diss me from, never would have guessed Aaron Spears.”
In the midst of all this back and forth, fans were confused by the mention of a Rocky diss track, being that he and the Harlem rapper seemingly have a close relationship and frequently collaborate together. Skepta cleared things up, though, by posting that it’s all in fun.
“It’s not beef, Rocky is my family,” he said. “Rap is a sport, same way we have dissing matches on the block we can do it on record.” And when one fan on X said that he and Rocky basically already clashed on their single “Praise the Lord,” Big Smoke said that he thinks a clash with his friend would be great. “I think me vs Rocky would be a [fire] clash,” he wrote on X. “No violence, just bars, punchlines and counteractions.”
During his spree of messages on X last week, Skepta even started suggesting matchups of what a U.S. vs. U.K. rap battle would look like. He matched up Chip with Kendrick Lamar, Dave with Lil Wayne, Central Cee with Jack Harlow, Queenie with Megan Thee Stallion, his brother JME with Tyler, the Creator, Eminem with Ghetts, Lancey with Travis Scott, Youngs Teflon with Meek Mill, and Blade Brown with Pusha T.
