Cyrus Langhorne
Brooklyn rapper Fabolous recently shared his thoughts on the short-lived feud between longtime pal Troy Ave and Pro Era’s Joey Bada$$.
Although not fully up on the feud, Fab said hip-hop’s competitive nature most likely sparked their war of words.
“I met Troy Ave in the streets – we built our relationship from there. The first time I met him, I didn’t even know he rapped – we ended up clicking,” Fab said regarding his relationship with Troy Ave. “I don’t know all that happened. I heard Troy respond and I heard one of the guys came at Troy, came at him about his albums sales. So I don’t really know everything that happened in it. … It’s not just New York though, it’s a competitive sport so when people throw shots at you, you know, you gotta expect a retaliation too or a reply.” (WiLD 94.1)
Earlier this month, Joey penned a lengthy Instagram post to defend his decision not to drop a diss record on Ave.
Troy Ave allegedly responded to Joey’s disses with his own Instagram post.
Recently, Slaughterhouse’s Royce Da 5’9 spoke on the dispute and scolded Troy for referencing late Joey affiliate Capital STEEZ‘s suicide on his “Bada**” diss song.
“Of course there’s a line, there’s a line with anything in life and he most certainly, absolutely crossed the line. You know, it’s just hip-hop at the end of the day. What did these guys do to each other to make you think it’s OK for you to be able to say that. Troy Ave, if you’re listening, you owe Capital STEEZ’s family an apology. It’s just that simple. You gotta be a man and you gotta admit when you’re wrong about something. … Suicide is a very, very serious thing. It’s not a sign of weakness. It’s not because of drugs. It could be because of anything. Mental disorder and things of that nature are very serious, serious issues. I don’t think there’s nothing cool about the way Troy Ave handled that situation. The kid can rap, why can’t he just rap? Why can’t he just rap and say what he has to say about Joey Bada$$? I don’t understand why that kind of line has to get crossed.” (Complex)
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