Cyrus Langhorne
New York rap veteran Smoke DZA recently shared his thoughts on the publicized hip-hop feud between close pal Joey Bada$$ and fellow Empire State rapper Troy Ave.
In the Kush God’s perspective, the lyrical battle is a good look for hip-hop.
“We laughed,” Smoke said when asked for his thoughts on Troy Ave’s “Bada**” song. “I think it’s good for the sport, personally. You know, a lot of people might take offense to the [Capital STEEZ] line but you know, it’s been worse said in hip-hop. So, I mean, we’re at the age and era where everybody Kum Ba Ya. F*ck that Kum Ba Ya sh*t. If it gotta be like that, then it gotta be like that. Everybody feel like they, n*ggas is nice. Joey knows. Joey is seasoned and groomed and he’s got a lot of big homies that give him great advice. Very interesting. So he’s very good. I won’t disclose what my advice to him is. But what I will say is, for the sake of the sport, you got to play the sport. So we’ll see.” (“Sway In The Morning”)
Joey revealed a screenshot of past disses Troy put out on Twitter against hip-hop veteran Nas Wednesday (March 2).
This week, A$AP Mob’s A$AP Twelvyy and A$AP Ant went at Troy on Twitter for dissing late Joey affiliate Capital STEEZ.
Troy called into “Sway In The Morning” this week to explain where his feud with STEEZ affiliate Joey Bada$$ stemmed from.
“I was minding my business, doing my thing, getting my money. I was focused in spreading love, promoting positivity, not preaching the negative. I’ve been doing that the whole entire year. … We’re really independent. I spend my own money on investing in myself – we’re really in the streets. Then he threw a subliminal saying I technically sold 60,000 records, we’re the number one independent label – I forgot what I said but it was something along the lines of you’re signed to Sony and Cinematic and this and that, oh, you work for those people and you sold 60,000 records and nobody cares. It was something like that. After that, somebody reached out to me – I said tell him not to say anything about me anymore. … Then I’m chilling, minding my business – then I see other weirdos in my comments with a black fist, I guess he made a song with called ‘Ready’ and I still ain’t even listen to the song. First time I heard it was on the radio last night – I heard the line – I’m like, ‘What’s that about dog? Why would you think it’s OK or safe to speak my name?’ – I’m not for play. So he opened Pandora’s Box by bringing his other boy Kirk Knight into this.” (“Sway In The Morning”)
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