With his album A.A.B.A dropping in a month’s time, 22-year-old Joey Badass has certainly ruffled some feathers with new claims that he would ‘flame’ 2Pac in a rap battle.
“I already know I’m a better rapper than 2Pac is. That’s just facts. One on one battle, I’ll flame ‘Pac,” he said in an interview with Genius. As expected, the Brooklyn emcee Joey faced some heavy backlash from fans of the late West Coast legend, and eventually took to Twitter to clarify his comments, further saying that ‘Pac is his favourite rapper of all time:
When I said I was better than PAC (my favorite rapper of all time) I was refering to rap skill. Bar for bar. Not accolades or influence.
— BADMON (@joeyBADASS) March 1, 2017
And I back myself 1000 times to that fact… media like twisting up the words but that's I meant when I said it for all you butt hurt bozos
— BADMON (@joeyBADASS) March 1, 2017
He further addressed Shakur by saying “I believe that every generation that comes after has the opportunity to outshine the previous generation. I believe I am one of the minds that ‘Pac said would spark to change the world. I believe I am one of those. I’m probably not the one that is going to change the world; probably the one after me. It’s a part of me wanting to have their messages travel further because their messages resonate with me. I know there is a lot of people out there that resonate with me, who don’t necessarily resonate with them.”
Badass will have plenty of chances to prove himself on A.A.B.A – watch the full interview below:
