Joey BADASS kicked off 2025 with a lyrical molotov cocktail, and Hip Hop hasn’t stopped buzzing since. What began as a few veiled bars aimed at the West Coast quickly snowballed into a full-on ...

A week ago, Brooklyn rapper Joey Badass kicked the year off issuing an open challenge to the rap world with his song “The Ruler’s Back.” Equally inspired and irked by the fanfare over Kendrick Lamar’s ...

Joey Bada$$ kicked off 2025 by expressing his disdain for everyone surrendering to the West Coast on his new track “The Ruler’s Back”; a bold move given all that took place last year between Drake and ...

Over the past week or so, hip-hop has turned into a battle royale in which rappers from New York, led by Joey Badass, have been embroiled in a free-for-all back and forth with a bunch of LA rappers, ...

Tap in and hear what the TDE signee has to say. West Coast rapper Ray Vaughn has responded to Joey Bada$$ over his recent slights to the region embedded within his “The Ruler’s Back” freestyle. On ...

Badmon Joey kicked off the year by releasing the new single "The Ruler's Back" on Jan. 1. On the song, the Brooklyn rapper drops a line that appears to reference the reverence the hip-hop scene on the ...

Joey Bada$$ filed for a copyright for “TDEast” in the midst of a lyrical back-n-forth with Ray Vaughn and subliminal shots from Daylyt. THe Brooklyn-bred MC has apparently filed a copyright ...

Joey Bada$$ premiered his newest single, “ABK,” live on national TV, giving fans a first taste of his next era. The performance included lyrical shots at Ray Vaughn and references to his East Coast ...

Joey Bada$$ Mic killer. No filler. Interview: Georgette Cline Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website.