Joyner Lucas Challenges Skepta to a Battle, Skepta Responds in US

Skepta and Joyner Lucas have been going back-and-forth on social media after Skepta threw down the gauntlet in challenging American rappers to battle. On July 3, the U.K. rapper announced on X that he wants to take on a U.S. rapper on wax; and he proposed multiple battles between U.K. and U.S. artists.

“I wanna clash an American rapper anyway,” Skepta tweeted. “Finally get this UK/US rap debate sorted.”

The tweet caught the attention of Lucas, who let Skepta know that he was game for a sparring match.

“The moment I’ve been waiting for… the word, Joyner Lucas vs @Skepta #UKvsUS,” Lucas tweeted

Skepta fired back — claiming that he’d reference Lucas on an upcoming diss track intended for A$AP Rocky.

“You may cut the numbers out there and I respect it,” he said of Lucas’ fanbase. “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 [sic] 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 posted a viral video of comedian Aries Spears mocking British grime.

Skepta went so far as to start suggesting matchups of what a U.S. vs. U.K. rap battle would look like, bracket-wise. 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, Lancey with Travis Scott, Youngs Teflon with Meek Mill, Ghetts with Eminem and Blade Brown with Pusha T.

As far as A$AP Rocky, Skepta clarified that he has no issue with the Harlem star.

“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.”

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