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, ...

Joey Bada$ started the year off by throwing down the gauntlet. Back in January, the Brooklyn rhymer kicked off 2025 with “The Ruler’s Back,” an East Coast banger (right down to the Slick Rick/Jay-Z ...

DAYLYT sounds like he’s putting this battle to bed. The Cali rhymer has been one of the more prominent voices in the ongoing war of words between Brooklyn emcee Joey Bada$ and an ever-growing list of ...

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The Listening: New Music From Ken Carson, Rico Nasty, Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux, Jorja Smith with WizKid, Larry June and More This week’s new music Friday also ...