Joyner Lucas fired back at Skepta’s rap battle challenge but got shrugged off with sarcasm and a promise of just “two bars.”
Joyner Lucas didn’t hesitate when Skepta called for a lyrical face-off between UK and US rappers, jumping in with a tweet offering himself up for the showdown: “The moment I’ve been waiting for… say the word, Joyner Lucas vs Skepta.”
But Skepta wasn’t exactly impressed.
The British MC dismissed Lucas’s enthusiasm, sarcastically calling him a “brave man” and repeatedly misnaming him “Jonah” in a video response.
1st 👏🏿 you’re a brave man Jonah.
How long you been waiting for this moment though? https://t.co/6P6euSNtME— Big Smoke – (@Skepta) July 6, 2025
Skepta said he respected Lucas for stepping up but made it clear he wasn’t planning to waste much energy on him.
“I didn’t do all the work I did just for Joyner Lucas to be saying my name,” he said. “I got diss tracks on YouTube with 30 million views.”
Instead, Skepta said he’d only give Lucas “two bars” in a diss track primarily aimed at A$AP Rocky and would let one of the “Young Gs” handle the rest.
SKEPTA RESPONDS 🚨 https://t.co/usGh3wlJUZ pic.twitter.com/KME5yddN3M
— 🇯🇲 TMC Music Connoisseur (@MusicConnoisseu) July 6, 2025
Lucas wasn’t having it. He reposted Skepta’s video with the caption, “I want whatever drugs he’s on,” and followed it up with a clip of comedian Aries Spears poking fun at British rappers.
😂 @Skepta https://t.co/wPVw3hG00c pic.twitter.com/QHkcX1OXjE
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) July 6, 2025
Skepta clapped back, “I was wondering who’s perspective you were gonna diss me from, never would have guessed Aaron Spears.”
Joyner Lucas Claims Skepta “Not Built Like That”
Despite all the online back-and-forth, Lucas seemed to backpedal in a now-deleted tweet.
He recalled a conversation with his manager who allegedly told him Skepta wouldn’t “Single you out and make a whole record about you” because “he’s not built like that.”
Lucas added, “I hope he don’t do no sucka s### like that becuz I might not even respond. I’m tryna really trash this n#### and settle this debate.”
So far, the war of words has stayed confined to social media. No official diss tracks have dropped.
Skepta originally pitched the idea as a lyrical sparring match, not a personal feud.
“It’s not beef, Rocky is my family,” he said when asked if he had issues with his former collaborator. “Rap is a sport, same way we have dissing matches on the block we can do it on record.”
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