Troy Ave is keeping his name in the news this week in the wake of his recently released album Major Without A Deal — this time, via Twitter beef with an artist almost 10 years his junior, Joey Bada$$.
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Bada$$ spoke out in veiled tweets, declaring himself the “#1 Independent Hip Hop artist” in the world:
Reminder: Joey Bada$$ sold 57,000+ albums in his first week, INDEPENDENTLY… At 20 years old… $10/album… 85% of shares, do the math….
— B4.DA.$$ OUT NOW!!! (@joeyBADASS) June 22, 2015
That makes me the #1 Independent Hip Hop artist/brand in the world….
— B4.DA.$$ OUT NOW!!! (@joeyBADASS) June 22, 2015
A lot of yall still sleep tho and it’s all goooood. Keep snoozing 🙂
— B4.DA.$$ OUT NOW!!! (@joeyBADASS) June 22, 2015
Troy hit back, accusing the young rapper of “selling out” via club gigs and radio-friendly (??) singles, as well as calling out that he is signed to the independent Cinematic Music Group (which has a partnership with Sony RED):
NO single, NO party hosting’s NO real endorsements Reminder: NObody cares + u WORK for Sony Red / Cinematic Records #FakeIndependent
— TROY AVE (@TroyAve) June 22, 2015
Bada$$ followed up today, insisting that there’s no beef:
Idk what’s all of this “beef” talk. This shit is dead irrelevant to me…. There is no real problems. Kill all of that shit plz. Thank u
— B4.DA.$$ OUT NOW!!! (@joeyBADASS) June 23, 2015