38 Spesh’s challenge to Jadakiss snowballed into a full-fledged feud involving Jim Jones, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, and a diss record that has now raised the stakes.
Could the ambitions of Upstate New York trump the legacy of New York City’s finest? That’s basically the question that’s hovering over the independent rap scene right now. If you haven’t heard, 38 Spesh has been looking for all the smoke with Jadakiss.
It began when they worked on a song back in 2019, where Spesh determined that he smoked Jada on the record. And since then, Spesh has been under the impression that Jadakiss has been ducking him on wax.
However, when he shared his feelings about Jadakiss during an interview, it had a ripple effect. At this point, Jadakiss’ pen can’t really be questioned, nor can his ability to stand on his own two feet in a rap battle. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jada has sparred with the best of them.
But for Spesh, his issues with Jada ultimately turned into a feud with anyone on Jada’s side: Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, and even Jim Jones. And while each of them responded in various degrees, Spesh’s recent release put the game on notice.
As much as Spesh has had praise for Jadakiss in the past, the issues between them seemingly begin with “Sunday School,” a song from Benny The Butcher that brought the two rappers together. Spesh not only feels like he had the better verse on the song but claimed that’s why Jadakiss hasn’t worked with him since. “I smoked the record and Kiss never did a song with me again,” Spesh said on BagFuel.
“You got a chance to come redeem yourself, ‘Kiss. C’mon. Come outside,” he said. “He been ducking me since. Y’all gon’ have to re-order your top 5, man, you heard?”
The comments lingered online. ‘Kiss vowed to do some Samurai Swording. “They asked for it. I tried to be a father, a businessman, but they wanna bring me outta my element,” he said.
However, the most obvious response was barely an obvious response. The Joe & Jada podcast formed a tight relationship with Stove God Cooks, leading to their collaboration, “The Aroma.” The song itself fuses Stove God Cooks’ soulful melodies with Joe and Jadakiss’ New York City sensibilities but it was ‘Kiss verse that succinctly fired back at Spesh. “I’ve been obliterating rappers for years, is this about a verse or is this about a career,” he raps on the song.
The song debuted on the podcast with DJ Khaled in attendance. The song, produced by Cool & Dre, quickly gained steam, and ‘Kiss response for Spesh wasn’t ignored by any means.
Spesh quickly clapped back during another episode of BagFuel where he called out Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and DJ Khaled for the record.
“Kiss, you spit the verse. You got f*cking Khaled and Fat Joe as your backup dancers. You wearing a book bag that another man gave you,” he said. “Fat Joe, he more happy about your verse than his. DJ Khaled jumping on the couch. He don’t know what’s going on. He just happy to be around n***as.”
Source: Hotnewhiphop.com