From the seemingly out-of-nowhere "Mask Off" freestyle diss to accusing Logic of ripping off the title of his first international top 10 single as a lead artist, ascendant rapper Joyner Lucas clearly has little respect for his Gaithersburg, Maryland-bred adversary. Aside from attacking his lyricism, work ethic and artistic merit as a whole, Lucas proved he has no hesitation about coming for the man himself after throwing some serious social media side-eye at Logic's soon-to-be ex-wife Jessica Andrea. In response, Logic, who has never been praised for his diss attempts responded to the escalating tension between himself and Lucas by dropping the track "Yuck" on his sixth mixtape Bobby Tarantino II which debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. Not one to take a studio diss lying down, Lucas stepped up to blast the "Black SpiderMan" rapper by prompting him to actually name names next time and not cower under the anonymity of generalized, blanket insults.
While the court of public opinion seems to be siding with the "I'm Not Racist" rapper at the moment, Logic still has time to turn the beef around and attempt to match Lucas' lyricism bar for bar with a more specific and direct behind-the-mic assault. Check out the evolution of the beef between Logic and Joyner Lucas that just was too raw to stay buried in 2017.
"Mask Off" Remix
In May 2017, Joyner Lucas dropped a stellar freestyle remix of Future's highest-charting single to date "Mask Off." Titled "Mask On," Lucas took direct aim at his and Logic's joint collaboration on Tech N9ne's speed rap track "Sriracha." Initially, Logic was slated to be the only feature on the the Kansas City King's rapid-fire lyrical assault but when he took more than six months to deliver his verse, Lucas hopped on the track to offer his own bars. Upset by the work Logic turned in after taking nearly half a year to edit his verse, Lucas addressed the disappointing display directly on "Mask On": "And don't you compare me to Logic (never)/Go listen to Sriracha/Yeah, that's Amanda to Ronda/And that's a Benz to a Honda/Yeah, that's a dance with the devil/And I ain't dancing behind ya."
According to Lucas, both he and Tech N9ne were upset with Logic for not emulating the same fast flow and serving up tired, lazy bars like "Yeah, I guess I'm supposed to come with that fast flow/Woo! I guess I'm supposed to come with that gas flow/But no, I'ma just spit it, I'ma get it good/Wish you would tell me what I should do/I don't know, hit the door/Uh, yeah, feel like I been here before."
During an interview with Real 92.3 LA, Tech N9ne addressed the controversy and propped up Lucas for dissing Logic's dismal lyrical effort. "It's emcee stuff and he had a right to speak on it. I love Logic, that's my boy, but he knew he was supposed to chop on that song," he admitted. "But he was busy, he was busy touring all that year, it took like six months or something...but I was gonna wait. [Joyner] did it, he killed it--he did everything. I sent it to Logic [with Joyner on it] and he texted me back and said 'Son can rap.' I talked to Joyner and I just said, 'Man, I wish he didn't freestyle on it. I just wish he didn't freestyle.'"
"I think he could have went even though Joyner did every fast flow in the book," continued the "Worldwide Choppers" rapper.
ā1-800-273-8255ā³ vs. 508-507-2209.
After Logic's most commercially-successful single to date "1-800-273-8255" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, Joyner Lucas immediately took offense and argued that the track was named in order to bring direct competition to his latest project, 508-507-2209. With both Logic's single and Lucas' body of work dealing with the oft-overlooked issue of mental health representation and resource allocation, the "Winter Blues" rapper was careful to not slam the track too hard. "Then the phone number idea...I noticed when I had dropped my album title [508-507-2280], he dropped a phone number record, but I'm not going to bash him for a suicide record, but like come on bro," Lucas admitted to Billboard. "There's too much stuff that make me feel a type of way. I feel by now the cat should've reached out, but it is what it is. It's not like I'm mad at him like that, I just think he's corny."
"Yuck"
According to Logic, it's his recent successes, not his lyrical ability or track titles that has Lucas feeling some type of way. After dropping "Yuck" on the track list for Bobby Tarantino II, both Lucas and fans alike quickly spotted the veiled diss aimed at his one-time collaborator. "Cats beef with Logic, yeah, they prayin' I respond/If I ever did, I dead you in this game with no re-spawn/Peace, love, and positivity, that's all I want with you/But you push the issue 'cause I give you more press than your publicist could ever get you," he raps before alluding to the tension once more in: "The feelings of self-hatred that you want project on me/Bet if I never picked up the mic then we might be homies/But you jealous, you look at my life and you feel envy/Constantly comparing yourself to me and feel empty."
Seemingly nonplussed by the blanket lyrical attack, Lucas took to Twitter and dared Logic to call him out directly.
"Say some names next time. scary ass," wrote Lucas in a now-deleted Tweet.
Not to be outdone, Lucas took aim at Logic in early March 2018 with his "Look Alive (Remix)." "44 shots traumatize in front of 45 hit 44 more/ Carbon copies say you kamikazes/ That's for everybody," spits Lucas, referencing Logic's latest single, "44 More."
Logic's Divorce
After news broke that Logic was splitting from Jessica Andrea, his wife of two years, Joyner Lucas stepped up to the plate to sling some social media mud and make their beef personal. First, Lucas took to Twitter to serve up a now-deleted tweet drawing attention to Logic's upcoming divorce.
"Her and bobby Valentino are really done? š š," he wrote.
After Andrea unfollowed Logic on Instagram, Lucas stepped in and followed the social media star in a move that raised more than a few eyebrows.
Not wanting to be wrapped up in her soon-to-be ex-husband's beef, Andrea deleted her Instagram account shortly after she gained a follower in Lucas.
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