Glasses Malone is confident Kendrick Lamar is going to respond to Joey Bada$$ in due time. On Tuesday (May 20), Malone - who was shouted out by Lamar at the Grammys earlier this year - was asked on X if he thought Lamar should respond to Joey's recent string of freestyles where he mentions the Compton rapper.

Joey Bada$$’s war of the words with the West Coast is heating up. The Brooklyn rapper returned fire on what was a busy Monday night (May 19) in hip-hop as Joey directed his attention at Ray Vaughn, Kendrick Lamar and more on his scintillating “My Town” diss track.

Joey Bada$$ has found himself in his own version of a “20 v 1” after taking subtle shots at the West Coast on his New Year’s Day release, “The Ruler’s Back.” Ever since the track dropped proclaiming there’s “too much West Coast di*k licking” in Hip-Hop after Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 reign,