Coi Leray has clapped back against a hater who dubbed her 2021 XXL Freshman freestyle to be the “worst ever.”
The “Players” rapper responded to the hateful tweet dissing her earlier this week where she listed her current accolades and pointed to her hitmaking ability as she’s hotter than ever in the rap game.
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“And the only one who top 10 global in the world right now with 3 songs on the hot 100,” she replied. “This didn’t determine my journey, I always knew I was destined for greatness.”
She added: “Now look at me. Swimming in hits baby. Y’all to busy worried about what someone has to say. Clearly IDGAF.”
The 26-year-old admitted she’s “not a freestyler” while reflecting on the polarizing XXL cypher during an interview with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden this week.
“I’m not a freestyler. I sit down, I started writing on pen and paper first of course, and then elevated to my phone and then on [my] laptop, just writing on the notes. But if I do freestyling, the most freestyle I’ll do is melody passes where I’m not even thinking,” she began.
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“I was very smart but I could say that my vocabulary was not the best. And just metaphors and similes, that’s why rap is very powerful because it is like a gift, a talent. And my process was just taking my time and actually really having to write it down, look at what I’m doing and being able to be like, ‘Alright, this don’t make sense.
“So when I did XXL freestyle I’m like, ‘Yo, I’m going to just fucking go out there and do whatever.’ Because I know these people not freestyling.”
With “Players” going platinum and other accolades pouring in, Coi Leray is way more confident in herself behind the mic compared to a couple of years ago.
“I feel like now we finally realized — my label, team — that no matter what, I’m amazing at this music shit,” she told XXL last month. “I was the first person that broke on TikTok, so I can’t even get mad if someone says: ‘You’re a TikTok artist.’ I know that my music is timeless and it’s global.”
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Coi’s sophomore album arrived on Friday (June 23) with features from the late James Brown, David Guetta, Lola Brooke, Skillibeng and Saucy Santana.
