Dee-1 has directly addressed Rick Ross in what has now turned into a back-and-forth between the two about serving the Black community.
In late October, the Louisiana MC singled out some of Hip Hop’s biggest names and urged them to set a better example on their listeners through their music.
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Among those named was Rozay, who subsequently took to social media to list some of his charitable deeds while mocking Dee’s appearance and questioning if he’s done anything to match that level of generosity.
On Monday (November 6), the 34-year-old shared a video on Instagram replying to the Miami rapper that he captioned: “We are either pleasing God or The Devil with the music that we make… i love you and i hope you can choose the route we all know is best. [praying-hand emoji] Definitely down to talk more, because the public needs to see two talented, successful, imperfect black men have tough conversations.”
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“I love you too much to not be honest with you, and right now, you’re deflecting,” he said in the video, before claiming more people listen to the mogul’s music than benefit from his charity. A little later, he went through all the ways in which he too has given back to the community, from aiding scholarships to lecturing at universities.
Check out the full video below:
The online spat started when Dee-1 stopped by Sway in the Morning last month, where he called on Meek Mill, Jim Jones and Rick Ross to consider the impact of their lyrical content.
“Jim Jones, you could do better, brother,” he said. “I love you too much to not be honest with you. Rick Ross, you could do better, brother. Meek Mill, you could do better, brother! I love you too much not to be honest with you. Oh, you the face of prison reform? Or are you sitting here on your new song with Ross talking about getting somebody murked and shot at the red light? Which one is it, bro?”
In early November, the Biggest Bawse took to his Instagram Stories to respond to the Grammy nominee.
“Lil’ man, whoever you is, until you feed the kids where you’re from for 20 years straight, don’t question Rozay,” he began. “Wait until you buy 10,000 bikes. […] Don’t question Bawse. You heard me, lil’ man? Get that basket off your head, so you could think clear, lil’ man. […] Since you wanna go viral, I’m gonna show you how to go viral, lil’ man.”
He continued: “Go viral feedin’ them kids in your hood. Go viral givin’ them bikes away. Go viral Christmas time! Don’t be sayin’, ‘Jim Jones.’ Jim Jones just gave away goddamn six figures worth of clothes in his hood. And you a n-gga who talkin’. Lookin’ vegan, knowin’ you eatin’ more goddamn biggly-wiggly bacon than any other n-gga out here. Shut up.”
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Prior to Ross’s response, Meek Mill also took to his Instagram Stories to call out Dee-1. “Nah we do everything lol,” he wrote while reposting a fragment of Dee’s interview. “I was rappin’ this way when I became the face of reform…that’s how I got there. Y’all forgot that fast.”
