Rory & Mal have responded to accusations made on a recent episode of the Joe Budden Podcast by saying that their former co-host is hurt by their continued success.
The duo named the latest episode of their New Rory & Mal podcast, “Accountability in Culture Pt. 2,” a direct response to Joe Budden‘s “Accountability in Culture,” which was released on Wednesday (October 19). In a clip posted to Instagram, Mal responds to allegations that he didn’t contribute to his former platform by saying he was willing to have a face to face discussion with Joe.
“I’m willing to go on your platform, your new show that still has my blood, sweat and tears in it. And I know that’s what pains him,” Mal said. “Every time he pay for pussy, that’s some of my money. Every vacation he takes a chick on, that’s some of my money he using. And that pains him.
“The most money he ever made in his life, he made sitting next to me,” he continues in the clip. “I know that pains him, but we had a beautiful thing. It worked. Every time he goes to the strip club, he throws singles; those is my faces on them singles. It hurts.”
The Joe Budden Podcast episode which spurred Mal’s response was, in itself, a response to statements made during a previous episode of New Rory & Mal featuring CyHi The Prynce.
Towards the end of the conversation, CyHi referred back to an old comment Budden had made claiming he could rap better than him.
“You know what it is with me and you bruh,” CyHi said looking directly at the camera. “Any day you feel like you can rap better than me … I put my offer on the table and you rich enough to accept it but you ain’t accepted it.”
Mal then chimed in: “Yeah he stole enough. He stole enough he got it,” before Rory added: “He can pay you with my money!”
Once the comments made their way back to Budden, he returned with his own accusations, though he didn’t specify which of his co-hosts he was addressing.
“You’ve never pulled your own weight,” Joe Budden said. “The first never meant nothing to you. There’s never been like responsibility, you never got up and carried your own shit. There’s always been another n-gga around to help you do it, and you don’t speak to them n-ggas no more neither so this is not Joe specifically. Stop putting smut on my name. I’m gonna start showing up for myself ’cause that’s my problem with the fucking internet.”
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Mal and Budden have not been on good terms ever since him and Rory’s time on The Joe Budden Podcast came to an abrupt end back in 2021. After getting fired, the two podcasters launched the New Rory and Mal weekly podcast later that summer, signing a lucrative deal with SiriusXM’s Stitcher.
“There were a lot of things we wanted to do in the old show that we weren’t able to because we just didn’t have as much control after a while,” Mal told Vulture at the time. “Honestly, all that started when every time we wanted to try something, the energy around it would just be like, ‘Ehh, I don’t know.’ Despite the fact that this is our show, you know what I mean? And then there were also a lot of business meetings that were happening that we didn’t know about.”
Budden at the time seemed to cryptically respond to Mal’s Vulture comments on his Instagram Story, writing: “They’ll question your character once you stop taking care of them.”
Rory n Mal those dudes that have no talent, yet expect to be brought along when the cash-cow makes it.
You’re a fucking idiot. Mal was the original person who even brought the Podcast idea to Joe. Look at this dudes track record with the music industry, Royce5’9, Eminem, Paul and Peter Rosenberg, Joel Ortiz, Amalgeden Digital, Kaylin Garcia, Joel Ortiz, Rory McFarrel, Scott Beam, Akademikz, Nadeska, the list goes on. He’s bad for business
Would anybody have listened to the podcast if Joey wasn’t on it?
There’s no I in team fam. Not disputing the man’s love and hip-hop value. But we not gon sit up here and say they have Mal has no value. Look at the YouTube numbers for the podcast with Mal and Rory 3 or 4 years ago. Now look at the JBPs current weekly numbers.
I’m not trying to say Rory or Mal have no value… but had you heard of them before Budden?
Roxy and Mal had no value, only reason they got a platform is because they were on the joe budden show and publicity that came from the breakup, before Joe budden absolutely nobody knew who these guys were and no would’ve tuned into a show about rory and mal
Do your research fam you sound dumb. Hennypalooza was created by Rory and his black fraternity friends that got national attention. So much so that JayZ bought it hence Dussepalooza on top of that he worked at Sony and currently manages emotional oranges. Mal been certified his brother is Biggs and friends with bunch of NBA players went to JayZs Soul food Sunday. Saying no one knew them is misinformed and fake news.
it was either giving them a % of the income or put them on a salary …Even with lower numbers ,he most likely makes more now
As a fan of the pod ,i want to be entertained and it was over when these dudes realized where there place was …so i´m happy they left .Ish is way funnier
The track record shows how relevant Joe budden was, you effortlessly made a resume for Joe budden cause you know so much about his history meanwhile nobody knows about the history of 2 dickriders that won’t stop complaining about the platform Joe buddens house built for them
As someone who listened to it in the beginning, actually no they DIDNT listen to the pod cause Joe Budden. In fact no one liked him, thats speaking as a Joe Budden fan that supported when he booted Mendes from the show….but it happens again and again and again with all these people he claims to value.
No, the show was not successful before Mal and Rory joined. So no, people didn’t listen just cause Joe’s name was attached, they listened for the content.
I think the longer you follow the dude the clearer you see him. I used to buy his shit for years. Years. Now I see clearly.
Their first episode they admitted Joe probably did overpay them once the buzz started fading they pushed the he stole from us narrative. I don’t have a dog in the fight but R and M have changed the story many times while Joe’s story has been consistent.
I can say the pod was fire before them but when they started they heated it up to another level. They brought a real comedic tone to the pod. Rory had so many fire one liners it was nuts. That trifecta chemistry was the pod at it’s peak. I think it died down alot in the 200s. Lots of fake filler laughter at non funny shit. Just giggling and rambling in circles. That’s when I was good. But they def brought actual value you can’t replicate.