Jay Electronica has appeared to side with Drake over Kendrick Lamar in the latest round of the so-called “Hip Hop civil wars.”
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday (May 2), the Roc Nation rapper seemed to continue his longtime feud with K. Dot by posting a link to Drizzy’s song, “Champagne Poetry,” from 2021’s Certified Lover Boy.
Jay Electronica later deleted the post and didn’t provide any further commentary.
But back in 2016, the New Orleans native dissed Kendrick Lamar on “#TBE The Curse of Mayweather,” which included lines like: “How you gon’ compare the king to a gnome?/ How you gon’ compare Jango Fett to the clones? […] ‘He’s got eleven Grammy nominations, y’all not equal’/ Maaaan, fuck these white people!”
In response, Kendrick’s longtime manager and former TDE executive Dave Free called Electronica a “desperate housewife.”
“Damn you still mad about control @JayElectronica #sadman,” he tweeted with laughing emojis
Free was referencing Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s 2013 song “Control,” where he said he’d lyrically murder every rapper in the game, including Jay Electronica (who was also featured on the song).
“watch your mouth stay off the swine and get knowledge of self,” Electronica responded. “your mans wack. dont make me crumble your whole shit.”
“Ok Mr. @JayElectronica lol #desperatehousewives,” Free hit back with more laughing emojis.
That same year, Jay Elec also threatened to “knock 50 Cent’s eyeballs out of his scalp,” while taking shots at Kendrick during a session on the now-defunct live streaming platform Periscope.
“Look, I like the one Kendrick song with Gunplay, ‘Cartoons and Cereal,’ but other than that we don’t know what that n-gga talking about,” he said in the broadcast.
Later in the clip, Jay Electronica dissed K. Dot again: “Kendrick is my son. Kendrick is my baby. Kendrick wishes he could be me.”
In 2014, Jay Electronica said he had the best “Control” verse and ranked the verses in order of their potency.
“me, big sean then kendrick. he really didn’t say anything,” Jay said in a Twitter post at the time. “no shots. everyone knows i like kendrick. but facts are facts.”
Elsewhere in the Periscope clip, Jay Electronica dissed 50 Cent.
“50 Cent at once, he was a good rapper,” the Louisiana rapper says. “Right now he got the potential to be a rapper, but he’s on some sucker shit…and we will slap 50 Cent’s eyeballs loose out his scalp.”
Jay Electronica later apologized to both rappers and asked them to “forgive his past transgressions,” according to Pitchfork.
One of the most disappointing rappers of all time. No one cares what this guy thinks or says.
imagine being a famous rapper and still being a big fucking loser
Who ?
Not only did time forget Jay Elec by the time he dropped an album, but he had another Jay hold his hand throughout the album.
Who gives half of a fuck about Jay’s washed up ass? Nobody remembers you!
Dude is on hard drugs ..smh
Jay Electronica is a homeless simping bum. No surprises here.
One of the most talented, and LAZIEST artist of all time. I would have believed JayElec in 2008, without question. But now? The tough talk is cringe: he sound real good and he play the part well, but the energy he givin’ off is so unfamiliar… We would need somethin’ realer. 🙂
It isn’t a civil war, because Cole dropped out. It’s the avengers, since it’s everyone against one. We’re at a point in hip hop where people are so ghey for their favorite rappers that no one can criticize them
Jay needs to have a coke and a smile…his opinion holds no weight and his ten follower won’t help with that too.
no question Jay Electronica is a fantastic rapper, but if he wants to be in a convo about who the best hip-hop artists are he needs to get at least another 30 top-shelf songs in his catalog asap.
Just try to picture how sorry your life gotta be to post a whole story about this utter nonsense. Hold that lifetime L forever Bernie you get cringier n cringier by the millisecond. Get a real J 0 B one that you’re actually good at, one that you can actually get p @ i d from and one where everybody doesn’t laugh at you everyday the way you get totally laughed at and embarrassed at now. Papa John’s is hiring scrub.