Joe Budden Claims He's 'Way Bigger' Than NBA YoungBoy & Provides Receipts

Joe Budden has fired back at NBA YoungBoy by claiming he’s “way bigger” than him.

The Baton Rouge rapper recently called Budden a “pussy ass n-gga” for saying his music is “trash” during an episode of The Joe Budden Podcast.

Now, Joe Budden has argued that YoungBoy’s career is faltering, and backed up his claim by reading out the first-week sales for a number of YB’s recent projects.

“I just wanna say, I’m way bigger than him. Stop this,” he said during an X Spaces on Monday (December 4). “Dawg, you young idiots get fooled by these label metrics and these digital tricks.

“Would you like me to read you the numbers on YoungBoy’s last six projects? Alright. I mean, I don’t want to. I didn’t think I had to do this. ‘Cause I’m sure someone here is recording.

“2022, Never Broke Again, Quando Rondo LLC, 14,000 copies week one, Billboard position 62. Then you have Fed Baby’s, Moneybagg Yo, 2017, 21,000 week one. 3800 Degrees, October 7, 2022, 24,000. What else we got? Better Than You with DaBaby, March 4, 2022, 28,000. Until I Return, 2020, 29,000. Stop this, yo. Stop.

“January 6, 2023, 29,000. Here, we got another one. 2022, Ma’ I Got a Family, 39,000. We got another one here, September 6, Never Broke Again, 39,000. We got another one here, 2018, 43,000. We got another one, 43,000, 2018. We got another one here, 51,000, 2023.”

He added: “The point is, you doing a lot for somebody that don’t sell more than 60,000 records. Stop it. Enough of young people just saying stupid shit in Hip Hop. We get it, you like who you like, awesome. But it’s not this dominant force that you n-ggas keep tryna make it out to be.”

Despite Joe Budden’s comments, NBA YoungBoy has earned over 60,000 first-week units several times in his career with projects like 2020’s Top (126,000), 2021’s Sincerely, Kentrell (137,000) and 2022’s The Last Slimeto (108,400).

Meanwhile, Budden’s first and only major label album, 2003’s Joe Budden, sold 95,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, powered by the hit single “Pump It Up” — although this was years before streaming came into effect.

The pair’s back-and-forth began when Joe Budden called NBA YoungBoy “horrible” on his podcast over the weekend.

“That n-gga’s trash,” he said. “He’s horrible. He is horrible. He is really, really, really, really, really bad. I don’t know him as a person; I’m only speaking about music.

“That thing happened with him where when he was out, the label pushed the button and did some YouTube shit, so then all the little kids had to come to the gathering and tell you about NBA YoungBoy’s views and how great he is.”

He added: “Now that the label’s backed up a bit, and now that we’ve done had about three or four projects while he’s been in Utah on house arrest.”

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Shortly after, NBA YoungBoy responded with a fiery rant in which he told Budden to “shut his fucking mouth.”

“The last thing I dropped was Decided 2 — my album’s still in the top 10, pussy ass n-gga!” he said. “Don’t speak on me, I don’t play that shit. Don’t rat on me neither, you pussy bitch!

“You stupid dumb bitch, your dick don’t even get hard no more, clown ass n-gga! Ain’t no sabotaging me, bitch! Fuck wrong with that n-gga, man? Don’t rat on me, bitch.”

He added: “And I don’t want to argue with your bitch ass! Bitch, you do all them interviews — come on Grave Digger Mountain and talk to me n-gga. If you can’t do that, you’re bitch made, n-gga. Shut your fucking mouth!”

Birdman, YoungBoy’s mentor and collaborator, also hit back at Budden by warning him: “You fukin with somethin you should leave alone. Stunna Corleone Gotti NBarg @neverbrokeagainllc.”