Joyner Lucas has publicly challenged Meek Mill to a rap battle, and he has the support of battle rap’s Ultimate Rap League [URL].
Things kicked off when Lucas declared that he wanted to get back into battle rapping.
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Earlier this week, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Sometimes I low key be feelin like I wanna get in the URL battle rap ring.”
URL made it clear that they were on board with the idea and replied to the Massachusetts-bred MC: “Let’s do it.”
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Lucas initially said he was happy to take on any battle rapper URL put his way, but he then offered his own proposal.
He wrote: “Let me do just 1 round at first so I can get my feet wet. I low key wish i can go againts [sic] one of my peers tho. Someone who ain’t seasoned in the ring already but lyrically fit. But…… on the other hand, maybe going againts a season [sic] vet is the fun part.”
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Lucas then picked who he wanted to challenge, writing: “Wasup @meekmill.”
Sometimes I low key be feelin like I wanna get in the URL battle rap ring 👀
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) January 21, 2025
Yo @urltv let me do just 1 round at first so I can get my feet wet. I low key wish i can go againts one of my peers tho. Someone who ain’t seasoned in the ring already but lyrically fit. But…… on the other hand, maybe going againts a season vet is the fun part. My fav battle…
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) January 22, 2025
@urltv nobody is off the table. Wasup with @MeekMill ? 👀
— Joyner Lucas (@JoynerLucas) January 22, 2025
Meek Mill has not publicly responded to the challenge, but URL said in a statement to AllHipHop that they are working to make the battle happen.
“For the last year, hip-hop is buzzing with excitement… that competitive edge is back in the mainstream… with that said, commercial artists have long turned to URL as the go-to platform for settling lyrical rivalries or proving their skills. If Joyner Lucas wants to challenge Meek Mill, we have the platform to make it happen.”
Last year, Lucas was forced to deny that he was attempting to start beef with DaBaby.
DaBaby claimed in an interview with Shaquille O’Neal that a rapper had reached out to him to fabricate a beef for publicity.
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He said: “Two days after the situation took place, I got a call — I won’t say from who. I got a call from a certain rapper. It’s like a lyricist, I’m sure y’all know him if I said his name. 1000 percent y’all know him.
“He said, ‘All the back-and-forth between J. Cole and Kendrick got me fired up! Bruh, I feel like we should diss each other. We cool behind closed doors [but] we should diss each other. I feel like it would just go crazy.’”
