Royce Da 5’9″ has resumed taking shots at Lupe Fiasco, threatening to reignite his feud with the Food & Liquor lyricist.
Nickel Nine appears alongside fellow Slaughterhouse alumnus KXNG Crooked on a new song from independent rapper Benzhan called “Never the Same,” which was released on Wednesday (November 15).
On the track, the Detroit native takes aim at Lupe by dismissing him as a competitor unworthy of his lyrical firepower, while also jabbing Mickey Factz for the same reason.
“I’m not here to bury the hatch, it’s just I don’t care to relax/ I don’t think that Lupe’s who I should spit my disparity at/ I don’t think Mickey Factz is who I should give a charity match,” he raps.
Lupe and Mickey have yet to respond.
Royce Da 5’9″ and Lupe Fiasco engaged in lighthearted lyrical battle in 2021 while hosting The Lupe & Royce Show, but things soon escalated as they exchanged lethal diss tracks and pulled the plug on their podcast.
“You forgot the dude who about the Chi whose was locked inside,” Royce rapped on “Silence of the Lambda,” referencing Lupe’s long-imprisoned manager Charles “Chilly” Patton. “Without him, you’d be dead, probably dread standing beside you/ Fed salmon and lied to, while the red camera disguise you/ You violent but where was that for the Craig Kallmans and Kysers?”
Lupe returned fire with “Steve Jobs,” on which he spit: “Listening to your track record, I could see you were skipping classics/ I did it on my first one and delivered to the masses/ Your songs are immemorable, your verses are impenetrable/ I ain’t even listen to that diss record, I only fuck with you ’cause of your interviews.”
The pair also clashed on social media, with Royce calling Lupe a “bitch” on Instagram Live. Mickey Factz also entered the fray and aligned himself with Lupe, even unleashing his own fiery diss track aimed at Royce called “WRAiTH.”
Things eventually died down, and Royce Da 5’9″ later admitted he felt bad about insulting Lupe Fiasco.
“Do I regret it? I don’t know if ‘regret’ is the right word, but I’m not happy about saying that, ’cause I don’t think he’s a bitch,” he said on The Breakfast Club last year while reflecting on their falling-out.
“I don’t think we should speak to each other that way, but I do understand why I said it, ’cause it was just a reaction. It was a point that I got pushed to, and I feel like I gave a lot of warning points. I gave a lot of lead into it, and that’s me knowing myself.”
Royce also clarified that he still likes Lupe Fiasco personally despite their dispute, but they hadn’t spoken since their podcast ended.
For as talented as Lupe is as a lyricist, i find him to be a pretentious cornball. Can’t stand him.
Who are you? Lol you cant stand someone that has no idea you exist. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
Ong this place is for the birds
You’re right I am a nobody. Next time I comment, I’ll make to seek your validation to comment. You are a cornball and an even bigger nobody. Say I didn’t hurt your feelings without saying I hurt your feelings. Pussy!
Damn, is this Lupe or his mom? 😂 Aren’t these comments sections for us to give our opinions about the articles and the subjects of the article? Dude doesn’t know you either (unless you are his mom) or anyone else in the comments. So if that’s how you feel wtf you even reading them?
Cause your a lame who Noone knows. Lames never like confidence. Just like most of this site. Lames.
@PhiladelphiaWillSlapYou Someone should slap your English teachers from when you were in school.
Damn, a n1gga just can’t dislike someone and their movements anymore? The irony is you clowns even don’t know me and you’re still mad bc of how much you worship these rappers like they aren’t regular people. Fuck you Gen Zesty dudes.
Trash verse and flow from ROyce. He takes the L with this. I expected way better from him. The beat too, Trash. I’m thinking royce peaked??
Lupe destroyed Royce, it wasn’t even close. Royce is acting like he’s above it all as if he isn’t the one who got butthurt that Lupe wasn’t blindly following all that woke nonsense. Lupe would call him on his shit and challenge him, he couldn’t take it. Then he sits down and writes a good track only to be humiliated by a Lupe freestyle. I like Royce as a rapper, but he is the true cornball.
Everything stated was on point. In the booth Lupe a demon, both are real life cornballs though. Lupe is the most under appreciated mc in terms of lyric the last 17 years, he has songs that are beloved by your favorite Mac that should be beloved by the masses!
Royce so underwhelming hear smdh
This aint even a good song.
Lupe is a hoe. And a cornball bum ass bitcxh🥱