Joe Budden Says Lupe Fiasco Is Scared of Him, Lupe Responds

Drake, Meek Mill, Mickey Factz — Joe Budden is ready to go at whoever wants it, and this past weekend saw another name added to the list, as a fan positioned Budden and Lupe Fiasco against one another, saying the two needed to battle or collaborate. "Lupe been scared of Mouse lol," Joe wrote, then acknowledging Lupe's Street Fighter fandom.

What ensues is a sort of friendly trash talk colored by each rapper's competitive nature, the two calling one another out, but with emojis and memes so as to suggest that there isn't any true bad blood between them. "Lawd! I don't even know where to begin..." Lupe wrote on Saturday (Aug. 20), responding to Budden in 20 minutes flat.

When a different fan wrote that Lupe will out rap Budden, the Slaughterhouse MC wrote, "I love Lupe, but he’d have to prove that." From there, the memes started flying back and forth, with the two either planning to square off on the mic or via video games. Check their Twitter exchange below, with Budden eventually conceding once Lupe makes a pretty funny Drake pun.

What, if anything, will come of this friendly bout only time will tell, but for Budden, who has been sharpening his words for what seems like months now, its good to see some competition that isn't fueled by subs or hurt feelings. If these two really were to trade diss records, it would be a lesson in verbal density worthy of scholarly dissection.

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