Complex sentence: Lupe Fiasco then continued to fuel the fire by responding to King Gordy, the back and forth continued for over eight hours and both rappers explicitly expressed their respect for each other's craft, but insisted they would beat each other in a rap battle.
Split into simpler sentences: Lupe Fiasco then continued to fuel the fire by responding to King Gordy. Both rappers explicitly expressed their respect for each other's craft, but insisted they would beat each other in a rap battle.