Joe Budden

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## **Joe Budden**

### **Born**

Joseph Anthony Budden II
August 31, 1980 (age 43)
New York City, U.S.

### **Occupations**

* Media personality
* rapper
* songwriter
* broadcaster

## **Musical career**

### **Labels**

* Mood Muzik
* Empire
* E1
* Amalgam Digital
* Desert Storm
* Def Jam

**Joseph Anthony Budden II** (born August 31, 1980) is an American media personality and former rapper. He hosts *The Joe Budden Podcast*, released twice a week on Patreon and YouTube, and *State of the Culture* on Revolt.

## Background

In 2003, Budden and fellow American rapper Lupe Fiasco were featured on Tha' Rayne's remix version of the single "Didn't You Know."

On August 20, 2016, it was teased over Twitter of a rap or video game battle between the two. On July 19, 2018, Fiasco challenged Budden to a *Street Fighter* match. He jokingly commented on Budden's Instagram post, "This n\*\*\*a sitting on this ultra modern balcony enjoying a pussy ass summer breeze with the sock shoes staring of into the distance looking at nothing when he could be looking at these HANDS! Stop the ducking Joe! Streets is calling you! STREET FIGHTER THAT IS! You can go back to gazing into the heart of clarity once you catch these multiple L's."

On Budden's podcast on July 25, 2020, it was reported by outlets of brief tensions, where Budden made fun of the song "Dinosaurs." Fiasco explained to *Vulture*, "I don't give a fuck what podcasts have to say. Don't get me wrong, I'll entertain it. I just thought Joe Budden was just calling me; I didn't know he was having me patched in as some circus sideshow to his fucking show. But I'm like, *Cool, we're promoting. I'll take it. It's free*. I know how to engage the press in that capacity. It's this hypercritical, almost antagonistic relationship that we have. But as long as the fans are happy, I'm cool." He added, "The issue that I had with Joe is that you think I'm just doing this because I ain't got nothing else to talk about. But the whole music industry has been primed to just listen to people talking about the same shit to different beats."

During their 678th episode, the podcast assessed Fiasco's song, "3,048," where Budden remarked, "Hey Lupe, man, stop. Stop it. He rapping over them damn flutes. I cut that shit right off." He later on said, "Why would he do that to them? I can’t say nothing 'cause he gonna diss me […] That was some bullshit. That was some clout chasing," which garnered attention from some Fiasco fans who posted to Reddit the incident. A few publications have also reported the shade, and three days after the video was published, Fiasco took to Twitter on November 29, 2023, to compare their Spotify listeners and Grammy nominations (5.5 million vs. 726.3K and 12 vs. 2, respectively). He wrote in its caption, "We don't chase whats already been achieved... Victory laps sometimes look like qualifiers especially from the stands." The tweet was later deleted, where Fiasco stated he "Got what I needed." Budden had said in the now-deleted tweet, "Lupe is him. That flute shit was worse than ass... 2 things can be true... stop lying to your favorite artists for 2024, you might get better product." Fiasco had replied, "Ah There you are...my # still the same too fyi...." He continued that he was "befuddled" about why the song was made an official topic on the show despite Budden's strong feelings towards it. He wondered why the "clout chasing" comment was said, as "that's what got me out of bed TBH the rest I care nothing for." The two seemed to privately sort it out, as Budden tweeted: "Spoke to Lupe, I still love him. Lol." Fiasco retweeted this with a thumbs-up emoji.

## Gallery

* Episode 366
* Episode 457
* Episode 678

## References

1. ↑ Simmons, Ted (August 22, 2016). "Joe Budden Says Lupe Fiasco Is Scared of Him, Lupe Responds". *XXL*.
2. ↑ Eustice, Kyle (July 20, 2018). "Lupe Fiasco Challenges Joe Budden to "Catch These Multiple Ls" in "Street Fighter" War". *HipHopDX*.
3. ↑ Ketchum III, William (August 4, 2020). "Lupe Fiasco vs. Everybody (Even Himself)". *Vulture*.
4. ↑ "The Joe Budden Podcast Episode 678 | Love Bomb" (1:32:17). *YouTube*. November 26, 2023.
5. ↑ Moore, Sam (November 27, 2023). "Joe Budden Disses Lupe Fiasco Over André 3000 Flute Remix: 'Stop It'". *HipHopDX*.
6. ↑ Turner-Williams, Jaelani (November 29, 2023). "Lupe Fiasco Responds to Joe Budden Trolling His Freestyle Over André 3000 Track, Compares Spotify Listener Averages". *Complex*.