Joyner Lucas visits Sway’s Universe for a new interview.
Joyner Lucas continues the promo run for his new album “Not Now I’m Busy”, as he made an appearance on Sway’s Universe for a new interview. During the conversation, he was asked about Kendrick Lamar’s recent diss for Drake and J. Cole, and what he feels about other rappers saying they’re the best.
“I never really had a desire to be the king of anything. It’s just not my personality to be self-proclaimed to anything,” he responds at around 38:00 minute mark. “I just kinda like allow people place me where they wanna place me but that doesn’t mean I’m not competitive. I just never really care to be like ‘I’m the best, I’m the king, I’m the best rapper in the world.’ It’s all subjective.”
He continued: “I think a lot of people say you should want to be the best, you should say you are the best and nobody’s better than you. They think it’s weak to say somebody is better than you. I disagree with that. I don’t feel that at all. I feel like there are lots of artist that are better than me. I think Eminem is better than me. I think Drake is better than me. I don’t have a problem saying that. People might look at me as weak for saying that but that’s just how I feel.”
“I feel like certain artists are better than me. Do I feel like Drake is better storyteller record to me? F–k no… There’s no way. He can’t make ‘I’m Not Racist,’ he can’t make ‘Ross Capicchioni,’ he can’t make ‘Best For Me,’ but he can make ‘God’s Plan,’ I can’t make that sh-t. He can make ‘Hotline Bling,’ I can’t do that sh-t. He can hop into all these different lanes and sh-t and do all these ‘Controller.’ He’s a hybrid for real. He can sing and sh-t. I can’t sing. But I think he’s overall better than me. All these stats and all the things that he could do that I can’t. Kendrick can get lyrically better than me. He get busy and I love that about Kendrick. So no, to answer your question, I don’t care about being the best, I don’t have a problem saying other rappers are better than me, I’m just a fan of other artists bro.”
Watch the interview below.
