Joe Budden Responds to Drake With New Song "Afraid"

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Joe Budden offered a multi-layered response for Drake‘s French Montana-powered diss record, “No Shopping.” The New Jersey native first took aim at Drizzy via a string of multiple tweets before it took things to the soundwaves with his latest track, “Afraid.” Using a clever sample from Drake and Jhené Aiko’s Nothing Was The Same collaboration “No Time,” Budden gets some more lyrical steam off his chest. The two previously butted heads following the release of VIEWS, after the Slaughterhouse rapper gave VIEWS a less-than-stellar review. Listen to “Afraid” below and let us know who got the better of the exchange.

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