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Polarizing artist XXXTentacion is currently on house arrest but evidently that hasn’t stopped him from moving forward with his music. On Saturday (January 20), the “Look At Me!” rapper alluded he was working on a collaborative project with Brooklyn’s Joey Bada$$ during one of his Instagram stories.
“xxxtentacion x joey badass,” he wrote in white text. “collaboration tape.”
Joey, who just dropped the surprise single “King To A God” on Friday (January 19), appeared to back up X’s announcement with an Instagram post of his own. The Pro Era MC’s post consisted of a screenshot from X’s Instagram story that read, “xxxtentacion x joey badass. collaboration Tape. LETSGOOOOO @xxxtentacion.”
Hip Hop fans weren’t quite in agreement on whether this was a smart move on Joey’s part. X is currently embroiled in a slew of legal trouble stemming from his 2016 domestic violence case. Last month, he was arrested on 15 felony charges, including witness tampering.
Late Friday night (January 19), X shared a snippet of new music on Instagram but it’s unclear where the song will actually wind up. In another post from last month, the 19-year-old claimed he was putting out three albums in 2018.
xxxtentacion says he’s never quitting music and actually will release 3 albums in 2018. pic.twitter.com/4luXbYEw8R
— DJ Akademiks (@IamAkademiks) December 13, 2017
Countless people took to Twitter to chime in on the possible Joey-X collaboration. From shock and anger to anticipation and excitement, the reactions were all over the place.
Check out some of them below.
xxxtentacion x joey badass collaboration tape
holy fuck
is this real?— tracer (@trxcer) January 20, 2018
i looooooove Joey badass but he just said something on his IG about working with xxxtentacion and i’m so disappointed
— MJ (@grimewood) January 20, 2018
@joeyBADASS is a top 5 rapper. XXXtentacion isn’t even a top 100. this makes no sense. pic.twitter.com/FRS7z3vsd9
— Mounir Dahdah (@mounir_dahdah) January 21, 2018
Am I the only one depressed that @joeyBADASS is collabing with @xxxtentacion? #devastated
— silvercloudv2 (@silvercloudv2) January 21, 2018
@joeyBADASS I’m praying you don’t do a collaboration with the trash that is better known as @xxxtentacion. Please. You’re better than this.
— APOLLO. 🌞 (@openmindedlives) January 20, 2018
joey badass & xxxtentacion pic.twitter.com/NOvRSWVbP3
— nattaly tatiane 👎 (@prmsx) January 20, 2018
Why is Joey going to work with XXXtentacion????????? Love this fucking album but I’m about to fucking burn my copy if he goes through with it. Stand by your message!
— Who Are You ?roductions (@cameron_lui) January 20, 2018
I’m hyped for this Joey Badass x Xxxtentacion collab mixtape 🔥
— Tony Stark (@TonyySicc) January 20, 2018
@xxxtentacion and @joeyBADASS gonna drop a tape soon and I can’t wait for that shit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— i$aac (@isaac_vsqz) January 20, 2018
Don’t play with my heartstrings this needs confirming, @joeyBADASS ???? @xxxtentacion don’t play me this would be mad pic.twitter.com/N2DrEieol8
— JoJo’s bizzare (@Zedrickbadass) January 20, 2018
2018 will be the greatest year of music if that @xxxtentacion and @joeyBADASS collab tape is real / released.
— 👇🏽✌🏽🌎👨🏽 (@downtoearthpapi) January 20, 2018
Source: Hip Hop DX
