Royce Da 5’9″ details how he was instrumental and mending the relationship between Joyner Lucas and Logic.
Once upon a time, and were at odds. Then, last May the pair surprised fans by released their collaborative track, “ISIS.” While there wasn’t much said about how the two rappers ended up squashing their beef, Logic hinted that Royce Da 5’9″ had something to do with it when he rapped: “Yeah, uh, far from the minimum /.” In a chat with HipHopDX, Royce detailed what went down and how he was able to help mend the relationship between the two emcees.
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“Well, I had a long conversation with Logic about it back when it was happening,” said Royce. “And I had a long conversation with Joyner about it. I had two separate conversations with them my opinion but I was also listening [and] understanding each of their sides and just throwing a little bit of my opinion, but just making sure I put something on their brains to take with them. That’s all I did.”
“And then, after time progressed, one thing led to another,” he added. “Joyner came to me and he said that he wanted to get on the phone with Logic because some things that I told him back in the day resonated., ‘Man, you think he’ll get on the phone with me?’ I’m like, ‘Absolutely!'”
Royce recalled previously telling Joyner that “Logic is not like that,” referring to him as an artist who doesn’t have a reputation of wanting to beef with other rappers. ,” Royce said he told Lucas. He added that he believed Joyner felt bad about the situation because Lucas was “maturing” and beginning to “understand that you don’t have to do certain things… It’s better to just kinda be chill. Don’t force things.”
Logic agreed to speak with Joyner Lucas and after the two were able to talk out their differences Check out Royce talking about being the mediator between the two artists below.
