Photographer: Mary Gemski
s**t. When you go back and watch
that battle, I really feel I won the
first two rounds, because while he
did his thing, he wasn’t coming at
me like I was coming at him. My
delivery was on point, my bars
were actually good because I was
just coming off the loss to Brixx
and I was like, “I can’t lose to
another punch line [battler]. So I
was really trying to give him that
work.
Eve: What names have you battled
so far, in no particular order.
Lee Hustle: I’ve battled Brixx
Belvedere, Blackheart Adonis, Jesse
James and I battled T-Top.
Eve: T-Top is crazy.
Lee Hustle: Yeah. I battled T-Top
for one round and I had my own
league at the time, Goonie Battle
League. So I had T-Top come out
here and battle me.
Eve: Ok it’s time for me to go, but
I just can’t forget to mention that
pocket check. I saw you perform
in ATL. That pocket check
was amazing. (Eve laughs) Any
particular reason you went in on
him like that?
Lee Hustle: I really pocket checked
him because he was popping s**t
online. He was like, “Your bully
bars really don’t mean anything.”
and “Don’t judge a book by its
cover, I have been a street n***a”
and a whole bunch of bulls**t. So
going into the battle, I was like,
since he talking all this s**t I’m
going to see how much of a street
n***a he really is. If he’s a real
n***a, he’s going to say something.
If he’s not a real n***a, he’s going
to let me do it and will sit there
and look stupid. Well, he sat there
and looked stupid while I was
tapping his pockets, he didn’t say
one word!
Eve: You weren’t just tapping his
pockets; he was levitating.
Lee Hustle: He was online before
the event saying, “you better not
touch me”, but after the event, he
surely didn’t come at me sideways.
So is Lee Hustle truly a battle rapper
with a sour taste in his mouth
over bad blood and the politics of
battle rap? Or is he using his past
animosity with Smack to fuel his
bully reputation with hopes that
he will be the next Math Hoffa or
Dizaster of battle rap? I gave y’all his
story; you tell me.
— Eve
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