Hitmaka has responded to Hit-Boy’s diss record he teased on social media, which also took aim at over producers including Southside and Metro Boomin.
In a comment shared on HipHopDX’s Instagram post on the diss track, Hitmaka gave his thoughts on the whole situation after he initially claimed he got more radio play than Hit-Boy. “All I said was he ain’t making radio/mainstream shit and he dissed us on a beat that won’t never touch mainstream or radio,” he commented. “Solidified my statement.”
Metro Boomin, meanwhile, appeared to share a more subliminal diss on Twitter by sharing a screenshot of lyrics from Kendrick Lamar’s “Rich Spirit.” “Stop playin’ with me ‘fore I turn you to a song,” reads the lyrics in the screenshot, which Metro shared after Hit-Boy’s diss picked up traction online.
In the clip of the Hit-Boy track, the producer and rapper took aim at Hitmaka and several other big name hip-hop producers. "I don’t really know dude he seem like a cool cat/But I never once heard Metro Boomin do boom bap," he rapped in the clip. “I never heard a Southside beat without an 808 in it/HB in drunk-driver mode, I swerve in every lane with it." In his bars about Hitmaka he referenced his former name Yung Berg. "I just seen Yung Berg spoke on the wave, I should do him like Trick Trick and snatch Hit out his name," he rapped.
Okay .. I’m instigating producer beef lmao @_Hitmaka you know you my guy but it’s on you
The situation all started after Hitmaka appeared on Hot 97 with Ebro Darden and said he’s more popular than Hit-Boy. “See, but I’m on the radio; Hit-Boy’s not on the radio,” said Hitmaka. “Nah, I love Hit-Boy. Hit-Boy’s a legendary producer, he’s been doing it way longer than me, he’s a great guy. But I’m keeping it a B, though... if you play the soundtrack to your life for the last four or five years on radio, I know it’s gotta be frustrating for him because my name is so similar, my brother.”
On Friday, The Alchemist and Hit-Boy shared “Slipping Into Darkness,” where Hit officially name-checks the producers on wax. You can listen here.
