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Joey Badass Files Alleged 'TDEast' Trademark, Asks Top Dawg to Call Him

The New York rapper has alluded to establishing a label to compete with Top Dawg Entertainment.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 12: Joey Bada$$ attends the Impact Mentorship holiday celebration hosted by Joey Bada$$ on December 12, 2024 in New York City.
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Joey Badass is showing no signs of slowing down his beef with Ray Vaughn, filing what appears to be an alleged trademark for TDEast.

On Friday (May 16), the Brooklyn MC, who fired off some more shots at Vaughn and the West Coast during his recent Red Bull cypher and on new diss track "The Finals," has also now called out Top Dawg Entertainment CEO, Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith.

Posting an alleged certificate filing for 'TDEast LLC' to X (formerly Twitter), he captioned the post: "Get top on the phoneeeee," as well as tagging the West Coast label exec.

A website for TDEast redirects to "The Finals," which is where Joey teased the idea for an East Coast version of the label, spitting: "It's too bad, n***a, you should have been signed to me/Somebody tell Top we 'bout to start TD East."

Elsewhere on "The Finals," Joey goes at Vaughn over his affiliation with Kendrick Lamar. "The way you let Dot dick sit in your mouth/This that same dick lickin' I was talkin' about/You n***as would do anything for the clout/Crash out over n***as who won't even let you in they house," he raps.

He also challenges K.Dot to a battle, spitting: "I salute you Kenny but I know you well aware/You lookin' for some competition? Then just know that I'll be right here."

Vaughn's last diss aimed at Joey was "Hoe Era," and ex-TDE member Reason also fired off at the Brooklyn rapper on "The Dead Apple" after Joey called him out for his split from TDE.

Joey has been trying to elicit a reaction from the West Coast ever since releasing his song "The Ruler's Back" on New Year's Day. The rapper also aligned himself with Kendrick and J. Cole as part of the 'Big Three' on "The Baddest" from his third album 2000.

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