ASAP Rocky Claims He Lost A Rap Battle With Denzel Washington

ASAP Rocky nonetheless hasn’t delivered his long-awaited album, Do not Be Dumb, however he might have discovered extra hip-hop inspiration in surprising locations. It seems that his Highest 2 Lowest costar Denzel Washington is a large rap fan, and would possibly even have higher bars than A$AP Rocky himself.

To clarify, Rocky and the movie’s director Spike Lee just lately appeared on Wallo and Gillie’s Million Dollaz Price Of Sport podcast to advertise the Kurosawa remake. It premiered at the moment (Friday, August 15) in theaters and can come out by way of streaming on Apple TV+ on September 5.

Throughout their dialog, the Harlem rapper and the Brooklyn-based filmmaker recalled the legendary actor’s love of hip-hop. It manifested not simply via direct quotes, however a full-on rap battle with the A$AP Mob‘s frontman.

“That was loopy as a result of I didn’t know that that man was such a fan of hip-hop like that,” A$AP Rocky expressed about Denzel Washington. “I thought that he was on some Miles Davis s**t, perhaps some Alice Coltrane. […] Yo, your man got here on set speaking about Moneybagg Yo lyrics, NLE Choppa lyrics, DMX lyrics. So within the scene, he simply begin freestyling like common, so it caught me off guard, however I used to be fanning out the entire time. […] And simply to see him freestyle, he obtained me up out of there. I misplaced a battle to Denzel.”

We’ll see how audiences react to Rocky, Denzel Washington, and Spike Lee’s craft alongside Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, and extra. Highest 2 Lowest has quite a lot of buzz, and it’d simply encourage recent bars from many alternative corners. At the very least we all know A$AP Rocky was impressed sufficient to drop two new songs for the movie’s soundtrack.