Joe Budden Confronts Rory & Mal Over Drake's 'Family Matters' Beat

Joe Budden jokes freestyle over Drake's “Family Matters” beat and takes photos with former podcast hosts Rory and Mal.

Joe Budden takes shots during Freestyle

On Tuesday (May 21), Joe Budden held an X Spaces session where he ended up dropping a short freestyle. In the clip, which can be heard below, the rapper-turned-podcaster uses the same beat as Drake in the third verse of his K-Dot clapback.

“These stray dogs, no bite no bark/Get the f**k out, all I need is Park,” Joe says. “I couldn't trust y'all if I went to Paris/Get the f**k out, you ain't average/I'm with Parks, you go get your Paris,” he adds, referring to Rory and The new podcast partner of Mal.

He continues, “It's clear to me that you can't see the books/It's clear to me that you think I'm a fraud/It's clear that I've given you your last look.”

Joe's Beef With Rory and Mal

Joe Budden has launched his first podcast I'll call this the Later Podcast co-hosted by Rory Farrell and Marisa Mendez in February 2015. Mendez was replaced by Jamil “Mal” Clay in 2016. In August 2018, Joe signed a podcast deal with Spotify. The contract expired in September 2020.

However, in May 2021, Rory and Mal left the show after a dispute with Joe over payments. The duo claimed that Joe was underpaying them and claimed that Joe refused to let them see the podcast's financial records. They have since started their own hit show called the New Rory & Mal podcast.

Joe has a new cast of characters on his show that includes Parks Vallely, Lamar “Ice” Burney, Antwan “Ish” Marby, Melyssa Ford and Trevor “Queenzflip” Robinson.