"I still don't know why he's a thing" — Joe Budden weighs in on Lil Pump's endorsement of Donald Trump after rapper dissed him

Podcaster Joe Budden shared his opinion on Lil Pump endorsing Republican nominee Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election on November 5, 2024. In the August 1 episode of his eponymous podcast, Budden and his co-hosts get to the topic of rapper Swae Lee, encouraging people not to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

This led to them talking about the various celebrities who have backed either candidate. Budden mentioned Lil Pump, an ardent Donald Trump supporter since 2020, who has a tattoo of the former president's mugshot on his thigh. He referred to the rapper as a "s*** stain" saying,

"I still don't know why he's a thing. Like I just think of a s*** stain... a white s*** stain... I've never seen him not look s*** stainish..."

He also said he was adding him to his hit list of people to diss, as he seemed like an "easy target."

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Lil Pump took shots at Joe Budden on social media earlier this year

According to XXL Magazine, the feud between Lil Pump and Budden came with no warning after the rapper took shots at the podcaster on social media on January 23, 2024. Lil Pump posted a series of Instagram stories alluding to Budden's past drug use and physical assault allegations, writing,

"F*** Joe Budden 43-year-old drug addict. Women beater ur worthless go hit a man not a woman."

Two of Budden's ex-girlfriends, Esther Baxter and Tahiry Jones, have accused the former rapper and podcaster of physically assaulting them. Budden has also openly spoken about his drug addiction in a 2022 interview with Fuse, adding he overcame it with the help of friends like Eminem.

In the next story, he posted Budden's mugshot accompanied by several laugh emojis. In the follow-up story, Pump included a screenshot of a May 2021 Variety article with the headline "Joe Budden Accused of S*xual Harassment by Fellow Podcast Host Olivia Dope, Issues Apology."

Dope, the host of the podcast See, the Thing Is on the Joe Budden Network, alleged the podcaster appeared on the 16th episode of her podcast and,

"Continuously made s*xual, suggestive remarks to me that made me extremely uncomfortable as well as fearful of dampening the mood if I didn’t laugh along while he made those s*xual remarks to me.”

Budden issued a public apology for his actions, vowing changes and growth. Lil Pump concluded his series of Instagram stories about Budden with the line "It's never OK to hit women ur a piece of s***."

While there is no history of any animosity between Lil Pump and Budden, the former co-signed Quavo and Lil Yachty's 2017 track Ice Tray. The track started with a diss against Budden.

"If a ***** hatin', call him Joe Budden (*****)/ Coupe outside and it's press button (skrt skrt)/ Got that ***** mad 'cause your b**** fuckin' (hah)."

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Joe Budden is a former rapper with eight studio albums between 2003 and 2016. He launched The Joe Budden Podcast (previously known as I'll Name This Podcast Later) in 2015. The bi-weekly podcast involves Budden and other co-hosts talking about topics ranging from hip-hop to sports.