A$AP Rocky not only starred opposite Denzel Washington in the highly anticipated film Highest 2 Lowest, but apparently he lost a rap battle to the two-time Academy Award winner.
During an appearance on Wallo and Gillie the Kid’s Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast, Rocky, accompanied by acclaimed director Spike Lee, revealed what went down when Washington displayed his rap skills.
In one scene, Washington freestyled in lines from Nas, Tupac, DMX and others catching Rocky by surprise.
“What is it, a rap battle?” he asked.
“That was crazy because I did not know that that man was such a fan of hip-hop like that,” Rocky said about Washington. “I presumed that he was on some Miles Davis s**t, maybe some Alice Coltrane. […] Yo, your man came on set talking about Moneybagg Yo lyrics, NLE Choppa lyrics, DMX lyrics. So in the scene, he just start freestyling like regular, so it caught me off guard, but I was fanning out the whole time. […] And just to see him freestyle, he got me up out of there. I lost a battle to Denzel.”
Lee also lauded Washington for his acting prowess.
“Denzel is such a powerful force. Not a derogatory term, but he’s a beast,” Lee said. “Rocky is from Harlem, uptown. So I knew that he’s not going to punk out. He’s going to stand there, feet planted to the ground, as a heavyweight fight, blow to blow to blow. If you got somebody who don’t got it, Denzel is going to slaughter them. SLAUGHTER.”
Highest 2 Lowest which A24 releases in theaters Friday,before it becomes available on Apple TV+ two weeks later.
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