NBA Beef? Jaylen Brown Presumably Fires Diss At Clippers Guard

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown has always been vocal, but we’ve never seen the 27-year-old spit lyrics on a track with A$AP Ferg, which produced both a pretty obvious jab at Nike (again) along with a supposedly subliminal diss toward Los Angeles Clippers guard Kevin Porter Jr.

Brown released the track “Just Do It” on Thursday, a 2:20 collaboration project with A$AP Ferg. The song both served as Brown’s debut on the rap scene and also brought the reigning NBA Finals MVP into question. Did Brown aim and fire a deep-cutting diss toward Porter, a first-round pick from the 2019 draft? We’ve heard Nas pick apart Jay-Z with “Ether” in 2001, 50 Cent’s “Back Down” in 2003, and Kendrick Lamar’s jarring 4:34 verbal beatdown of Drake with “Not Like Us” back in May. However… what haven’t we seen? A legitimate NBA beef hit the studio.

“Open your mind, let the words flow. Baby, you was mine, I let the world know,” Brown began the track by saying. “She rockin’ my jersey all up in the stands. … Don’t hate the player, hate the game. She’ll tell you me and you just ain’t the same. And I don’t do this for the fame, boy. Studio the play station, this is not a game, boy.”

Brown (likely) makes reference to Kysre Gondrezick, who was spotted with the three-time NBA All-Star during the 2024 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. Gondrezick, 27, spent two seasons in the WNBA and previously dated Porter during the 24-year-old’s time spent with the Houston Rockets. Porter was investigated for a domestic violence case during the time he dated Gondrezick and missed the entirety of the 2023-24 season. It’s not a clear-cut diss from Brown, but most rap enthusiasts would likely connect the dots in this instance, calling it a Porter diss — until any potential follow-up tracks are released.

A$AP Ferg’s feature in the track was a full-circle moment for the 35-year-old, who previously answered the pressing question: If you could have one NBA player on a song with you, who would it be?

“Jaylen Brown,” Ferg replied, which Brown shared on X. “My man got the heat.”