
“The Joe Budden Podcast” is beloved by fans for tackling sensitive subjects within the Black community and getting into the weeds of hip-hop and basketball, but there were clearly dark clouds ahead when Rory and Mal were absent from a handful of the streaming production’s weekly editions. When criticized Budden, for “funding the sabatoge of yourself ironically enough lol,” Budden clapped back, “I can afford to.” He later repeated those words in social media posts.Īlong with those sudden firings, a more pressing question arises: did Budden also just quit his own podcast? Several tweets in the wake of the news suggest as much. The gall of you to think you are deserving the way that I am.” Mal, I’m the person that has to say that. Rory, you are in breach of your contract and from this point forward, you are fired! And you’re not welcome back…. “He still feels like he has choices and options. “Somehow he still feels he’s running the show,” he continued. Joe Budden Says He's Splitting From Spotify, Claims Platform 'Undermined and Undervalued' Exclusive Podcast Podcast as Therapy Session? How 'Joe Budden' Is Helping Destigmatize Mental HealthĪfter Nixing Spotify Pact, Joe Budden Launches Patreon Subscriptions and Joins as 'Creator Equity' Adviser
I say all of that to say, we gonna do this since Rory feels like he has so many options. Y’all take that fuckin’ dark energy, that arrogance and entitlement somewhere else. Y’all not going to continue to treat these people this way. In episode 437 of the popular Joe Budden Podcast, which counts nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube and can also be heard on Apple and other audio platforms, the titular host is heard loudly berating Rory and Mal, as the cohosts of the six-year-old pod are known: “Y’all will not continue to treat me this way. The former rapper and “Love & Hip-Hop” star has made the dynamics of the show’s main talkers a focus of recent episodes, as noted by a recent Variety article expounding on a late April pod-turned-therapy session titled “Shaking the Tree.”

Podcaster Joe Budden has fired his co-hosts and friends, Rory Farrell and Jamil “Mal” Clay, according to social media posts and audio leaked online.
