

What they have communicated to me is something is wrong. He added, “Nobody has communicated a beef. “I don’t come to you with business sh-t because we have to keep doing sh-t … other people should probably have somebody else to talk to you or one of your professionals.” Parks maintained that Rory and Mal’s “beef” did not stem from financial disparities, to which Budden responded, “It’s not a beef.” “I been doing business with Joe Budden for a very long time,” he expressed. Parks attempted to offer his perspective on the situation explaining the difficulties that arise when friendship and business dealings cross paths.

Sometimes everyone’s perspective and perception on how to go about that and how it should be executed is different.” He continued, “Sometimes in friendship and business, everyone needs to take a step back and go to their respective corners. And then what will happen is the same thing when your star player comes back to the team.” Whenever they feel like returning to their seats, then they’ll return to their seats.

“This is Rory’s seat, and this is Mal’s seat. “I’ll eliminate some of the suspense,” Joe said towards the 15-minute mark.

On the Wednesday, March 24 episode titled “Tea Leaves,” the “Pump It Up” emcee, joined by interim co-hosts Savon and Ice, explained that Rory and Mal were taking a break while they resolved some of their personal grievances. After an immense amount of inquiry from fans, Budden and his fourth co-host, Parks, addressed the situation. So when the two men were absent, rumblings on the internet began claiming that the two had left the show. Fans had long speculated that tensions were high following some incidents on the show and their fallout with former business partners Spotify. When the weekly episode was uploaded on Saturday, March 20, it was missing two of its co-hosts Rory and Mal. Rapper turned podcasting savant Joe Budden has reached a new turning point in his media career with the “Joe Budden Podcast,” and fans appeared to be worried.
