I. The spark: “Job” marks Gazo’s return to drill — and La F’s instant response
In early September, Gazo went back to basics with “Job”, a stripped-down, hard-hitting single where the drums pound and the flow cuts sharp. At the heart of the track, one line was enough to ignite a media firestorm:
“Why you running like La F?”
This one-liner isn’t a disstrack: it’s a punchline slipped into a comeback record, designed to sting and spark reactions. Mission accomplished: the snippet looped non-stop, got chopped into reels and memes, flooded X/Instagram feeds, and put La F squarely in the crosshairs.
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The Lyon rapper didn’t wait around. In an Instagram story, La F shut down the runaway narrative, denied he ever “ran”, and announced he’d answer with music:
“When did Gazo ever make La F run? It never happened. I never ran from anyone… I’m dropping a new track at midnight — media, share it.”
The message had two parts: first, set the record straight (no running, no humiliation) and demand proof; second, bring the debate back to the music. Rather than fueling a pointless soap opera, La F promised an artistic response — setting the pace for a clash to be fought in the studio and on screen, not just on socials.
II. The counterattack: “Boogeyman”, a true UK-coded disstrack that reframes the battlefield
A few days later, promise kept. La F released “Boogeyman”, a bona fide disstrack (where “Job” was only a jab). The intent is clear: UK drill sonics, British references, attacking punchlines, and a demand for receipts. Production comes from two London beatmakers, Omen2K and ProdbyLJS — a way to align musically “across the Channel”, right down to the rhythmic grids and 808 textures. La F goes further, name-checking Headie One, a leading figure in London drill, as a banner of this UK grounding.
On substance, the disstrack takes apart the storyline launched by Gazo:
“They dare say they made me run when there’s footage to back me up”
“Show a video of me running from you — it doesn’t exist, stop being brainwashed”
“If it existed, it would already be trending / If it existed, you’d have humiliated me by now”
The playbook is simple: restore the facts, ask for something concrete, flip the accusation. In “Boogeyman”, La F also mentions Lyon and Paris to defuse any territorial reading: he refuses to turn this into a Lyon vs Paris derby, and pulls the clash back onto artistic ground — pen game, flow, angles, and musical coherence. That stance is reinforced by a one-shot video directed by Faiz Manty: camera up close, streets as the backdrop, raw staging that serves credibility and urgency.
One last twist that raises the stakes: Ziak has hinted he’s about to wade into the conflict, possibly alongside Gazo. Nothing official on record at the time of writing, but the signal alone reshuffles the deck: if the matchup shifts in numbers, both sides will have to level up — sharper bars, heavier production, faster responses.
