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Dave East Gets Torched On Twitter For His ‘The Box (Remix)’

Dave East’s contribution to #TheBoxChallenge isn’t getting a warm reception. After the star Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga previewed his remix Roddy Ricch’s hit single “The Box” on social media, the Harlem-bred MC was bombarded with negative reactions.

Twitter users posted a variety videos and gifs to detail their disdain for East’s work, coming up with multiple ways to call it “trash.” Even some fellow artists looked down on the Def Jam rapper’s remix as former Raider Klan member Key Nyata commented, “It’s crazy how this nigga is just consistently ass.”

Although East’s version “The Box” has been much maligned, the original has been a massive hit.

Roddy’s song has spent the past two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His album Please Excuse Me for Being ANTISOCIAL, which contains the track, also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Revisit “The Box” above and view some the reactions to East’s remix below.