Following “Still Disappointed”, Stormzy visited America to do various interviews. In an interview with Rap Radar, Stormzy stated:

The more I think about it [..] he naturally always wants to bring out the best of people, he is definitely a fucking troll. [..] the more I think about it, he probably just thought, “okay, Stormz, you’re having a lot of commercial success, you’re a mainstream act now, I’ve gotta keep you on your toes”.

[…] that’s the nature of grime innit? It’s a competitive sport. And maybe he looked at me and thought, “rah, you can’t be the top guy and not compete you know”. [..] I’ve got lyrics where I’m like, “I’m the king of grime”. [..] he probably heard all that and thought, “rah, you can’t be the gaffer without like, spraying”.

[..] and I thank him, you know what I mean? We put on a show, you know what I mean? And, he brought out, to be fair, he brought out what a lot of people don’t know already, is natural and exists in me.

Cadell (Wiley’s half-brother that Stormzy disses) released “World War III” on January 9.

Grime MC Wiley has been sending shots towards Stormzy since the release of July 2019’s “Take Me Back To London” with Ed Sheeran off his fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project. Wiley complained about the singer (a pop artist) being a “culture vulture” for getting grime artists, like Omari and Jaykae, who featured on its August 2019-released remix.

Wiley also complained about Big Mike making pop music and “using grime” to start his career, a stark contrast to earlier compliments he gave the rapper.

However, this set of diss tracks is a spin-off from a beef initially started by grime artist Dot Rotten. In late 2019, Rotten began dissing UK rapper JAY1 and Boy Better Know. He released a flurry of disses in the span of a couple weeks, with one tune dropping once a day or so. Around Christmas, Dot challenged the grime scene to clash him. Though his call initially was left ignored, Wiley picked up the beef and released “Curiosity Killed The Cat” and “Disrespect”. On New Year’s Day, Jaykae also got involved and dropped “SHUSH” which contained disses towards both Wiley and Rotten.

Following “SHUSH”, fans tweeted at Wiley asking if he was going to respond. He declined, stating that Jaykae was “with Stormzy and Sheeran”.

The tweet set off a discussion between Wiley and Stormzy on Twitter, with insults flinging on both sides. Following this, Wiley released “Eediyat Skengman”., which Stormzy replied to with “Disappointed”, which in turn was followed by “Eediyat Skengman 2”.

On January 8, Stormzy followed up with “Still Disappointed”. On January 10, Wiley released “Eediyat Skengman 3”.