KSI explains how rivalry with Logan Paul inspired \u201cDown Like That\u201d YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul threw down for the last time in the ring on November 9 \u2013 but KSI was doing more than merely training, as evidenced by his latest track \u201cDown Like That.\u201d KSI dropped the song two days ahead of his boxing rematch with Paul, which featured Hip Hop greats like Rick Ross and Lil Baby, with Ross even performing the song at the Staples Center during KSI\u2019s walkout. Unsurprisingly, KSI\u2019s own part in the song references his then-upcoming bout with \u201cThe Maverick,\u201d which he explained in an interview with Genius on December 12. According to the YouTuber, his verse \u201cI want that knockdown\u201d came true, as he claims he knocked Paul down in the third round \u2013 a development the referee deemed a \u201cslip.\u201d \u201cI wanted that knockdown, man, I wanted to finish him,\u201d KSI said. \u201cI wanted to properly knock him out. Bro, I was swinging mad, man. I was going crazy. When the first round happened, I thought, \u2018This guy doesn\u2019t want to fight me. He was just backing off. \u2026I thought he was a bitch for that.\u201d He went on to refute claims that his verse, \u201cF*** up the system\/ Make it shut down,\u201d was a reference to MC Skepta, and claimed that it only had to do with his desire to \u201cshut down\u201d his rival in the ring. \u201cI guess some people thought me saying, \u2018shut down\u2019 was like a shout out to Skepta,\u201d he continued. \u201cNo, it was just me wanting to shut down his brain when I punched him. Logan\u2019s brain, for those of you who were wondering.\u201d KSI\u2019s \u201cDown Like That\u201d reached the top of the UK\u2019s Apple Music charts and even scored a place in the region\u2019s official Top 10 charts, prompting an emotional celebration from the YouTuber-turned-boxer-turned-rapper in late November. With KSI stepping into the music world and Logan Paul aiming for a career in MMA, it looks like some of YouTube\u2019s brightest stars are easing in to other roles in wake of their massive success in the realm of boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KSI explains how rivalry with Logan Paul inspired \u201cDown Like That\u201d YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul threw down for the last time in the ring on November 9 \u2013 but KSI was doing more than merely training, as evidenced by his latest track \u201cDown Like That.\u201d KSI dropped the song two days ahead of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}