Joe Budden Says He Hates BTS, Misstates They Are From China; ARMY Slams Rapper

Media personality and rapper Joe Budden is facing backlash for his comments about BTS on the recent episode of his podcast.

The 41-year-old rapper, best known for his 2003 song "Pump It Up" from "2 Fast 2 Furious," expressed his dislike toward the K-pop group on "The Joe Budden" podcast Wednesday.

"Hey, y'all get mad at me but I hate them BTS," he told co-hosts Ice and Ish while talking about the Grammys.

When his co-hosts pressed him for a reason why he hated the boyband, which has broken several records since its entry into the international music scene, he uttered some unkind remarks against the "Butter" singers.

"I hate them. I don't need to divulge my reason, I just hate them," he continued. "I don't want to hear that s**t. I don't want to see them dance moves. I don't want to see you come down from the sky in a little umbrella. I don't want to see your four f***ing codies come from the audience and then link up like Voltron to do all of the 98 Degrees moves. I don't want to see none of that s**t. I don't want to see it. I know they big, I know it's China, I don't want to see it."

When his co-hosts corrected him and said the group is not from China, the podcast host replied, "I don't wanna see them Korean *NSYNC," which elicited laughter from Ice and Ish.

BTS fans, known as ARMY, quickly came to the defense of their beloved boy group.

"Just heard the Joe Budden podcast clip of him hating BTS. Just say you are racist and xenophobic, alot quicker than claiming you hate them but 'don't need to have a reason.' Shut the f*** up. They are more successful than you will ever be. Continue to be jealous," a fan tweeted.

Another ARMY member had an interesting observation about Budden.

"Joe budden pulling s**t about bts out his a**, but he sure knew every little detail of their grammy performance. That's a lot of attention paid to someone you supposedly 'hate' for no goddamn reason. Jealousy is a disease and joe budden is one step away from the grave," the fan wrote.

Budden reacted to the criticism and said he cannot be "bullied" for expressing his opinion.