Haley Joel Osment being a talking point in a 2024 rap battle was not on anybody's bingo board. The actor was referenced by name on Kendrick Lamar 's diss track " Euphoria ." Well, kind of.
Lamar clearly references Osment, and the films he starred in as a child, but he seemingly confuses him with someone else. The someone being pastor Joel Osteen. "Am I battlin' ghost or AI? N**ga feelin' like Joel Osteen," Lamar raps.
"Funny, he was in a film called AI . And my sixth sense tellin' me to off him." Fans have tried to make sense of the reference, and Osment has finally given his two cents on the matter.
Haley Joel Osment talked about "Euphoria" during a recent AP interview. He made it clear that he doesn't think Kendrick Lamar made a mistake with regards to his name. Osment's reasoning? Lamar is too sharp a wordsmith to be that sloppy.
"The way I’ve heard people talk about that and certain analysis that I’ve read about it," he explained. "I think that it’s an intentional scrambling of my name and that other guy’s name because Kendrick's too precise to just make a mistake like that, I think." Haley Joel Osment does admit he could be wrong, but is confident in the rapper's abilities.
"I think he’s too precise," he added. "I mean, I don’t know for sure and I’m not going to assume that he knows my exact name." Read More: Kendrick Lamar Fans Debunk Claim That TDE Didn't Support Nipsey Hussle's Funeral Haley Joel Osment loved the reference.
He was shooting a film in Irel.