It seems that every time people finish processing how Young Thug feels about one of their favorites, a new leaked jail phone call makes them start the process all over again. Some of his fans’ worst fears came true this past weekend when the 34-year-old rapper was heard taking shots at Drake and Future while locked up.
As for Pluto, Thug was frustrated and unwilling to do a Free Young Thug benefit show. “He said, ‘I ain’t want to do the show ’cause I ain’t want to feel like I was stealing your shine.’ What the hell are you talking about?!” Thug exclaimed, later adding that he felt the “March Madness” artist simply did not want to do the show and was trying to soften the blow with an excuse, whereas if the roles were reversed, he would have done the show for Future without having to think twice. This led the “Ski” rapper to open up about their true relationship dynamic.
“Me and him ain’t been tight in a minute, he do lame stuff,” he said. “I don’t know what image you tryna get off but you an idiot, everything you know I done taught you […] He just don’t know nothing he r*tarded to certain things, he don’t know nothing but music […] n****s fake as hell […] You biting and you ain’t real — a buster all the way around.” Thug even took issue with how the Atlanta hitmaker operated in the studio and when women were around.
“He call me to the studio asking how to start his song,” he said. “But when girls in the room, he act like he don’t hear me.” As for Drake, people have speculated about the issue between Drizzy and Metro Boomin for over a year now, especially after it sparked multiple subliminal posts, two consecutive albums of diss tracks, and him giving Kendrick Lamar the alley-oop to kick off one of Hip-Hop’s longest-awaited feuds. Thugger revealed that it was due to how the Toronto artist treated the St. Louis producer after his mother passed away.
“I don’t understand how anybody could approach him about music right now,” the Atlanta enigma said in the phone conversation. “It ain’t even nothin’ I can think to say. Even if I be like ‘Bro, you know, it’s really just about supporting me, bruh, and just trying to get us out and just get us back with y’all,’ but it’s like, your momma’s dead. […] Drake so stupid, he probably just sent some stupid condolences […] instead of giving the ni**a some wisdom or something real, you probably said some crazy stuff on the phone.”
King Slime ultimately felt like the “What Did I Miss?” artist could have been more of a friend to Metro than focused on getting music from him in a difficult time. “Then you come right back two, three weeks later like ‘Yo, let me get this song’ instead of doing the whole real procedure of calling the ni**a every single day just figuring it out,” he added.
“‘Aye, I’m finna get on a plane and come chill with you, bro.’ You’re using the fact that you’re Drke as a weapon now and the ni**a just not feeling that right now. You supposed to get on your big ol’ plane, and went to where that ni**a was or where that ni**a momma died, cause you really, really, really, mess with a ni**a. […] ‘Cause if I was out of jail, I would definitely be with Metro Boomin right now, or I’d probably right now just be leaving him, ’cause it ain’t even about music right now.”
And if fans thought that even the least problematic rappers like J. Cole or André 3000 were exempt from the YSL leader’s diatribes, that bubble was also burst this past weekend. For Cole, Jeffery disapproved of his not collaborating with certain younger artists, especially those he deemed more successful.
“[NBA YoungBoy] the biggest artist in the world on YouTube, why wouldn’t J. Cole do a song with him?” he asked. “Like, c’mon bruh, you ain’t never in your life sold more records than this boy. F**k is you thinking? Ni**as just be on that, ‘Oh, I don’t like you music’ or ‘I ain’t doing no music with you.’ Ni**as don’t like y’all music neither. They don’t really like that sh*t y’all ni**as talkin’ about. Ni**as just wanna do songs; that’s the game we in.”
He then turned his attention to 3K. “André 3000, you one of the biggest artists in the world. You became one of the biggest artists in the world, but you ain’t even help nobody,” he asserted. “You ain’t put nobody on. Now you vintage. Now you damn can’t put out a song and go Top 50. But you [were] the biggest artist in the world at one point. He ain’t did nothin’, can’t no ni**a say they got a career off of you. […] All that cap rap sh*t, that rap sh*t don’t mean nothin’ in 10, 15 years.”
Thug seemingly felt the weight of all the negativity coming his way, especially after he sat down with Big Bank for a “tell-all” on his show Perspektives. He took to X to apologize to all those whom he hurt with his comments. “To everyone involved in this situation, I’m sorry this is happening, and I hope u guys can forgive me,” he wrote. “I’m moving forward with my life -THANK U GOD.”
A few hours later, he followed up with “Flaws and all” with a heart emoji. And then several hours after that, he added, “Times like these is when my luvs ones are supposed to look at the good I did towards them, then the ugly,” with a bandaged heart emoji. It is an emotional time for the popular rapper, his friends, his former allies, and his fans. It will be interesting to see what they all have to say and if there is any room for reconciliation.
More from VIBE.com
Sign up for Vibe’s Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com ’
