Southside made it clear he’s drawing a tough line in terms of Gunna, telling the world he received’t be producing for the rapper once more out of loyalty to longtime collaborator and buddy Younger Thug, following the fallout from the YSL RICO case.
“I ain’t making no beats for him,” Southside stated on a latest episode of “Drink Champs,” shutting down any chance of future collaborations with Gunna.
The producer’s stance echoes the stress that’s been simmering since Gunna accepted an Alford plea in 2022, a transfer that sparked accusations of betrayal from the Hip-Hop group and left his relationship with Younger Thug in limbo.
“Proper is correct, mistaken is mistaken, I’m a avenue n#### on the finish of the day,” Southside added, explaining that his choice comes down to non-public code and avenue ethics.
The producer pointed to their deep-rooted friendship as the rationale he’s siding with Thug.
“Slime been my buddy. I made ‘Danny Glover’ for him, that blew him up. He has been my buddy when he ain’t even have enamel in his mouth,” he added. “So I can by no means go towards what he say.”
Southside emphasised that his loyalty is mutual. “If he really feel some type of means about it, that’s how he really feel. He’s the identical means with me. If I really feel some type of means about one thing with any person, he simply ain’t gonna f### with it.”
Whereas he stopped wanting labeling Gunna a snitch, Southside didn’t disguise his disapproval. “However streetwise, I’d have by no means did what he did,” he defined. “That’s simply me. And if my brother did that to me, I’d really feel some type of means.”
Younger Thug & Gunna Commerce Photographs On Wax
Gunna and Younger Thug as soon as shaped considered one of Atlanta’s most profitable rap duos, dropping chart-topping data and symbolizing the success of the town’s Hip-Hop scene.
That bond started to unravel after each have been indicted within the sweeping 2022 YSL RICO case.
Gunna’s Alford plea allowed him to take care of innocence whereas acknowledging prosecutors had sufficient proof to convict, but it surely additionally led to widespread hypothesis that he turned on Thug.
Regardless of Gunna and his authorized staff denying any cooperation with prosecutors, Thug has taken goal at him in latest music.
On a leaked observe from Lil Child’s upcoming album The Leak$, Thug raps, “Solely purpose I f##### with you, Gunna, it was ’reason for Troup,” referencing their late mutual buddy Keith “King” Troup.
Thug additionally posted and deleted a tweet that learn, “Gunna cease appearing like we pals on the web, I don’t know u my man.”
Gunna responded on his 2025 album The Final Wun, rapping within the observe “Prototype,” “N#### had tweeted my title, musta needed to be a typo.”
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