“That's my best friend, that's my best friend,” Young Thug repeats on his 2015 Age of Slime they stand out “Best friend.” Even while behind bars, Thugger has been keeping up with the controversy in hip-hop this year and trying to restore peace.
Thug took to X from jail on Friday (October 18) hoping to play peacemaker and end the feud between Drake vs. Future and Metro Boomin. Thugger believes that rap music as a whole will suffer without them working together again.
“@Drake @1future @MetroBoomin we're all bruddas. Music isn't the same without us working together,” he wrote to X.
The reclusive Future didn't respond, but retweeted Thug's message, which fans took as an olive branch that Pluto is open to ending his beef with the 6 God.
“Future retweet????? Nah, they should give Thug the Nobel Peace Prize,” Thugger fan account he answered.
“Young Thug just brought back a legendary duo,” one fan he said. Another ched in: “Throughout Thug held everyone together.” Others pointed out that Kendrick Lamar was noticeably absent from Thug's original tweet.
Young Thug remains in jail while fighting for his life in the YSL RICO trial. There seems to be no end in sight yet, as the case has become the biggest in Georgia's history.
Thugger saw the opportunity to quell the feud between Drake, Future and Metro as a neutral party in the fray. Drizzy, Pluto and Thug have collaborated many times in the past, even when they joined forces for Certified Boy Lover“Way 2 Sexy,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021.
Last week, Drake showed Young Thug some love when he posted on social media rocking Thugger's clothing brand Sp5der and suggested he's supporting Thug's funds while he fights the case.
“I don't talk for the sake of talking, I really endured [bread emoji] at [briefcase emoji] 3 Jeff,” Drake posted on his Instagram Story, per Complex.
Metro Boomin actually addressed the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud during an appearance at a Forbes Under 30 Summit in September.
“I feel like the competition is great for the game,” he said. “Hip-hop has always been a competitive genre. Even if you just keep it to the music, it's not serious how everyone's trying to do it,” he said. “Also with hip-hop, there's a lot of ego. You're supposed to feel like you're the best.”
Metro continued: “When you're two of the top dogs in the game and you both feel like you're the best, it's like, 'Okay, now we have to have a showdown.' We've seen it before with Jay-Z and Nas. I feel like more today, the culture makes it kind of weird. At the time, Jay-Z and Nas were going at it, I was a fan of both. Most people were. He was like, “Okay, it's okay.” It's not like, “I had this side. I hate this side.' The internet makes it a little too wild now.”
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