A newly leaked jail audio options Younger Thug allegedly saying he as soon as spent $50,000 on pretend streams to spice up Gunna’s album.
The ATL rapper’s album, “DS4EVER debut at No. 1 over The Weeknd’s “Daybreak FM” in 2022. The clip, which surfaced on Sunday (August 30), exhibits simply how strained the connection between Thug and Gunna has grow to be.
Within the recording, Thug talks about Gunna’s profession and his demand for a $20 million label deal. Thug mentioned he didn’t consider Gunna’s numbers justified that form of cash. *“You not doing numbers like that… the primary album you simply had proper now, I paid so that you can have the primary album. You didn’t actually earn a primary album over The Weeknd, my boy. I paid for that sh*t,” Thug mentioned. He defined that he secretly purchased streams to push “DS4EVER” forward, by no means telling Gunna on the time.
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Thugger additionally accused Wunna of charging younger rappers, some as younger as 16, hundreds of {dollars} for an opportunity to work with him. “Why would you ever in your life take a greenback from my younger boys?” Thug requested, calling it exploitation. He argued that he himself by no means took cash from Gunna, however as a substitute supported him financially and even boosted his profession when essential.
The audio makes it clear Thug feels the bond between him and Gunna was extra like household than enterprise, and that Gunna broke that belief. For Thug, it’s not nearly cash however about loyalty, respect, and the alternatives that outline success in Hip-Hop.
This is only one of a number of jailhouse conversations with Thug which have leaked not too long ago, together with ones mentioning 21 Savage, Lil Child, and High quality Management. Thus far, Gunna and The Weeknd haven’t responded to the claims.
