Kendrick Lamar Takes Shot at Young Thug
Kendrick Lamar's alleged jab at Young Thug on Baby Keem's new album 'CA$INO'—"Gossip with my b*tch like I'm Young Thug too"—has stans crashing out and sparking diss debates. The line appears on Keem's latest project and has reignited discussions about Kendrick's approach to subtle disses within collaborative tracks.
- The line is a direct reference to audio and video calls that were leaked in 2023 while Young Thug was in jail awaiting trial in the YSL RICO case. In these calls, he was heard speaking with his romantic partner and other women. - In one of the leaked jail calls, Young Thug criticized Kendrick Lamar for allegedly refusing to provide a feature for his album, 'Business Is Business'. Thug also reportedly referred to Baby Keem, who is Kendrick's cousin, as "bullst-a Keem." - During the same leaked call, Young Thug compared Kendrick unfavorably to Drake, stating that artists like Kendrick "will never be bigger than Drake, EVER in life" because they don't collaborate enough to help other artists. - Young Thug has previously sided with Drake in his high-profile feud with Kendrick Lamar. After Lamar name-dropped him on the anti-Drake track "Not Like Us," Thug stated in an interview, "I don't know what that was about. I'm a Drake fan." - Kendrick Lamar has a well-established history of using subtle and indirect disses in his verses, a tactic known as "sneak dissing," which has been a prominent feature of his long-running feud with Drake. - The YSL RICO trial, which began with the indictment of 28 individuals in May 2022, became one of the longest and most expensive criminal trials in Georgia's history. Young Thug pleaded guilty in October 2024 and was sentenced to time served and 15 years of probation. - The song containing the lyric, "Good Flirts," is featured on Baby Keem's album 'CA$INO', released on February 20, 2026. Kendrick Lamar is also an uncredited feature on the album track "House Money."
