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Lil Baby Reveals He Was With Young Thug Hours Before His YSL RICO Arrest

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Lil Baby says that he was hanging out at Young Thug’s house just hours before the rapper was arrested in the YSL RICO case. He explained how that tragic day went down during an interview with Lil Yachty on his A Safe Place Podcast. The conversation began with Baby revealing that he’s the happiest he’s been “in a long time” and that he’s “definitely” excited about Thug getting out.

“I could’ve been with him,” Baby said. “I was at his house the same day. Thank God. I just happened to leave two hours earlier. That’ll f*ck your head up more than anything. Like, ‘Damn I gotta see bro go through this. That sh*t really could’ve been me.’ N***a had to change they whole life around.” From there, he elaborated on how close he is with Thug. “Not even just in my rap career. These are my everyday– these are n****s I grew up with,” he said.

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Young Thug Attends Lil Baby’s Ice Ball In Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 03: Lil Baby and Young Thug attend Lil Baby’s Ice Ball on December 3, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)

Police initially arrested Thug back in May 2022. He spent over two years behind bars as the YSL RICO trial became the longest of its kind in Georgia’s history. Thug accepted his plea deal in the case in October, immediately getting out of jail with time served. However, he will be spending the next 15 years on probation with numerous restrictions.

Lil Baby Reveals He Was With Young Thug Before YSL Arrest

Elsewhere in his interview with Lil Yachty, Baby discussed his upcoming album, WHAM (Who Hard as Me). It’s slated for release on January 3, 2025, and is expected to feature a collaboration with Young Thug. Check out Lil Baby’s full comments on Young Thug below.

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Joe Budden Went On Lil Yachty’s Podcast, Where They Plotted The Unlikeliest Collaboration

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Seven years ago, if someone were to tell you that then-Everyday Struggle host Joe Budden would be collaborating with the self-declared “King of the Teens,” Lil Yachty, you would probably think they were trolling. But today, it seems that it may not be quite as far-fetched as when the two rappers were semi-regularly antagonizing each other over their different generational outlooks on hip-hop.

Since then, Yachty followed Budden into podcasting, adopting some of his grumpy old man opinions in the process, and today, Budden joined Yachty on his podcast, A Safe Space, where they joked about rapping on a song together. The whole thing started with Yachty asking Joe, “Do you think right now, if you and me go in [the studio], you could pen a better verse than me?”

In typical combative fashion, Budden shot back, “Who’s picking the beat?” “Obviously, not you!” Yachty razzed. This sparks a spirited debate about the two rappers’ respective taste in beats, with Budden clowning Yachty’s “Metroid beats” and Yachty offering up a folder of beats from one of underground hip-hop’s favorite producers, The Alchemist. Yachty’s co-host Mitch says the result would sound like “a hoop mixtape,” which… Yes. That’s the point, you infant.

Joe says he’d “do it for fun, because I’m retired,” and now, I am wildly curious. Who cares who has the best verse — do it for hip-hop.

You can watch the new interview above, and just for kicks, you can watch the duo’s original, antagonistic interview below.