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Ludacris and Leon Thomas on the 2025 BET Awards

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Key Takeaways

• Ludacris delivered a shock freestyle over Leon Thomas’ “Mutt,” including his signature bars and wordplay.
• Leon Thomas reposted the clip with hearth emojis, signaling his approval of the remix.
• The monitor’s rising remix roster and BET Awards efficiency are fueling its viral momentum.

Ludacris has that canine in him. On Monday (June 16), the Atlanta rapper shared a remix of Leon Thomas’ “MUTT.”

Carrying a tuxedo, Ludacris tore via the Grammy-winning singer’s smash hit with references to WrestleMania, just a few sexual innuendos, and his ordinary wordplay. “I’m a canine, I’m a mutt, child / This pet love, we holding it on the hush, child,” he rapped over the instrumental. “Love or lust, I by no means may get sufficient / It’s your world, I’m a squirrel out right here tryna get a nut, child.”

Thomas later caught wind of the freestyle and reposted it on his Instagram Stories with just a few hearth emojis. Watch the clip under.

“MUTT” has obtained loads of flowers because it first dropped in August 2024. Freddie Gibbs joined the primary official remix a month in a while Thomas’ sophomore album, MUTT. Then, in March of this yr, Chris Brown jumped on one other model, which finally helped push the track to No. 13 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart.

Thomas additionally carried out the track on the 2025 BET Awards, the place he took dwelling the trophy for Greatest New Artist.

He is presently gearing up for his “Mutts Don’t Heel Tour,” which begins in October. With Ambré becoming a member of him because the supporting act throughout North America, the trek is anticipated to run via April 2026. Earlier than then, followers can catch him on the NN North Sea Jazz Competition and Music on the Intersection, and extra.

In Could, he launched HEEL, the deluxe version of MUTT. It arrived with “RATHER BE ALONE” that includes Halle Bailey, “DIRT ON MY SHOES” with Kehlani, and two visitor spots from Massive Sean. Thomas beforehand instructed Billboard the identify behind the expanded model holds “a number of meanings”: “From the ‘heel’ command of studying to observe to therapeutic in actual life.”

For those who’re interested by figuring out the story behind the MUTT Deluxe: HEEL album cowl artwork, take a look at REVOLT’s interview with photographer Inari Briana and director Phil Meyer.