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Key Takeaways:

• Gunna delivers his sixth studio album, The Last Wun, which is anticipated to be his remaining launch below Young Stoner Life Records.
• The 25-track undertaking options Offset, Burna Boy, Wizkid and extra.
• One music, “prototype,” accommodates a attainable response to a previous tweet from Young Thug.

On Friday (Aug. 8), Gunna blessed the lots with The Last Wun, his sixth full-length studio album. The 25-track providing is a sprawling mixture of introspection and celebratory anthems, all of which have been primarily dealt with by longtime collaborator Turbo.

Notably, the undertaking boasts a powerful worldwide lineup, together with options from Nigerian heavyweights Burna Boy, Asake and Wizkid, the final of whom was revealed to be a characteristic by way of an in-studio teaser on Tuesday (Aug. 5). Offset and Nechie additionally offered assists on standouts “at my purest” and “i can’t feel my face,” respectively.

The Last Wun follows a string of Billboard chart successes for Gunna. He beforehand topped the Billboard 200 with 2020’s WUNNA and 2022’s DS4EVER, the latter spawning the Grammy Award-nominated hit “pushin P.” His 2023 effort, a Gift & a Curse, and final yr’s One of Wun continued the streak, incomes Top 3 debuts on the aforementioned chart.

Beyond the music, many are dissecting lyrics from one music, “prototype,” which can or might not deal with tensions with former mentor Young Thug. In what many consider is a direct response to a since-deleted tweet from Thugger — “Gunna stop acting like [we’re] friends on the internet. I don’t know [you], my guy” — Gunna raps, “N**ga had tweeted my name, must’ve had to be a typo.”

Said tensions stem from the high-profile Young Stoner Life Records RICO case, by which Gunna took an Alford plea and was launched from jail in December 2022. Young Thug, then again, remained incarcerated till late 2024. Some followers and associates seen Gunna’s authorized technique as a betrayal, and a rift inside the camp remained open ever since.

While neither celebration publicly confirmed the road’s intent, the lyric arrived amid hypothesis that The Last Wun is Gunna’s remaining launch below the YSL label. Meanwhile, Young Thug continues to be teasing his personal long-awaited album UY SCUTI, leaving followers to wonder if extra can be stated (or rapped) in regards to the break up within the close to future.