Freddie Gibbs took a verbal swipe at Gunna through the 2025 MTV Video music Awards, labeling him a “rat bastard” in a video that rapidly made the rounds on-line—however the backlash got here simply as quick when viewers seen he by no means truly approached him.

Gibbs posted the clip to social media, the place he’s seen sitting beside a buddy, captioning it, “2 n##### that never ratted.”

In the video, he says, “I see you, boy. He’s tryna hide,” earlier than calling Gunna a “rat bastard.”

Freddie Gibbs was seated in similar space as Gunna on the #VMAs and joked about him being a rat on his IG story

“I see you boy, don’t try to hide. Rat bastard.” pic.twitter.com/skJH7GpIk1

— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) September 8, 2025

The second was clearly meant to be a jab at Gunna’s 2022 Alford plea deal within the YSL RICO case, which Gibbs has repeatedly criticized.

But as an alternative of reward, many on-line referred to as out Gibbs for not confronting Gunna straight.

“N#### did this and didn’t say a word to him,” one consumer commented. “N##### hoes man.”

Another added, “Back in my days we used to fight if we felt away about a dude, kinda soft my guy.”

Gibbs didn’t let the criticism slide. He clapped again at one commenter with, “lol n#### f### u.”

When one other consumer posted a meme saying, “Someone tell Freddie mind his business” and “Go and help that b#### with those kids,” Gibbs fired again with, “Tell yo daddy that b####.”

Tell yo daddy that b####

— Big 🐰 (@FreddieGibbs) September 8, 2025

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The rigidity between the 2 rappers isn’t new. On his current mission, Alfredo 2 with The Alchemist, Gibbs reignited the feud on the monitor “Lavish Habits,” rapping, “Gunna dissed me and took a plea, he a rat bastard.”

Gunna, in the meantime, has remained comparatively quiet on the matter, although he’s been underneath renewed scrutiny following leaked jailhouse footage and audio from Young Thug in late August.

In one clip, Thug named an affiliate throughout police questioning, which led to contemporary accusations of snitching—claims he denied, saying he was merely serving to a buddy and had not testified in courtroom.

The irony wasn’t misplaced on observers, who identified that Thug had beforehand criticized Gunna for allegedly cooperating with legislation enforcement, solely to now face comparable accusations himself.

In a leaked jail name, Thug reportedly stated Gunna took the deal to get out of jail for a girl and made it clear he not associates with him.

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