Key Takeaways:

• Killer Mike says he and T.I. had been requested by highly effective figures to assist mediate between Young Thug and YFN Lucci.
• The feud, which dates again to 2015, included diss tracks, social media threats, and authorized drama.
• Their current collaborations mark a turning level in Atlanta hip hop, exhibiting unity over rivalry.

Killer Mike all the time has an insightful opinion to share. The Atlanta rapper not too long ago addressed Young Thug and YFN Lucci lastly squashing their beef, saying it was a very long time within the making and good for the town all of them signify.

During his current look on “Club Shay Shay,” Killer Mike spoke on higher-ups asking him to verify his fellow Atlanta rappers didn’t resort to violence. “Violence is not good for money,” stated the veteran emcee. “You guys who think that you run the streets — God bless our souls ‘cause I been one of those guys — we don’t run s**t.”

After detailing how the Black political class isn’t having any foolishness, Mike added, “I just want to tell the athletes and the entertainers to take yourself more seriously than the homies around you take you. ‘Cause they want you to be the top of the streets, and I’m telling you, you can be top of the suites if you play it right.”

Without naming any names, Killer Mike stated he and T.I. bought calls from “very powerful people” asking them to inform Thugger and Lucci, respectively, to “cut the bulls**t.” Although they relayed the messages, each younger artists nonetheless ended up in jail; Thugger was arrested in May 2022 for the YSL Rico case and Lucci in Jan. 2021 for gang-related costs tied to a drive-by taking pictures.

For these unaware, Thugger and Lucci’s feud dates again to 2015 when Lucci’s supervisor, Donovan “Nut” Thomas Jr., was allegedly shot and killed by YSL members. A few years later, Lucci apparently took offense to Thugger’s apparel on the JEFFERY album cowl — sufficient to tweet, “Pac would’ve never wore a dress.” In 2017, the meat heightened with the 2 rappers taking to Instagram to threaten each other with bodily harm.

After serving jail stints for the aforementioned arrests, each rappers had been launched from jail inside months of one another in late 2024 and early 2025. They seemingly hurled shots at one another over the arrival of their new albums — Thug’s UY SCUTI and Lucci’s ALREADY LEGEND — on the identical Sept. 26 launch date. However, the message of peace lastly bought by means of. Their beef had actually been squashed, as they collaborated on one another’s tasks. While Lucci featured on Thugger’s “Whaddup Jesus,” Thug held down “Still Waiting” on Lucci’s LP.

During an interview with SiriusXM, Lucci spoke on why they lastly shelved their points. “We been through a lot,” he empathized. “Everybody lost people. We lost people. Most important, we lost our time. We had to be away from our family. Come home, it’s like, damn, what the hell can a n**ga do to grow? We gon’ keep doing this s**t and end up back in jail… or we gon’ fix this s**t and make [it] look good for the A?”

Looking good, and Killer Mike absolutely approves.