Southside won’t produce for Gunna again over Thug loyalty

In a blunt public stance, Southside said he will not produce for Gunna again, citing loyalty to Young Thug as the guiding principle in the evolving fallout from the YSL RICO case. Speaking on a recent episode of Drink Champs, the 808 Mafia founder made his position clear with a concise, unambiguous declaration: “I ain’t making no beats for him.” The remark underscored a widening rift that has unsettled Atlanta’s hip-hop landscape, where Gunna and Thug once stood as a defining duo.

The clash traces back to the legal prosecutions surrounding the YSL collective. Gunna’s December 2022 Alford plea allowed him to maintain his innocence while acknowledging prosecutors had sufficient evidence to convict, a move that fueled backlash within parts of the hip-hop community and left his relationship with Thug in a fragile limbo. Although Gunna has denied cooperating with prosecutors, the optics of the plea and subsequent public tensions have intensified scrutiny of their alliance and prompted perceived shifts in loyalties across their circles.

Southside’s stance goes beyond a single collaboration and highlights a broader code of street-ethics and personal loyalties that influencers in the...