Southside Chooses Young Thug Over Gunna Amid YSL RICO Fallout

Southside made it clear he’s drawing a hard line when it comes to Gunna, telling the world he won’t be producing for the rapper again out of loyalty to longtime collaborator and friend Young Thug, following the fallout from the YSL RICO case.

“I ain’t making no beats for him,” Southside said on a recent episode of “Drink Champs,” shutting down any possibility of future collaborations with Gunna.

The producer’s stance echoes the tension that’s been simmering since Gunna accepted an Alford plea in 2022, a move that sparked accusations of betrayal from the Hip-Hop community and left his relationship with Young Thug in limbo.

“Right is right, wrong is wrong, I’m a street n#### at the end of the day,” Southside added, explaining that his decision comes down to personal code and street ethics.

The producer pointed to their deep-rooted friendship as the reason he’s siding with Thug.

“Slime been my friend. I made ‘Danny Glover’ for him, that blew him up. He has been my friend when he ain’t even have teeth in his mouth,” he added. “So I can never go against what he say.”

Southside emphasized that his loyalty is mutual. “If he feel some kind of way about it, that’s how he feel. He’s the same way with me. If I feel some kind of way about something with somebody, he just ain’t gonna f### with it.”

While he stopped short of labeling Gunna a snitch, Southside didn’t hide his disapproval. “But streetwise, I would have never did what he did,” he explained. “That’s just me. And if my brother did that to me, I’d feel some kind of way.”

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Young Thug & Gunna Trade Shots On Wax

Gunna and Young Thug once formed one of Atlanta’s most successful rap duos, dropping chart-topping records and symbolizing the success of the city’s Hip-Hop scene.

That bond began to unravel after both were indicted in the sweeping 2022 YSL RICO case.

Gunna’s Alford plea allowed him to maintain innocence while acknowledging prosecutors had enough evidence to convict, but it also led to widespread speculation that he turned on Thug.

Despite Gunna and his legal team denying any cooperation with prosecutors, Thug has taken aim at him in recent music.

On a leaked track from Lil Baby’s upcoming album The Leak$, Thug raps, “Only reason I f##### with you, Gunna, it was ’cause of Troup,” referencing their late mutual friend Keith “King” Troup.

Thug also posted and deleted a tweet that read, “Gunna stop acting like we friends on the internet, I don’t know u my guy.”

Gunna responded on his 2025 album The Last Wun, rapping in the track “Prototype,” “N#### had tweeted my name, musta had to be a typo.”