NBA Youngboy vs. Durk

Rappers continue to find reasons to build up beef with each other. Whether it’s from a tweet, post, quad problems, or simply respect, rappers’ unresolved issues seemingly always leads to shooting and even death. However, the unsquashed beef between Chicago rapper Durk and everyone’s favorite NBA Youngboy continues as diss songs fly between the two generational icons.
The issues rose when King Von was reportedly killed after some drama with Quando Rando. Quando Rando is friends with Youngboy, which I think gave off suspicions to Durk. According to XXL, Quando Rando’s brother Timothy Leeks was charged for murdering Chicago rapper King Von. Even so, King Von and Durk were close friends and he was signed to Durk’s label “Only the Family.”
However, both artists have released music dissing each other in recent months, with Youngboy initiating the volley and asking for trouble by mentioning many known artists in his diss track “I Hate Youngboy”. In the song, Youngboy takes shots at the Chicago rapper and mentions his fiancé, India Royal.
Responding to the diss song, AHHH HA was released by Durk the following week. YoungBoy called Durk fiancé India out of her name and mentioned Durk’s cousin OTF who died in a shooting in 2014. YoungBoy continued to diss several rappers in his song, including Durk’s dad, King Von, Boosie, Gucci and many other respected rappers in the industry.
More heat was added to the beef when Durk got a billboard with the words “Durk Better”, displayed in NBA Youngboy hometown Baton Rouge. I feel that Durk knew this would make tension rise even more between them. With that said I do feel that was a clever way to promote his upcoming album all while being extra petty.
After all, NBA Youngboy and DaBaby have been working together on a project with plans to release the album this month titled “Better than You.” With Durk’s album “7220” set to be released this month as well, this seems to be an example of both artists competing.
I would like to see the number of plays and streams Durk gets compared to Youngboy and DaBaby being that the people will always decide whose music is the best. DaBaby has also been added to the beef because of him and NBA Youngboy’s song “Better Than You.” According to Complex, DaBaby said, “He can’t be influenced when it comes to selecting business partners.”
With that said, I agree with DaBaby for this one rare moment. Because no one should pick who you can and cannot be friends with. That’s plain weird. And if in fact Youngboy happened to pay DaBaby more for the feature, then that’s just how a businessperson conducts business.
I feel they should just release their albums and let bygones be bygones. But of course, that’ll never work. The two rapper’s conflicts will probably be gone from the face of the media soon. But the issues will go on unresolved, and the tension will continue to be amid the artist. Beef aside though, it’s guaranteed that we’ll get some great music out of the two artists going forward.