Killer Mike Speaks On Young Thug and YFN Lucci Squashing Their Beef: “Violence Is Not Good For Money”

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Killer Mike participates in FX’s “The Lowdown” New York City Premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music on September 17, 2025 in New York City.

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Secret Takeaways:

• Killer Mike states he and T.I. were asked by effective figures to assist moderate in between Young Thug and YFN Lucci.
• The fight, which goes back to 2015, consisted of diss tracks, social networks dangers, and legal drama.
• Their current partnerships mark a turning point in Atlanta Hip Hop, revealing unity over competition.

Killer Mike constantly has an informative viewpoint to share. The Atlanta rap artist just recently attended to Young Thug and YFN Lucci lastly squashing their beef, stating it was a very long time in the making and great for the city they all represent.

Throughout his current look on “Club Shay Shay,” Killer Mike spoke on higher-ups asking him to ensure his fellow Atlanta rap artists didn’t turn to violence. “Violence is bad for cash,” stated the veteran host. “You guys who believe that you run the streets– God bless our souls ’cause I been among those guys– we do not run s ** t.”

After detailing how the Black political class is not having any absurdity, Mike included, “I simply wish to inform the professional athletes and the performers to take yourself more seriously than the homies around you take you. ‘Cause they desire you to be the top of the streets, and I’m informing you, you can be leading of the suites if you play it right.”

Without calling any names, Killer Mike stated he and T.I. got calls from “extremely effective individuals” asking to inform Thugger and Lucci, respectively, to “cut the bulls ** t.” Although they passed on the messages, both young artists still wound up in prison; Thugger was jailed in May 2022 for the YSL Rico case and Lucci in Jan. 2021 for gang-related charges connected to a drive-by shooting.

For those uninformed, Thugger and Lucci’s fight go back to 2015 when Lucci’s supervisor, Donovan “Nut” Thomas Jr., was presumably shot and eliminated by YSL members. A number of years later on, Lucci obviously took offense to Thugger’s clothing on the JEFFERY album cover– sufficient to tweet, “Pac would’ve never ever used a gown.” In 2017, the beef increased with the 2 rap artists requiring to Instagram to threaten each other with physical damage.

After serving prison stints for the abovementioned arrests, both rap artists were launched from jail within months of each other in late 2024 and early 2025. They relatively tossed chance ats each other over the arrival of their brand-new albums– Thug’s UY SCUTI and Lucci’s ALREADY LEGEND — on the very same Sept. 26 release date. The message of peace lastly got through. Their beef had really been compressed, as they teamed up on each other’s tasks. While Lucci included on Thugger’s “Whaddup Jesus,” Hooligan held down “Still Waiting” on Lucci’s LP.

Throughout an interview with SiriusXM, Lucci spoke on why they lastly shelved their concerns. “We been through a lot,” he understood. “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 excellent, and Killer Mike undoubtedly authorizes.