NBA Youngboy Allegedly Turned Down Collab With Lil Baby

NBA Youngboy- 'One Shot' music video feat. Lil Baby

NBA Youngboy is one of the hottest rappers in the game but lately appears to be very low key and has been quiet on social media as well. The Louisiana rapper is now trending after DJ Akademiks recently came out and claimed that he turned down a recent collaboration with Lil Baby. 

This is a very puzzling decision as Baby is also dominating hip-hop as well. The two also collaborated last year on the song, "One Shot," for the Fast 9 movie soundtrack. 

Akademiks revealed this in a live stream and was also very surprised to hear Youngboy say this. Akademiks told him that he should make this collaboration with Lil Baby happen but Youngboy emphasized that he is not making music right now.

"Youngboy told me when Lil Baby hit him up for a feature. I remember he told me, 'Ak, I'm not doing music right now'. And I remember saying, 'Youngboy, if you don't f*cking do a song with Lil Baby, n***a...' 'Cause I gave him a whole list, I remember I sat in the car with him, I told him a whole list of n***as who he should do songs with."

Akademiks went on to explain how Youngboy was also supposedly going through other beefs with rappers such as Fredo Bang. In the end, Youngboy claimed that he doesn't care how big this collab could've been.

"And I remember him telling me, 'You know I can't do a song with him'. He was telling me all type of beefs, I was like, I didn't know the beef was that deep. I get it. But I'm telling you the facts. This n***a Youngboy, he don't care about that sh*t. I remember telling him, this is a no f*cking brainer. And he was just like, 'bro, I don't care'."

Akademiks also came out this week about how Youngboy was supposed to work with J. Cole. Cole ended up going to the studio and he waited eight hours for Youngboy to show up and he never did. On social media, many felt that this was another horrible decision by Youngboy as Cole is regarded as one of the best rappers of all-time. 

"J. Cole waited in the studio for eight hours for Youngboy to show up. Youngboy didn't show up. Facts. These are facts! Your favorite rapper, n***a. J. Cole? He sat in the studio for eight hours for a session with Youngboy. Youngboy never showed up."

For his music, Youngboy won big in 2020. His "Still Flexin Still Steppin" mixtape debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart in February and he saw two other projects go No. 1 that year as well. Those were his "38 Baby 2" mixtape and his "Top" album. He also had a huge collaboration with Mike Will Made-It and Nicki Minaj on the "What That Speed Bout?!' single in the fall, which was a fan-favorite on social media as well.