After the leakiest week in rap history, another Young Thug leak has set the internet ablaze—this time, in the form of an alleged diss track. Supposedly titled “Closing Arguments,” a music video from an unverified source started circulating on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept 5. Fans immediately began highlighting bars aimed at Gunna, Yak Gotti, and other YSL affiliates.
But this track isn’t dropping into a vacuum—it lands after a messy stretch of leaks that’s reshaping Thug’s public image.
Young Thug addresses “snitch” allegations on “Closing Arguments”
It all started when a two-year-old interrogation video surfaced around Aug 27, showing Thug being grilled about the 2015 Lil Wayne tour bus shooting—a key piece of the RICO case against him and YSL.
The leaked video runs nearly two hours and shows Thug questioned about multiple incidents, but fans focused on one section about PeeWee Roscoe, a co-defendant in the RICO case. Some claimed Thug implicated PeeWee, fueling “snitch” allegations online.
PeeWee himself quickly shut that down. In a video response, he called Thug “clean as Listerine,” explaining that Thug’s comment—“PeeWee sold Wayne weed”—was the kind of non-committal line you’re expected to give during interrogation, not cooperation with prosecutors.
On the leaked track “Closing Arguments,” the first verse is all about shutting down snitch rumors. “It’s a big difference between me and y’all / Y’all n***as point a n***a out and said they did the crime / n***a I said he didn’t,” Thug allegedly raps.
Everyone Young Thug disses by name on “Closing Arguments”
One section of the leak really set the internet on fire. Thug seems to rattle off a list of “rats” by name before throwing direct shots at YSL affiliates.
“Gunna a rat, Yak a rat, slug a rat, woody a rat / Fuck that n***a obama, he still mad ‘bout baby mama/ SlimeLife Shawty, make sure you put down your forty / DK, okay, shit, he gay” says Thug in the leaked track.
The Obama line left some fans confused—no, he’s not talking about the former president Barack. “YSL Obama,” real name Antonio Sumlin, was one of Thug’s co-defendants in the original RICO case.
In fact, everyone named in the lyrics was tied to the YSL trial, which has spiraled from Georgia’s longest criminal trial into something resembling The Real Husbands of Atlanta—all paranoia, finger-pointing, and endless debates about who actually “snitched.”
Everything Young Thug allegedly said about Gunna
Ever since Gunna accepted an Alford plea deal in 2022, he’s been the face of the “snitch” debate, iced out by former collaborators like Future, Lil Durk, Wheezy, and Lil Baby. Gunna’s stayed silent, focusing on health and music, dropping three well-received projects since his release.
Thug, meanwhile, has been less subtle. There’s no ambiguity in the alleged lyric “Gunna a rat,” but even before this diss leaked, alleged jail calls had already made Thug’s stance clear:
- On one call, Thug told an unnamed business manager that releasing Business Is Business just a week after Gunna’s A Gift & A Curse was deliberate—a calculated attempt to overshadow Gunna’s comeback.
- In another, Thug claimed he paid $50K for fake streams to push Gunna’s DS4EVER album to the No. 1 spot over The Weeknd’s Dawn FM (Gunna won by 2.3K sales).
- On a third call with 21 Savage, Thug explained why he wouldn’t defend Gunna amid “rat” allegations, saying it would be a slap in the face to artists like Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Future, and Savage, who had all distanced themselves out of loyalty to him. Savage pushed back, saying, “N***as need to stop jumping the gun,”* but never publicly took a side.
The leaks don’t seem to be slowing down—and neither does the drama. Between the diss track and endless jail call leaks, Thug’s image is under a microscope like never before. None of the leaks are confirmed to be true, but it’s speculated that Thug will address some of them himself when he goes live with Adin Ross on Sunday, September 7, for a stream titled “The First Interview.”
