The rap game can get competitive.
Just because you’re signed to the same label as another artist
or you move in the same social circles doesn’t mean that you’re automatically going to be cool.
Everybody wants to be the biggest artist in the world
and when another rapper comes along and steals your shine, things can get heated.
The most recent rap beef to make headlines
is none other than the feud between Lil Baby’s 4PF crew and the Migos.
Let’s take a look at what we know about the beef between these two groups.
Both Migos and Lil Baby are signed to Quality Control Records, also known as just QC.
QC was founded in March 2013 by Kevin Lee also known as “Coach K’
and Pierre Thomas or just “Pee”.
Both men are respected names in Atlanta hip hop and have close ties to Gucci Mane
and other famous drill rappers from the city.
Other artists signed to the label include Lil Yachty, the City Girls,
Duke Deuce and many more.
Plus, Cardi B is signed to a management deal through QC.
So, the label has a small,
yet exclusive roster that includes some of the biggest names in hip hop.
The Migos were one of the first acts to sign to the label and for a long time,
they were running the show.
Migos were originally part of the 1017 family,
and Gucci was one of the first rappers in the industry to give them a cosign.
But after he went to prison,
Gucci Mane in the court,
he wore handcuffs on his way out.
A judge revoked a year of his probation,
sending the rapper straight to the Fulton County Jail
Coach K and Pee stepped in to take the Migos under their wing.
They released their debut single Versace under the label,
which was followed up with a remix by Drake,
and ever since then, the group has been dominating the charts.
For a long time, the Migos were the stars of the label.
With hit records like Bad and Boujee, Fight Night, Look at My Dab, and Motor Sport,
the Migos were on fire for almost half a decade.
But every historic run eventually comes to an end at some point
and it seems like Migos are at the point in their career
where fans are starting to get tired of their signature flow.
Even though the Migos are still relevant, they aren’t quite as hot as they once were.
After receiving mixed feedback for their 2018 album Culture II,
the group decided to take a break and work on their own solo projects.
While those albums did well commercially and had a few memorable moments,
they didn’t quite have the same vibe alone that they did when they were all together.
They recently reunited for their fourth studio album Culture III,
which debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts,
losing out to Polo G’s Hall of Fame.
The album sold the equivalent of 130,000 units in the first week,
which is still good by today’s standards.
But it’s the first album in the Culture Trilogy to not debut at number one,
showing that maybe taking the time off to work on solo projects was a mistake.
Lil Baby on the other hand is on top of the world.
He came into the game a little later than the Migos,
but he’s been steadily doing bigger and bigger numbers since being put on.
He signed to QC in 2016
after getting out of jail for possession of marijuana with intent to sell.
Baby grew up with Young Thug, who was also part of 1017 early on
and Thug introduced him to Gucci and the QC crew.
Baby released his debut album in 2018,
Harder Than Ever which included a Drake feature on the track Yes Indeed,
and ever since Baby has been on his way to taking over the game.
He followed up with his second studio album My Turn in 2020,
cementing himself as the leading voice on QC
and taking the number one spot on the label from the Migos.
Lil Baby then shocked everyone by releasing the single the Bigger Picture
right after the George Floyd protest,
which saw the rapper taking a more socially conscious stance with his music.
The single was a huge success
and proved that Baby was much more versatile than fans and critics thought he was.
The song was so successful that he was even invited to the White House in May 2021
to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and George Floyd’s family on the anniversary of his death.
Lil Baby just recently dropped a collaborative project with Lil Durk called Voice of the Heroes
that did well both critically and commercially.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts
and earned the equivalent of 150,000 album sales its first week.
So, it’s easy to see why the Migos may be getting jealous of Lil Baby’s success.
His most recent album went number one and sold more units than them,
even though he did get a boost from Lil Durk’s fanbase.
He’s also getting invites to the white house while being a respected rapper from the streets,
which is rare.
Although the Migos definitely aren’t soft,
they don’t get the same kind of street cred that Lil Baby gets.
They’re from Gwinnett County, an area North of Atlanta,
while Baby is from the Jonesboro Projects in the heart of the city.
So Baby is not only making power moves and running up the charts,
he’s also well respected in the streets.
Apparently, there has been tension between the Migos and Lil Baby from Day one.
Despite being two poppin’ artists on the same label,
they rarely collaborate,
other than being featured together on the Quality Control Compilation tape.
When asked about Lil Baby in an interview with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenburg in 2020,
the Migos freeze up and get silent.
In the interview,
Rosenburg asks whether they’re proud of Lil Baby for his track the Bigger Picture.
After he asks the question, there is an awkward silence for a minute,
before Quavo just says “Fo Sho”.
Lil Baby dropped a great record last week I was proud of him, I thought it was an awesome,
topical record.
Have you been impressed and proud of his moves?
He's been doing his thing he's become the guy
Fo sho
He then asks if they even heard the record and Quavo just says “yeah”.
Did you hear the record I'm talking about?
uh yeah
Rosenburg tries to redirect the conversation
but it’s clear they aren’t about to give Lil Baby any credit on camera.
Up until recently, there wasn’t any public beef between Baby and the Migos,
they just seemed to move in their own separate ways.
In an interview with Breakfast Club,
Lil Baby said that he and Migos didn’t have a relationship like that.
He didn’t say there was any beef,
but they just did their own thing musically.
Then in March 2020,
rumors started going around that Offset had been jumped by Lil Baby’s 4PF goons
outside the release party for his album My Turn.
Witnesses who were allegedly at the party said they saw Offset get jumped, robbed,
and stripped down to his boxers.
A video also came out that supposedly showed the fight go down,
although it’s filmed from a car parked far from the action,
on the other side of a fence.
The video does show some kind of altercation
and you can just barely hear Offset’s name and other threats being made,
but it’s far from solid evidence.
Several rumors were floating around as to why Offset and Baby may have had problems.
One theory was that Offset ended up getting into it with some people,
which resulted in Lil Baby almost getting robbed,
even though he wasn’t involved in the situation.
Another theory was that Offset owed someone in Baby’s camp 50 racks
but refused to pay, so they beat him up.
Both Lil Baby and Offset denied this rumor.
When a blog reported the story, Baby commented on the post, saying it’s all cap.
He also posted a slide to his Instagram story with the caption
“Stop spreading fake news!! That **** fake!! Please”.
Offset also posted a video on instagram,
showing his face, to flex that he didn’t get scratched up.
We’re not really sure what to make of the whole thing,
but the fact that neither side wants to talk about it, is just kinda weird.
The rumors died down after a while
because it was the word of some random fans on the internet
against the two people who were allegedly involved.
So, even with the videos as evidence,
it isn’t much of a beef if both rappers deny they have problems.
But fans also noticed
that Offset had unfollowed both Lil Baby and P on social media,
suggesting that maybe there was more going on behind the scenes then fans knew.
Later that year, the Migos shocked the rap community
when they filed a lawsuit against QC
for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from them.
They actually sued their former attorney, Damien Granderson,
who was also the lawyer for QC.
In the suit, they claim that he had charged them excessive fees
and advised them to sign one-sided deals that favored the label,
representing a serious conflict of interest.
Even though the Migos were going after the lawyer,
they were also indirectly taking shots at Coach K and P,
by suggesting they had taken advantage of them.
This shocked their fans because up until that point
QC seemed like a real tight-knit operation that moved like a family, not just a business.
This lawsuit shows that there was more trouble in paradise than the audience knew
and the whole perception of the label began to shift.
Pee put out a long statement denying that he mistreated any of his artists
and let the world know that the label would continue to operate
with full transparency and honest business practices.
The group must have settled their differences in some way
because they dropped the lawsuit just a few months later.
In October 2020,
Quavo posted a picture to Instagram of himself in front of the QC logo
fanning out stacks of cash with the caption
“QC the label Money STILL on the table”.
So something must have happened to convince them that it was all a misunderstanding.
But it still probably caused tensions within the label
and those who are close to Pee and Coach K, like Lil Baby.
Once the Migos were back on solid terms with their label,
they announced the release of the fourth studio album, Culture III.
They started doing press runs and media appearances to build hype for the new project,
which included a performance before the Logan Paul – Floyd Mayweather fight.
The performance was pretty low energy
and the commentators spoke over them the entire time.
Fans took to social media during the show to clown the group
and produce a bunch of memes at their expense.
But it was what happened afterward that made headlines.
Not long after the performance, Baby posted a photo to IG with the caption
“Ain’t nothing but a lil bit of straightening”.
He deleted the post not long after,
but many took this to mean that something had gone down involving the Migos.
Straightening is the title of the lead single off Culture III,
so he was clearly referencing his label mates.
Since they are rumored to already have beef,
the post led fans to believe that another altercation had happened between the two crews.
There wasn’t much context to it
and this time there weren’t any witnesses to report what happened.
But as more clues come to light,
the more it seems like the beef between Baby and Migos is real
and not just drama made up by fans.
None of the rappers involved have addressed the comment,
leading fans to jump to their own conclusions as to what happened.
So, when Culture III dropped on June 11th,
many believe that it contained disses directed at Lil Baby.
But the shots weren’t coming from Offset, they would actually come from Takeoff,
the group's quietest member.
First on the track Why Not, Takeoff raps
“Call him Baby boy cuz he got put in a headlock”
This could have just been a generic bar about any random rapper,
but the fact that he said the word Baby made fans think that he was dissing his label mate.
There’s a film called Baby Boy,
which features a scene where one of the characters is put in a headlock,
and that’s most likely the reference Takeoff is making.
But, it’s possible it was a play on words, and he was trying to say that Baby tried to step to them,
and they had to show him who's boss.
Or it could have just been a throwaway line that got misinterpreted because of the context.
But the bar that really had fans thinking he was throwing shots at Baby
was on the track Modern Day.
On the song, Takeoff raps
“If I got a plate, you know that he ate
I’m too blessed so one thing I can’t do is hate
I like what you’re doing, just humble yourself
and know that we the ones who opened the gate”
Given the context, this bar could definitely be about Lil Baby.
The Migos were poppin’ before him
and the money that QC got to invest in Baby’s career early on came from their success.
He admits that he’s not going to be a hater,
but he does think that whoever he’s talking to is doing too much
and forgot who started the wave.
Although the bar does seem to fit all the other rumors surrounding the Migos - Lil Baby situation,
it could also be about almost any other rapper in the game.
There’s no denying that the Migos are trendsetters
and a lot of rappers today have made a career off of what they started.
He isn’t all that specific, so he could be talking about Lil Baby
or any other rapper he came up with,
who started acting extra after they got some clout.
One things for sure, even if there is smoke, neither side will likely admit it.
They may send sneak disses here and there
or avoid promoting each other’s albums.
But they are on the same label at the end of the day
and that kind of attention can only be bad for business.
Even if the beef does help album sales, if Baby and Migos really did go to war,
it means that someone is going to lose their life or their respect in the game.
Which means that QC risks losing one of its major assets to the label.
Overall, it doesn’t seem like the beef goes that hard.
In a competitive genre like rap,
there is always going to be tension over who is getting the attention at the moment
and who is getting left out.
Hopefully, they will eventually put this behind them and move on.
Or at least continue to do their own thing and stay separated,
so it doesn’t turn into anything serious.
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