How's Yeat Involved in Ken Carson and Don Toliver's Beef?

Travis Scott has been officially hired as Oakley’s first-ever “Chief Visionary.” In other news:

• Billboard Hot 100 📈 

• Ken Carson called out Don Toliver and Yeat 👀 

• Young Thug finally headlined Summer Smash 🎵 

• Industry Insights 🔎 

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Billboard Hot 100

The above chart shows Billboard’s Hot 100 ranking for this week. The Hot 100 ranks songs based on streaming activity, radio airplay audience impressions, and sales data —all measured by Luminate.

K. Dot and SZA’s collab “luther” is holding onto its top five spot as tracks like Drake’s “NOKIA” and Doechii’s “Anxiety” take another slip down in the Hot 100. Meanwhile, “Dark Thoughts” is slowly making its way up thanks to it being featured on Lil Tecca’s newest album, DOPAMINE. 

Ken Carson and Don Toliver Are Throwing Shots Online

This year’s Summer Smash had everything: Lil Yachty dancing like a hyperactive toddler. G Herbo’s performance with his son Yosohn for their father-son rap debut, and Future turning the crowd into honorary members of the Dungeon Family. Underneath all the viral moments and mosh pits, though, something darker (and dumber) was brewing: a brand-new rap beef sparked by Ken Carson, fanned by Yeat, and aimed squarely at Don Toliver.

Ken Carson said what he said

During Ken Carson’s set, he took a moment between rage beats to let everyone know exactly where he stands, stating, “F*** you talking about, ain't no duos.” 

Now, this wasn’t totally out of nowhere. Carson and Yeat were once on decent terms, with the two linking up in 2022 for “Gëek High”. However, rumors of a falling out began circulating shortly after, when both mysteriously unfollowed each other on social media. Still, nothing had been this direct…until now.

Fans instantly clocked it as a shot at Yeat and Don Toliver, who’ve been cosplaying as the genre’s newest duo ever since revealing a collab album in the works back in March. While they didn’t drop the whole project during their joint Summer Smash headline set, they did perform two unreleased tracks and looked very much like a unit.

Toliver eventually responded on his IG stories, telling the world that "n***** be On the Lame S*** just get your money and go Home.”

What started as an offhand diss turned into a full-on petty war, with Carson and Toliver trading jabs about baby mommas, bank accounts, and who really owns what lane in the rap game. No actual bars dropped yet — just social media posts and very public ego bruising.

Naturally, the Internet did what it does best: turn the entire beef into a roast session. People barely discussed the actual music and instead focused on who looked more like a video game NPC and who they’d rather not be stuck in an Uber Pool with.

Still, behind the memes and chaos, one thing is clear: any chance of a Don x Ken collab in the future is dead in the water. Unless they pull a Ye and Drake and (briefly) make up for the optics, we’re witnessing the birth of a new rap rivalry. 

Everything You Missed During Young Thug’s Comeback Performance

Back in 2022, both Young Thug and Gunna were set to headline Lyrical Lemonade’s Chicago-based music festival, Summer Smash. However, they were arrested and hit with a RICO that seemingly wrecked their friendship and led to Georgia’s longest criminal trial in its history. 

Fast forward three chaotic years— Thug is free and he’s got UY SCUTI on the way. He finally took the Summer Smash stage on June 22 to remind everyone why he’s still one of the most beloved figures in rap. 

Young Thug performs for the first time in 1200 days 

You thought he was gonna just walk onstage and say “Hi?” Nah. This is Thug we’re talking about. He kicked off his set with a cryptic pre-recorded video where he told fans: “Sorry for failing. Forgive me, I’m back.” The lights go out. Then, a Thug doppelganger in a Donnie Darko-like mask appeared on the railing of a viewing tower, just hanging there like he was auditioning for The Purge: Summer Smash. 

Moments later, the real Young Thug hit the stage wearing a similar cursed forest creature mask and launched straight into “Take It To Trial.”

He kicked off a marathon of his biggest hits, performing tracks from different eras like “Ski,” (where he notably muted Gunna’s name), “Digits,” “Lifestyle,” and “Killed Before.” However, he also made sure to show love to the deep cuts and his fans, pulling one on stage while performing the original version of 2023’s “Jonesboro.”

The special guests that Thug brought out

Travis Scott (sans a Pusha T diss track) popped out with whooshing flames as he joined Thug to perform the “Hot” remix. “Chicago, make some noise for the greatest of all time, Young Thug in this motherf*cker ya heard? Ayo Slime, if you don’t mind, I wanna send this shit upside down real quick, you dig what I’m saying?” said Scott before going into the moshpit-inducing “FE!N.”

La Flame coming out for his set should be no surprise, with the two having collabs going back to 2014 with Days Before Rodeo and Scott being seen in the studio with Thug shortly after his release. 

Speaking of “going way back,” Thug brought out ATL legend T.I. to perform their 2014 collaboration “About the Money.” While T.I. did state that he was stepping back from live performances, he was one of the most outspoken rappers about Thug’s imprisonment, and was one of the first people to see him once he got out. This is what Atlanta unity looks like (with just a hint of court trauma bonding).

However, it was time to show the world what he had been cooking up. Ken Carson joined Thug on stage after doing his own set to perform their unreleased song (allegedly titled “YUCK”) for the excited crowd. 

He closed his set with “Money on Money,” sadly without a Future appearance, and dove into the crowd to celebrate his return with fans. He notably used no backing vocals for any of his old songs and was in top form at Summer Smash, proving he hasn’t missed a beat. 

“It means everything for Slime to just — his presence is everything, bro. Being incarcerated at that time and the world missing him, his fans missing him, his peers, his brothers, guys like me, I missed him when he was gone…Just his presence alone is priceless,” G Herbo told Rolling Stone (they have the 2022 track “Breathe Slow” together).  

With his first official performance post-release in the books, Young Thug’s comeback era is here. If UY SCUTI hits like this show did, the throne might be claimed by the rapper once again. 

• TDE is getting into its film bag. They have launched a Short Films Fund for writers and directors with at least two short films.

• Cardi B is playing chess, not checkers. The rapper dropped the presale link for her upcoming album, Am I The Drama? — and has already sold over 1.5 million album units. 

• Chris Brown is still in legal drama. He has officially pleaded not guilty to one count of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm stemming from a 2023 nightclub incident in the UK.

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