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This Artist Just Cut a Young Thug Feature Out of Nowhere

Plus, Tyler, the Creator might have made it clear who he stands with.

Metro Boomin’s A Futuristic Summa has been delayed to next week — but we might be getting a Future verse. In other news: 

  • Who was #1 on this week’s Billboard 200? 📈 

  • Young Thug needs to apologize 😬

  • Tyler, the Creator’s new album raises eyebrows 🤔 

  • Industry Insights 🔎 

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Billboard 200

Billboard 200 Battle

As reported by Billboard for the week of July 26.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units — all compiled by Luminate.

This week on the Billboard 200 chart, JACKBOYS 2 from Travis Scott and the JACKBOYS crew, the surprise drop SWAG from Justin Bieber, and the long-awaited return of Clipse on Let God Sort Em Out went head to head (to head) for the top spot. However, only one could take home the crown — and Travis Scott and his home team got the job done.

We got the first-week sales below:

  • JACKBOYS 2: 232K equivalent album units sold (The 160K specifically in physical album sales included in the final number helped them secure the bag)

  • SWAG: 163K equivalent album units sold

  • Let God Sort Em Out: 118K equivalent album units sold

Young Thug’s Feature Got Yanked By This Artist

Young Thug Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi dropped his ninth studio album, INSANO, last year—a project that featured everyone from Travis Scott and XXXTentacion to Young Thug, who showed up on the track “RAGER BOYZ.” It wasn’t their first link-up either: the two had previously teamed up in 2021 on “Moon Man” alongside YSL’s Strick.

But now, it looks like Cudi might be done raging with Thug. And while he hasn’t said anything directly (classic Cudi), fans think a certain deleted tweet—and a certain explosive trial—might’ve pushed him to hit “ctrl+alt+delete” on Thug’s verse. 

The deleted tweet that may have sparked it all

We’ll give credit where it’s due: THUGGERDAILY on X was the first to notice a quietly updated version of INSANO hit streaming platforms — with one key difference: Young Thug’s verse on “RAGER BOYZ” was mysteriously gone.

​​Not edited. Not censored. Just… gone. Also: the song reportedly doesn’t even exist on Tidal anymore. So, yeah. Weird.

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The rap world’s conspiracy theorists think this might be related to Thugga’s tweet from May during the Diddy trial. Cudi testified about his brief relationship with Diddy’s ex, Cassie Ventura, and the alleged incidents where the former mogul broke into his house and allegedly blew up his car. 

In response to his testimony, Thugga posted (and then quickly deleted): “Dam Cudi a rat lol” on X. 

At the time, Cudi didn’t respond publicly. Fans pointed out the obvious: he didn’t volunteer to testify—he was subpoenaed, like… by the court. Not exactly “rat” behavior. Still, Cudi stayed silent and focused on the rollout. That is, until now.

With Thug’s feature scrubbed from the album months after the fact, fans are taking this as a quiet-but-clear response. No diss track. No post. Just delete and move on.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like a reconciliation is coming anytime soon. Which might be a reminder for Thug—or any rapper with Wi-Fi — that not every thought needs to be tweeted. Some things are better left in a group chat. Or, better yet, a diary.

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LeBron James & Clipse Co-Sign Tyler’s New Album

Tyler, the Creator New Album

Even while deep into his CHROMAKOPIA World Tour, Tyler, the Creator couldn’t help but stir the pot. People noticed something was off when he started posting cryptic photos and oddly timed captions on Instagram. That’s usually Tyler-speak for “something’s dropping soon,” and sure enough, by the time he hit Barclays Center on July 18, the hints weren’t so subtle anymore. 

After his performance at Barclays Stadium on July 18, concertgoers found a giant figurine promoting DON’T TAP THE GLASS outside, along with preorder links available for vinyls, box sets, and CDs as well. 

Then came the 6 a.m. album drop on July 21, with this casual PSA: “Get them expectations and hopes down, this ain’t no concept nothing.”

Which, okay, sure — but there’s still a whole visual tribute to LL Cool J’s 1987 “I’m Bad” video, so don’t act like you didn’t plan this, Tyler. He even issued a manifesto for listeners:

“Body Movement. No Sitting Still. Only Speak in Glory. Leave Your Baggage at Home. Don’t Tap the Glass.”

You’d think that’d be the end of the surprises. It wasn’t.

Tyler broke his own rules — and showed what side he’s on

The ten-track project dropped on the eight-year anniversary of his Grammy-nominated album Flower Boy. He once again dropped a project on a Monday to avoid the “passive listening” and broke the cadence of album releases he’s had for years. For the first time in his career, he hasn’t dropped every other year, but has released DON’T TAP THE GLASS just nine months after CHROMAKOPIA. 

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To add even more fuel to the fire, Tyler dropped the visuals for “STOP PLAYING WITH ME” on July 21 as well — with some eyebrow-raising cameos. 

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On first glance, having LeBron James, Clipse, and Maverick Carter in your music video might just seem like a cool flex. Let’s get deeper into the lore, though:

  • Pusha T (one half of Clipse) recently had an anti-Travis Scott media tour, calling him “a whore” in an interview, then dropped the Clipse comeback the same weekend JACKBOYS 2 released.

  • LeBron James was posted up at Kendrick Lamar’s “The Pop Out” last summer (he’s still repping K. Dot today) —and Drake’s been in his feelings ever since, hiding tattoos and tossing stray shots.

  • Maverick Carter co-founded LRMR Ventures with James, which includes companies like Uninterrupted, which ironically collabed with Drake to bring the brand to Canada in 2019

With Tyler just dropping a verse with Clipse where he calls out his enemies and states that he will “probably outgrow my heroes,” people initially thought he just had smoke with Ye. With his own “Pop Out” performance and questionable likes, it’s starting to look like Tyler’s sending messages—and making it very clear: he’s done playing nice.

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