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(L-R) Young Thug and Gunna attend the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on October 01, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Young Thug and Gunna have remained distanced since both reached plea deals in the YSL RICO case. Thug joined the It’s Up There Podcast on Monday (Sept. 29), where he explained why he can’t have Gunna around him anymore, while he wishes him the best in his career.

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“I’m not gonna be able to look at [Gunna] the same no matter what,” he said. “We can go get a trillion dollars together. I’m not gonna be able to look at you the way I looked at you before we went to jail. I love you to death. I know you love me. We love each other to death, but we just going our own ways.”

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Thug continued: “I ain’t gonna be able to look at you the same, I’d feel like a fake n—a just having you around me because… I already look at you a certain type of way. And I got a right to. For the sake of your heart and your mind and the thought process you having now, go get your money, man, take care of your family and do what you need to do.”

Gunna reached an Alford plea in December 2022 to secure his release from jail, which saw him admit that YSL is a gang.

Thugger remained behind bars until reaching a plea deal in October 2024, and he hasn’t been in contact with his YSL protégé since coming home.

“It ain’t even no sense for you to try to be back cool with me because we gonna be around each other and it’s gonna be weird,” he said. “The dap-up gonna be different, everythin gon’ be different because I already look at it like a different situation. People think I’m bitter because I don’t want to be friends.”

Thug added: “I’ma be sitting around you and I’ma just cry. I’ma feel a certain type of way sitting around you because I know how I felt about you. I know what I did with you and for you. You know all the times we shared. We done cried together before… I’ma be around you in the future and be crying every God damn day… I’m over it.”

In the future, if Thug and Gunna happen to be in the same place, fans shouldn’t expect any sort of friendly embrace between the former collaborators, but there won’t be any disrespect either.

“If I be around [you] and be happy and pretend, I’mma just feel like a f— n—a,” he said. “I’mma feel like not a real person. I gotta be real, bruh.”

There’s no hard feelings for Thug with Gunna or anyone else who was arrested as part of the YSL RICO trial. “I still want you to eat, just not at my table,” Thug continued.

Young Thug explained how he never looked at his relationship with Gunna as a business deal since he was signed to YSL. “The only reason why I’m looking at it like some bullsh– is because you my brother,” he said. “On top of that, you my man, you my best friend.”

He took Gunna’s Alford plea as a betrayal and as if Gunna was putting his career ahead of their relationship outside of business.

Thug returned to the music scene with his UY SCUTI album on Friday (Sept. 26), which features assists from Future, Cardi B, Travis Scott, Mariah the Scientist, T.I., Ken Carson, Sexyy Red, Lil Baby and former foe YFN Lucci.

Listen to the full Thugger interview below. Talk about Gunna starts around the 19-minute mark.

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