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, released on January 12, 2022 as the lead single from his mixtape ''

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'' (2022). It was produced by Karltin Bankz, Lastwordbeats, LondnBlue, D-Roc, and Jason Goldberg. The song received controversy for a diss toward the late rapper

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Controversy

The song is notable for YoungBoy taking shots at the rappers from

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, especially King Von, whose murder in 2020 is referenced: "Nigga, this that ''

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'', O-Block pack get rolled up / Murder what they told us, Atlanta boy get fold up". After the song circulated on social media, rapper

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posted a picture of him sitting alongside a poster of King Von on

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, along with the caption "Don't claim it if you ain't do it you still a bitch." Rapper

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commented on the track that YoungBoy was "just rapping like the rest of these rappers all rap". Rapper

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replied in agreement. A week later, YoungBoy responded with a diss track aiming at Choppa, "Know Like I Know".

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References

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