Lil Uzi Vert had some high praise for Lil Yachty in a recent behind-the-scenes clip, giving the “Poland” rapper his props for what they called “beat[ing] the washed allegations.”
The video was shared by Akademiks on Thursday (July 20), ahead of the release of a full interview between the pair. In the clip, Uzi tells the media personality that Yachty has been in the game for a minute and that the fact he’s still here is a testament to beating said allegations.
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“Like you gotta understand – how long have [Lil Yachty] been around?” Uzi said to Ak in the clip. When Ak told them that Yachty had “been around a long time,” Uzi said: “That’s what I’m tryna tell you and he still ain’t even go no where. He’s definitely a n-gga that beat the washed allegations. He beat the shit out of it – on his own wave.”
You can check out the clip below:
Lil Yachty made his debut on SoundCloud in 2015 with his viral hit “One Night.” The track lived on his first mixtape Lil Boat, which arrived a few months later in March 2016. Fueled further by additional viral hits like “Cold in Minnesota,” Yachty blew up and had a strong buzz for some time, but became a bit of a smaller force on the music scene in the following years and failed to maintain the same reaction to his debut studio album and following projects.
However, he managed to maintain a presence in the industry through both his own music and writing hits for others – including the City Girls. He then reinvented his sound with 2023’s critically acclaimedLet’s Start Here, which debuted and peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200. The position beat his last two albums, which peaked at No. 12 and No. 14, respectively.
As for Lil Uzi Vert, they weren’t always praising Lil Yachty – and once even called him out publicly over Twitter.
Back in 2020, Uzi randomly fired off an angry face emoji at Lil Boat, followed by: “wya you know what u did in 2018,” to which Yachty replied: “What I do?”
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Uzi humored him with a response but wrote only “JT,” seemingly insinuating some sort of issue went down between Uzi’s City Girls boo and Yachty.
In response, Yachty shared a GIF of a man holding his phone and surrounded by several of his friends saying, “Aye y’all, come look at this.” Although Uzi retweeted the GIF, he soon deleted his initial tweets.
