The Game has responded to allegations he removed a NBA YoungBoy verse from his recently released Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind over money.
On Saturday (August 20), XXL shared an Instagram post with the headline: “NBA YoungBoy’s Verse Removed From The Game’s New Album Because YB’s Went Over Game’s Budget Wack 100 Says.” Game hopped in the comment section and refuted the notion.
“I ain’t never paid for a verse in my life n-gga,” he wrote. “200k for a 16 [crying laughing emojis] never & a day blood !!!”
The controversy started when The Game’s longtime manager, Wack 100, was discussing the album in a Clubhouse chat session last week. During the conversation, he claimed “O.P.P.,” his collaborative track with the Baton Rouge-bred rapper, was removed from Drillmatic: Heart vs. Mind due to his fee.
“Sometimes when it comes down to a situation, that I had to make an executive decision about,” Wack explained. “And in YoungBoy’s defense, YoungBoy charge n=ggas $300,000 a verse. That’s what he [charges]. That’s what it is. I can’t front, he gave us a helluva deal.
“But that situation would have cut into marketing overall,” he continued. “So, I had to make an executive decision whether I wanted to pay the tab he sent me, which was a respectable great tab. It was love. I can’t front. But, that tab would have cut into that, that and that.”
Wack 100 said YoungBoy’s team returned with a discounted price of $150,000, but they declined the offer.
“He was gon’ do that for the video and everything,” Wack added. “Once you go to video and YouTube—he one of the highest streaming individuals on YouTube—you gon’ get your money back in the long-run. Plus, now your artist is tapping into that fanbase that he might not have. Nothing against YoungBoy. YoungBoy didn’t disrespect us, didn’t violate us.”
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The Game was also forced to remove the Nipsey Hussle collaboration from Drillmatic. During another Clubhouse session, Wack accused Nipsey’s brother, Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom, of axing the collaboration just hours before the album dropped.
“I got a email from my attorney at about 7:30 p.m., an hour and a half before it dropped,” Wack said. “Nipsey’s brother put in a demand for it to be pulled. These n-ggas be in they feelings … [The Game] been the biggest Nipsey supporter ever. N-gga took his Lambo, wrapped it in Nipsey blue, put Nipsey name and face all over his car. But on the flip side, watch how emotions get in front of business.
“A Game [and] Nipsey song, it does nothing but work towards the remembrance of Nipsey … I think where Blacc Sam goes wrong at is he’s being selfish within his anger — whatever that may be, probably toward me.”
When the talent and the management pathological liars, the business is fuxked lmao. Good luck
Sounded outrageous in the first place I don’t see youngboy getting 300k for a feature, I’m assuming Atlantic dictates his fee for a feature and they know that majority of the people that want a YB verse can’t afford that and the ones can afford are most likely ones that don’t want a YB verse. But hey I could be wrong I can see the label saying 300k for a verse and taking 250k and giving YB 50k for it, This is what labels do. Also sometimes labels and managers say outrageous prices because they just don’t want the artist on that particular project.
I don’t listen to his music, but YB and Drake are the top 2 rappers streamed this year, so 300k makes sense.
Keep in mind who said he was getting 300k a verse that tells you everything you need to know.
The song was absolute trash as well. I dont understand it.
So no one going call out 2 opposing views. Man Wack 100 and Game need to sit their asses down and stop capping like their lives depend on it. Who am I to believe here?
Game just wants a YB beef. More ammunition for record sales income
Album sold 24k first week so of course they couldn’t afford him lol. Hell, even SnitchNine’s Tattletale album sold 53,000. Game Over, he’s done. All that talking and it flopped. I’d be embarrassed especially after all that hype.
Game is such a cornball, 100% pathological liar and constantly contradicts himself. Wack says one thing Game says another, not even on the same page.
Gayme isnt selling a damn. No way he can afford $150k. Mr. Black Homosexual Slim Shady.
grown millionaires playin on 2022 versions of 1990s chat lines that turned into where trannies try to get their face painted
This bum ass…gayme that naqqa that gotta asked for a discount for a verse ass naqqa…FOH already
So the game does what wack 100 tells him to do, all those years in it for game and he still has someone else making executive decisions for him
That was the worst song on the album. NBA Young boy sucks, he is not worth 300k for a verse.