Things escalated from a casual comment into a major call-out when Waka Flocka hit DDG with a cold poke underneath a picture DDG had posted of himself from Japan. DDG showed off one of his signature oversized unique denim looks in the photo. Waka's reaction? A blunt, "wtf you doin' lil bra," lobbed into the comment section like a match into dry brush.
The YouTuber-turned-rapper hopped on Twitch to respond, going in as he described what he perceived as disrespect from the veteran Atlanta MC.
"Bro, that boy Waka Flocka low key on dick, bro," DDG said in the livestream, clearly exasperated. "That s### be pissing me off. I ain't even say nothing, but like, Waka Flocka?
But DDG didn't have a blind spot for fashion. This isn't Waka's first time speaking slick. He then mentioned another moment when Waka supposedly called him out for getting involved in "female s###," a term DDG was super offended by.
"N#### quit speaking on me," he said, his anger observable. What's with all the negative commentary on everything about me?
DDG edited the live stream into a clip and posted it to his channel, giving the video the title "Waka Flocka Got Beef With Me??" turning an episode of tension into top-tier content for his massive fan group.
It's the pimps-and-macks dynamic that has come to define modern hip-hop: younger generations of artists jogging to the online frontier with their music careers, unafraid to check their elders when they feel slighted by them, more than willing to trade rock 'em, sock 'em throws for clicks.
The clash also underscores the generational divide between artists like DDG, who launched a music career on YouTube and many viral moments, and artists like Waka, who rose in the blog era of the early 2010s with street anthems and mosh-pit energy. Though Waka's comment may have been meant as a lighthearted roast, DDG took it as part of a larger pattern of persistent shade and unsolicited critique.
Whether this becomes a full-blown beef or just a brief tiff remains to be seen. DDG's not playing any games, particularly when it involves joking about him with a sprinkle of disrespect.
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