Miami rapper Bossman Dlow was placed in the middle of a shitstorm. The Twitter storm began when transgender influencer Timmy Bandsome shared what they said were leaked private DMs from the two, causing ripples across Twitter, TikTok, and beyond.
The screenshots- true, false, or something in between ignited the internet like wildfire, and suddenly, the sports discourse world had heated talks about Dlow's personal life. Questions were flying, hot takes were piling up, and the court of public opinion got loud quickly. But, staying true to form, Dlow didn't follow the back-and-forth social media trend. Instead, he commented on it using the only way he knew how: raw and uncut.
"I ain't tryna compete with nobody on the internet or even play their games," Dlow hit back in a no-nonsense post on his Instagram Stories. "Just leave s### in the street when ya'll decide ya'll wanna play with a real street n####. That's all I gotta say. New music is coming, new videos, new sauce, I'm coming."
And there you have it: short, snappy, and street-educated, in other words. Though Dlow didn't directly confirm or deny the alleged DMs, the message was clear: he's not interested in being trapped in an internet beef or running for viral headlines. The rapper was all chill as he pivoted away from gossip and toward the ground music, visuals, and what's next.
And all the while, Timmy Bandsome, the 22-year-old influencer who moonlights as the press-baiting star of ostentatious makeup tutorials and head-turning twerk clips, has been riding the surge of attention. While he has more than 300,000 followers on Instagram, Bandsome is no stranger to internet beef, but this was a step above.
And then, naturally, once the screenshots made it onto the internet, the internet did its thing. Screens were enlarged, timelines stitched together, and fans and skeptics aligned around it. Some came to Dlow's defense, saying that the messages seemed suspicious or out of context. Some leaned into the mess, analyzing his response as if it were a bar from his most recent track.
In opting to say less and move on, Dlow demonstrates a playbook that many artists in today's clout-obsessed society have difficulty adhering to: concentrate on the music, not the mess. So while social media hums and theories corkscrew, Bossman Dlow stays on the script that forged him: street principles, no cap, and hustle as the key.
Whether this beef dies or flares back up, Dlow's not taking his foot off anyone's neck. And, as he suggested, he has something else up his sleeve: new drops that could help bring the conversation from DMs to dope records.
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