Lil Yachty has claimed that Quavo was “mean” to him when they first became labelmates on Quality Control Music.
During the latest episode of his A Safe Space podcast featuring the label’s co-founders Kevin “Coach K” Lee and Pierre “P” Thomas, the Atlanta rapper said he was not entirely embraced by the QC roster when he initially signed to the label.
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“Quavo used to be so mean to me!” Yachty admitted. “It became like a friendly beef. It was like this thing of battling with me against all three Migos when it came to cars, when it came to jewelry, when it came to women, when it came to clothes, everything.
“Quavo got a new chain, I had to get a new chain. Offset got a new chain, I get a new chain. TakeOff get a new watch, I would go and get a new watch.”
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He added: “I used to always feel like everyone was trying to little bro me. At first, they thought I was weird as shit. They was like, ‘This n-gga is weird as fuck.'”
Yachty revealed that he was such an outcast that few artists on the label wanted to collaborate with him, with the exception of two people.
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“Skippa Da Flippa was the first person [to do a record with me] and he was the nicest person,” he continued. “Rich The Kid was cool, he showed love to me eventually. The most thing I remember was Quavo was mean as shit. Quavo was mean as hell, [but he] came around.
“I’ll never discredit Skippa Da Flippa and TakeOff. TakeOff, from the second he met me, was extremely nice and just welcoming with open arms. OG Maco, he didn’t really show much love either.”
Watch his comments at the 38:55 mark below.
Lil Yachty signed to Quality Control in 2016 after the viral success of his song “One Night.” The following year, he dropped his debut album Teenage Emotions which featured appearances from all three Migos.
While he has since won over many of his labelmates and critics, Lil Boat continues to divide opinion in the rap world. Earlier this year, he caused a stir by claiming that Hip Hop is in a “terrible place.”
“Hip Hop is in a terrible place,” he said in an interview with Tierra Whack for Rolling Stone. “The state of Hip Hop right now is a lot of imitation. It’s a lot of quick, low-quality music being put out.”
He continued: “It’s a lot less risk-taking, it’s a lot less originality. People are too safe now. Everyone is so safe. I rather take the risk than take the L.”
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Despite his complaints about the purported sorry state of Hip Hop affairs, Yachty did take the time to show love to at least one of his rap peers.
“I love JID,” he said. “JID is such a beautiful person. He has the spirit of like a real Atlanta Negro and he’s such a good, kind person and he just always embraced me with open arms so I got nothing but respect for JID. I never heard a bad verse from JID ever.”
