ScHoolboy Q Brings New Album 'Blue Lips' To 'The Tonight Show'

ScHoolboy Q has taken the first live performance of his new album Blue Lips to The Tonight Show, with the appearance arriving even before the album did.

Hitting Jimmy Fallon’s long-running show on Thursday night (February 29), Q performed the Freddie Gibbs-assisted album highlight “oHio,” though Gibbs himself wasn’t on hand for his verse.

Instead, Q held it down solo – and even got the green light from Jimmy that his incessant cursing wasn’t an issue.

Check out the performance below.

On “oHio,” Gangsta Gibbs takes aim at Akademiks by calling him a “pussy n-gga” and threatening violence against him if they cross paths.

“Smack a n-gga in his mouth for the loot/ If I ever see that pussy n-gga Akademiks I’ma catch another lawsuit,” he raps.

Freddie Gibbs and Akademiks have been going at it for years, stemming from the media personality calling the rapper “irrelevant” after Gibbs dissed his former label boss Jeezy.

Insults, threats and jokes have been lobbied back and forth ever since, with Gibbs most recently trolling Akademiks in January after he was accused of rape.

Before that, the pair appeared close to a truce with Gibbs saying he wanted a sit-down with Akademiks and admitting they would “probably be cool.”

Prior to the release of Blue Lips, ScHoolboy Q had high praise for Freddie Gibbs, claiming he “washed” him on “oHio.”

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The Bandana MC replied on X: “We make classics bro congrats on the album glad to be a part of it.”

“oHio” is the second collaboration between the two rappers after Q featured on Gibbs’ “Gang Signs,” which ended up appearing on the bonus edition of the latter’s 2022 album $oul $old $eperately.

Blue Lips serves as ScHoolboy Q’s first album in five years following 2019’s CrasH Talk.

In addition to Gibbs, the 18-track project features appearances from Ab-Soul, Rico Nasty, Devin Malik, Lance Skiiiwalker, AzChike, Jozzy and Childish Major.

Blue Lips can be streamed here.