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Don Toliver and Ken Carson
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Key Takeaways:
- Ken Carson’s onstage diss at Summer time Smash sparked a feud with Don Toliver.
- The meat escalated on-line with private photographs involving Kali Uchis and deleted posts.
- Toliver and Carson noticed latest industrial success with Extra Chaos and Hardstone Psycho, respectively.
A brand new rap beef could also be unfolding in actual time as Don Toliver and Ken Carson traded heated phrases on social media this week — apparently over Yeat.
The battle started at 2025 Summer time Smash this previous weekend, the place Carson stirred the pot with a cryptic onstage diss: “F**okay you speaking about, ain’t no duos.” Whereas the Playboi Carti affiliate didn’t identify names, followers instantly linked the jab to Yeat and Don Toliver’s rumored joint album. The pair teased the collaborative undertaking earlier this yr and even carried out unreleased tracks collectively on the similar competition.
Toliver wasted no time responding by way of Instagram Tales: “N**fuel be on the lame s**t. Simply get your cash and go residence.” What adopted was a full-blown back-and-forth, with Carson escalating the strain by taking a private shot at Toliver’s relationship: “[You] the worst factor that occurred to your [baby mother], p**sy [a**].” He was referring to singer Kali Uchis, Toliver’s companion and the mom of their new child youngster.
Don clapped again with a flex of his personal: “My [baby mother] obtained extra money than you n**fuel. You could work more durable.”
Whereas the fiery posts have since been deleted, screenshots and fan reactions flooded social media. Yeat, notably on the heart of the feud, remained silent. The enigmatic rapper beforehand collaborated with Carson on 2022’s “Gëek Excessive,” however their relationship reportedly cooled after they unfollowed one another on social media.
The meat comes at a pivotal time for each artists. Toliver and Uchis just lately welcomed their first youngster, whereas Carson hit a profession excessive this yr with Extra Chaos, which topped the Billboard 200 with over 59,000 models moved in its debut week, pushed largely by streaming. That momentum solidified Carson’s presence within the present wave of rage-fueled rap, typically related to Playboi Carti’s Opium collective. Toliver’s most up-to-date full-length LP, the gold-certified Hardstone Psycho, made landfall in 2024 and peaked at No. 3 on the aforementioned chart.