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Ludacris and Leon Thomas on the 2025 BET Awards
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Key Takeaways
- Ludacris delivered a shock freestyle over Leon Thomas’ “Mutt,” including his signature bars and wordplay.
- Leon Thomas reposted the clip with hearth emojis, signaling his approval of the remix.
- The monitor’s rising remix roster and BET Awards efficiency are fueling its viral momentum.
Ludacris has that canine in him. On Monday (June 16), the Atlanta rapper shared a remix of Leon Thomas’ “MUTT.”
Carrying a tuxedo, Ludacris tore via the Grammy-winning singer’s smash hit with references to WrestleMania, a number of sexual innuendos, and his common wordplay. “I’m a canine, I’m a mutt, child / This pet love, we preserving it on the hush, child,” he rapped over the instrumental. “Love or lust, I by no means might get sufficient / It’s your world, I’m a squirrel out right here tryna get a nut, child.”
Thomas later caught wind of the freestyle and reposted it on his Instagram Tales with a number of hearth emojis. Watch the clip beneath.
“MUTT” has acquired loads of flowers because it first dropped in August 2024. Freddie Gibbs joined the primary official remix a month in a while Thomas’ sophomore album, MUTT. Then, in March of this 12 months, Chris Brown jumped on one other model, which in the end helped push the tune to No. 13 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart.
Thomas additionally carried out the tune on the 2025 BET Awards, the place he took dwelling the trophy for Finest New Artist.
He is at the moment gearing up for his “Mutts Don’t Heel Tour,” which begins in October. With Ambré becoming a member of him because the supporting act throughout North America, the trek is predicted to run via April 2026. Earlier than then, followers can catch him on the NN North Sea Jazz Competition and Music on the Intersection, and extra.
In Might, he launched HEEL, the deluxe version of MUTT. It arrived with “RATHER BE ALONE” that includes Halle Bailey, “DIRT ON MY SHOES” with Kehlani, and two visitor spots from Massive Sean. Thomas beforehand advised Billboard the title behind the expanded model holds “a number of meanings”: “From the ‘heel’ command of studying to comply with to therapeutic in actual life.”
In case you’re enthusiastic about figuring out the story behind the MUTT Deluxe: HEEL album cowl artwork, try REVOLT’s interview with photographer Inari Briana and director Phil Meyer.