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NLE Choppa, now going by NLE The Great, recently dropped “KO,” a track that takes aim at NBA YoungBoy while marking his new artistic era. Over an instrumental inspired by “Hit ’Em Up,” he accuses his rival of being a bad influence on young listeners. Despite expressing that he still has love for YoungBoy, the Memphis rapper’s actions suggest he’s not backing down from their feud.

On Instagram, he shared a video of himself dancing to the diss track while holding a fake decapitated head resembling the Never Broke Again rapper. The visual sparked major controversy, especially after NLE The Great’s earlier comments about having respect and compassion for his peer.

“I was awakened out of my sleep with a vivid dream,” he told Rolling Stone. “The dream was me holding a young boy’s head in my hand, and I was bringing the head to my father. When I woke up, I wanted to pray about it and seek what it meant.”

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He went on to clarify his intentions behind the song, saying the record comes from a personal place rather than simple animosity. “Personally, we’ve already had issues,” he said. “But I can’t say that these issues have zero reason as to why I made this record. But some of the things that were said, and we had a conversation earlier about this, it’s more so can be viewed as personal. It can be viewed as like, ‘Oh yeah, I don’t f**k with you. I don’t like you. This, that, whoop.’ But it’s more so speaking to something that’s controlling him. It’s speaking to what has possession of him, and I love him.”

NLE Choppa continued, expressing a desire to resolve their differences peacefully. “I would love to give that brother a hug,” he said. “I would love to shake hands with that brother, I would love to make music with him personally, but how could I if he won’t? But do I have worries about things being personal outside of this? I feel he got bigger fish to fry. I’m just playing a small role in it by using my voice.”

As of now, NBA YoungBoy has yet to respond to the mixed messages. It seems he’s choosing to let the situation fade rather than escalate further.