RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2020–present
Freddie Gibbs vs. Gunna
Crime Stoppers claims, “Poochie Gown,” and the VMAs jab
A 2020 dispute over a resurfaced news clip becomes an intermittent online argument. Gunna rejects the Crime Stoppers framing; Gibbs continues to invoke it, Gunna names him on “Poochie Gown,” and Gibbs turns the record into a joke onstage. Their public positions remain opposed, with a 2025 VMAs clip and “Lavish Habits” keeping the file open.
THE RECORD
The moments
Interview · disputed account
The Crime Stoppers framing starts the friction
After a resurfaced local-news clip prompts online speculation, Gunna tells The Breakfast Club it was not Crime Stoppers and that he had appeared to defend his cousin. Gibbs posts that anyone on Crime Stoppers is a snitch, a clearly directed allegation Gunna rejects.
“If u was on crime stoppers TV u a snitch. Ain’t no way around it.”Freddie Gibbs, May 2020 tweet
Read the receipt ↗Social media · disputed account
The DS4Ever rollout restarts the Twitter war
Gunna tweets that his album will give Gibbs the biggest moment of his career. Gibbs answers with jokes, repeats the old allegation, and Gunna replies that the video was not Crime Stoppers. The exchange is social-media sparring rather than a physical confrontation.
“When my album drop Freddie Gibbs will the biggest moment of his career.”Gunna, January 2022 tweet
Read the receipt ↗Diss track
“Poochie Gown” makes the shot explicit
On DS4Ever, Gunna names Gibbs directly on “Poochie Gown,” turning the two-year online argument into a clear record-side diss. Gibbs answers online, not with a dedicated counter-track.
“I can’t fuck with Freddie Gibbs, niggas pullin’ fibs.”Gunna, “Poochie Gown”
▶ Listen to “Poochie Gown”Social media
Gibbs turns the diss into an onstage joke
Instead of countering with a traditional diss record, Gibbs plays “Poochie Gown” during a performance, dances to it, and calls it his theme song. The response keeps the conflict playful and internet-facing.
▶ See Gibbs’s “Poochie Gown” onstage responseSocial media · disputed account
The YSL plea revives Gibbs’s allegation
After Gunna’s release under an Alford plea in the YSL case, Gibbs returns to social media with renewed snitching claims. Those claims remain Gibbs’s rhetoric; this timeline does not treat them as established fact.
Read the receipt ↗Social media · disputed account
A VMAs clip and “Lavish Habits” keep it open
At the MTV VMAs, Gibbs posts a video from behind Gunna and calls him a rat bastard, then pairs the moment with “Lavish Habits,” whose lyrics renew the accusation. Gunna does not build the encounter into a comparable public campaign.
▶ Listen to “Lavish Habits”Read the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
Complex — Gunna and Freddie Gibbs’ beef explained ↗XXL — Gunna and Freddie Gibbs’ 2022 exchange ↗Gunna — “Poochie Gown” ↗Complex — Freddie Gibbs dances to Gunna’s “Poochie Gown” ↗Power 100.9 — Freddie Gibbs’s reported Gunna VMAs video ↗Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — “Lavish Habits” ↗ARTIST LENSES