Money On Money
by Young Thug (featuring Future)

Album: UY Scuti (2025)
Charted: 39
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Songfacts®:

  • "Money On Money" blends Young Thug's melodic flows with Future's gritty charisma. One part flex, one part vendetta, it is Thugger's first proper single since leaving jail in October 2024. After serving over 900 days behind bars, the rapper struck a plea deal that saw him handed 15 years of probation.
  • Thug opens the song with the chorus, where he boasts about his obscenely expensive rides. In his verse he lobs a lyrical grenade at Gunna, his former YSL associate who took an Alford plea in the same RICO case and has been the subject of much side-eye ever since. He continues with descriptions of a designer shopping spree and relationships defined by lust.

    In strolls Future with his signature blend of braggadocio and street wisdom, referencing luxury watches, cars, and snitches.
  • Young Thug and Future have a long and often fruitful collaborative history, including their 2017 Super Slimey joint album, "Relationship," Drake's "Way 2 Sexy," Gunna's "Pushin P" and Lil Baby's "Dum, Dumb, and Dumber."
  • Southside, Wheezy, Beatzbyrrose, Dez Wright, and 9Jay handle the production, delivering a beat that blends classic trap elements with a modern, cinematic edge. The track features a notable beat switch when Future enters that pushes the song further into classic trap territory.
  • The Brendan O'Connor-directed video has Thug and Future racing through a dockyard in modified stock cars, visually reinforcing the song's themes of wealth and bravado.
  • "Money on Money" was released on April 25, 2025, as the lead single to Thug's fourth album, UY Scuti. The album is named after one of the largest known stars in the universe, symbolizing Thug's ambition for a cosmic-scale comeback.

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