Did Big Sean diss Lil Yachty on his new album Better Me Than You? Rapper addresses rumors in latest interview

Big Sean recently clarified the speculations of him dissing Lil Yachty in his new album Better Me Than You, released on August 30, 2024. When the Detroit rapper dropped his sixth studio album last Friday, many wondered if he was taking subtle shots at Yachty on his bonus track Wire Me in the album's limited edition, titled Pressure Edition.

“I mean, I might have to even throw ’em a lil’ boat/ I’m seein’ n****s gettin’ drowned out ’cause they can’t switch up the flow/Just give ’em a year or two, and they gettin’ exposed,” he rapped in Wire Me.

Yachty's other monikers included Lil Boat, which prompted speculations of a diss. However, Big Sean refuted these claims in an interview with Complex published on the day of his album's release. When asked if the line was an intentional jab at Yachty, Sean said:

"I wasn’t talking about [Lil Yachty]. Yachty is on the album as well. On “Yes,” he’s doing adlibs with me. I'm glad you said that, no I'm not taking a jab at Yachty. It was like a whole double entendre. [If I was referencing him] that would have been a whole other entendre."

Big Sean added that Yachty had been in the studio with him when they recorded the album. He also said the latter had a verse on the track Yes, alluding to its potential release in the future.

During the interview, Big Sean was also asked if he was referring to any specific rapper with the line about artists drowning because they can't switch up the flow. Big Sean said he included the line in the song because he felt it was clever, but acknowledged that artists sometimes use the same flow, which bores the audience.

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Big Sean also responded to accusations of stealing Baby Keem's flow in Yes

Big Sean was also accused of stealing 23-year-old rapper Baby Keem's flow when he released the music video for his song Yes on August 20. While Sean defended himself on social media at the time, he elaborated on his thoughts about the situation in his Complex interview.

When asked what he thought about comments accusing him of stealing Keem's flow, he said he tried his best not to think much of it. He added that this was not the first time he faced such claims, recalling an anecdote of him coming across a group of teenagers playing his song All Me.

"They were playing “All Me” where I’m like “H** shut the f*ck up.” And I remember one of the kids was like, “Oh, did you get that from Baby Keem?” But the kid had to be like, I don't know, 14. My point is that I just don't read too much into it, man. But there are always things that you can go into my discography and see that I'm literally just picking apart what I've already done," Sean said.

He continued he would always credit any artist who inspired him, saying people always deserved recognition because creating music was difficult.

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Better Me Thank You is Big Sean's first album in four years, following Detroit 2 in 2020. The 21-track album includes features from Gunna, Kodak Black, and Cash Cobain among others. The album has four limited edition variants, each with a different bonus track.