According to both Lil Baby and Young Thug, Thugger made Baby become a rapper by paying him to come into the studio.

If he hadn't done that, they both say, Baby would have never pursued a career in the music industry and would have stayed on the streets.

The two ATL successes have remained tight since that origin story.

In fact, Thugger took time out from promoting his new album Punk to issue a threat to any and all of Lil Baby's opps.

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"If you @lilbaby opp, u def mine..," Thugger announced to his almost nine million IG followers.

While Thugger is known to favor women's clothing, he does probably have shooters.