Future's Close Friend Zona Man Appears To Address Leaked Young Thug Call On Instagram

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ATLANTA, GA - FEBRUARY 19: Rapper Young Thug and Future attend Gunna Drip or Drown 2 "A Listening Experience" at Georgia Aquarium on February 19, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
Young Thug and Future have seemingly not been very close in a while, and Future's friend Zona Man addressed that in a new Instagram Story.

On September 6, two different clips of Young Thug talking about Future while on a call in jail leaked to the public. In the first one, he calls out Future for his parenting skills, saying that the rapper needs to be as "locked in" with his kids as he is with the women. In the second clip, he trashed his longtime collaborator for not putting on a "Free Thug" concert while Thug was in jail during the YSL trial.

Perhaps most disappointing for fans, he also revealed that the two had not been on close terms in some time. "Me and him ain’t been tight in a minute, he do lame stuff. He call me to the studio asking how to start his song," Thug said on the alleged call. "But when girls in the room, he act like he don’t hear me — I don't know what image you trying to get off, but you're an idiot. Everything you know I done taught you."

Now, Future's close friend Zona Man, who has been part of Future's circle for at least the last decade, took to Instagram with a lengthy post caught by 2Cool2Blog that seems to address the leaked call audio. He defended Pluto, saying that he shows "real love" for his friends and family, saying that a lot of people need the rapper and that he does things for his peers without expecting anything in return.

He also suggested that Future slept with one of Thug's old girlfriends, saying she saw a "better opportunity."

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Zona did not name Young Thug directly, but the timing suggests only one target may have been in mind. Based on what we've learned from Thug's alleged jail calls, no one was safe from being discussed. Not even Drake, who he admonished for not using his star power to help aid in Thug's release.

Hopefully, he and Future can reconcile. The two made quality music together and losing that would leave a lot of fans heartbroken.

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Devin Morton is a News and Evergreen Content Writer at HotNewHipHop from Queens, New York. He started with HNHH in July 2024 as an intern while entering his last year of college, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication from Stony Brook University's School of Communication and Journalism. He has previously written album reviews covering some of the most popular artists in the game, including Childish Gambino and Ice Spice, as well as conversation starting pieces about the Grammy and BET Hip-Hop Awards. Some of his favorite rappers include Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, and Nas, though he also has a soft spot for the Blog Era guys from when he used to read HNHH as a kid. Besides hip-hop, he's a huge fan of sports (primarily basketball, #HeatCulture) and wrestling. His work for HNHH has reflected his outside interests, also covering sports, politics, and the greater pop culture world, which he has extensive knowledge of in addition to his hip-hop expertise.

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