"I should of called you first”- 21 Savage apologizes to Future after exchanging subtle diss online 

21 Savage recently exchanged a subtle diss online with Future. He responded to Future's post on December 16, 2025, on being the biggest in the business by first posting that who the biggest is in anything changes, and then stating he was the realest in it. However, he apologized soon after, stating in another tweet:

"@1future...I apologize my brother I should of called you first…Us!!!"

Future then responded with a positive response, stating that 21 Savage was his real brother for infinity:

This cordial end to a potential new diss feud between the two rappers has gone viral on social media, with netizens appreciating how the exchange ended as well as Savage's apology to Future, as seen in the tweets quoted below:

A netizen responded:

"That’s a good way to apologise."

Another netizen stated:

"Don’t let the internet reel you in Savage, it’ll trick you if you let it !"

A commenter opined:

"Yall gotta drop more music together."

A user reacted.

"Future the goat."

Another commenter opined:

"The way relationships end and beefs start due to one party not simply CALLING another for clarification or misunderstanding needs to be STUDIED!!!"

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21 Savage and Future have collaborated in the past

21 Savage and Future have collaborated previously. The duo worked on the single X alongside Metro Boomin. That track went on to become a multi-platinum certified single. They also worked on the track Number 2 by KSI.

21 Savage and Future also appeared on the album Heroes and Villains by Metro Boomin, although they did not appear together on the same track in that album.

Savage and Future have maintained a cordial relationship, despite rumours of a beef in the past. Savage has previously stated Future is his favorite rapper from Atlanta. Savage also stated in the past that Future was bigger than Drake, which he later clarified with the statement that he only mixed tapes and hadn't known what Spotify was until he started his career as a rapper.

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21 Savage released his latest album on December 12, 2025

21 Savage released his latest studio album, What Happened to the Streets?, on December 12, 2025. The album is his fourth studio album and features collaborations with artists such as Drake and Metro Boomin. Savage released his album through the Slaughter Gang label, with distribution via Epic Records.

During an interview with Perspektives with Bank, he talked about how he feels Atlanta, his home city, grooms people for a certain lifestyle, stating:

"This is how I really feel… Atlanta is really, goddamn, what’s the word? Atlanta really a p*dophile. Cause Atlanta really groomed us, bro, since we was kids. Maybe p*dophile the worst word. Maybe p*dophile the wrong word. Atlanta is a groomin’ ass city. Atlanta groomed us n***as since we was ten, or 11-12, on club life, bro."

He went on to describe his experience:

"Like, when I was a lamb, n***a, on my mama, I was taking out trash for $2 in apartments. Just to goddamn get some Chucks and some D**kies… So your *ss getting groomed for the club, from [when] you goddamn in middle school. So now when you 30, n***a, I’ve been going to the club since I was 11, 12 years old. Bro, f**k the club."

He also described his status as an immigrant, which obliged him to experience the streets and work for petty cash to support his family, because he didn't have a green card and couldn't do anything else:

"Atlanta groomed a n***a, bro. And n***as banging out at these clubs. Cause I couldn’t do nothing else, I ain’t got no green card. I can’t get no job. So how the hell else was I gonna survive? I don’t feel like I jumped in the street, I feel like I was kind of forced."

The album has not been received well in its initial reviews, with some critics stating that the album did not convey its themes. It has also been criticised for sampling convicted criminal and rapper R Kelly's work.