Rapper Big Naughty has released a diss track targeting Swings.
On April 16, Big Naughty uploaded a video titled 'INDUSTRY KNOWS' to his YouTube channel, directing lyrics at Swings. In the track, he alleges that Swings proposed an inappropriate relationship to a label artist, raises issues related to neighboring rights, and refers to an incident in which he claims Swings pushed a 20-year-old junior.
The lyrics include lines such as, “To a label artist: ‘If you sleep with me, I’ll push you.’ Then you go on YouTube acting nice and grinning?” He also raps, “Neighboring rights? You sold the masters your seniors owned without their consent. You filed for bankruptcy to block it. And then you bought a Porsche,” raising financial accusations as well.
Swings responded through a livestream, denying the allegations. He said, “There are two things I need to make crystal clear,” and addressed each point in turn. Regarding the neighboring rights issue, he explained, “When a song is released, the company holds the neighboring rights and shares the revenue with the artist. After a contract ends, the company taking the revenue is standard practice in the industry.”
Addressing the alleged violence, Swings described the situation at the time and said, “He was the one who was drunk, not me,” adding, “There’s CCTV evidence.” He also shared text messages exchanged between the two, saying, “I thought we wrapped things up well. I don’t understand why he’s doing this again.”