From Twitter Beef to Studio Links: Katy Perry & Chief Keef Squash 2013 Feud

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/28/katy-perry-and-chief-keef-squash-beef/

Katy Perry and Chief Keef—41 and 30 respectively—linked up in person on May 27 in what appears to be a rehearsal studio, marking the moment everyone thought would never happen. Thirteen years after Katy criticized Keef’s “I Hate Being Sober,” tweeting that it gave her “serious doubt for the world”, these two finally made peace. And it’s giving CHEMISTRY.

Let’s rewind. May 2013 was NASTY. Chief Keef fired back with NSFW shots, writing, “Dat bitch Katy Perry Can Suck Skin Off my D. I’ll smack The S out her.” An 18-year-old Sosa was not playing. He even threatened a diss track. But here’s where it gets interesting: Katy quickly tried to smooth things over, apologizing and explaining she wasn’t attacking him personally—just saying she wasn’t into the constantly intoxicated lifestyle. Peep the maturity. Keef accepted it.

Then something magical happened. Chief Keef sampled Perry’s “Legendary Lovers” on his 2014 track “Save Me”—turning a Twitter war into a musical collaboration a YEAR later. For over a decade, that was the full-circle moment. But Wednesday night? That was next level.

The two posted up together wearing Glo Gang hoodies, and Perry posted a TikTok dapping up Sosa with “Legendary link up,” soundtracked by “Legendary Lovers” featuring new vocals from Chief Keef, teasing the remix. This isn’t just nostalgia—there’s actual music coming. The culture moves different when two artists can acknowledge the past, laugh about it, and create something FRESH instead of holding grudges.

In 2026, where beefs go viral and diss tracks get 100M streams, Perry and Keef proved something wild: real artists evolve.

The 16BARS take: From “I’ll smack the S*** out her” to Glo Gang hoodies in a studio—this is what growth actually looks like in the culture. Watch for that remix to be everywhere.