Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards are status by means of their BFF, Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.
After nation track big name Zach Bryan rapidly broke up with LaPaglia—one-third of the BFFs podcast—in October, the opposite two hosts created a fiery diss observe titled “Smallest Guy,” blasting the musician over allegations of emotional abuse. However the tune, which won vital consideration and reward, used to be temporarily taken down—two times.
Stay studying to determine why and what the Barstool founder plans to do subsequent.
Why Used to be “Smallest Guy” Taken Down?
On Wednesday, November 6, Portnoy mentioned the tune used to be got rid of from YouTube because of a copyright declare, in particular pointing to the outro.
When the tune used to be re-released, it used to be taken down once more as a result of Richards is signed to the similar label as Bryan—Warner Data. Portnoy later realized that Warner Track Staff holds the rights to Richards’ track, because the 22-year-old TikToker signed with them in 2020, giving the corporate authority to drag the observe.
What References Does the Diss Observe Make?
The lyrics reference a couple of sides of LaPaglia and Bryan’s courting, together with how they met at the unique courting app Raya—the place Bryan reportedly returned right away after blindsiding LaPaglia with their breakup off and on social media.
The tune opens with, “I mentioned consider me, stuck your pants on hearth / Tinder, Bumble, Raya, knew you used to be a liar,” and continues, “You’re a douchebag, you simply made a brand new rival / Lovely quickly you going to want a revival.”
Within the video, Portnoy and Richards, dressed as policemen, pull over a Bryan lookalike riding a pickup truck—a transparent nod to Bryan’s 2023 arrest for allegedly interfering with a visitors forestall. The duo drives the purpose house with a verse: “In search of purple skies, however now you’re seeing stars / There’s one thing within the orange and it’s you in the back of those bars, b**ch.” No longer best do Portnoy and Richards mock the singer for the incident, however additionally they come with embarrassing police-recorded audio from Bryan’s arrest, amplifying the satire.
They flip up the coloration on Bryan’s courting historical past, with Richards including, “You are saying you take into accout the whole lot, I suppose no longer since you forgot about your wedding ceremony ring,” a jab on the Grammy winner’s temporary 2021 marriage to Rose Madden, which used to be rumored to contain infidelity.
What’s Subsequent for Portnoy?
Regardless of the takedowns, Portnoy isn’t backing down. “I will be able to write 10,000 diss tracks. I’ll put the headsets on. I’ll come again spitting bars two times as scorching,” he vowed.
Portnoy persisted, “We’ll determine this s*** out. It will take 24 hours,” calling each Warner Track Staff and Bryan “f**king p****es” sooner than teasing, “Wait until you pay attention the podcast day after today.”
He added, “Perhaps we do ‘Dave’s model’ — I heard Bri would possibly get within the sales space and do her model.”