Rapper Lucki injured. A look at his controversies: New Drank hitmaker’s ex-manager sued him for $1.5 million, claiming he destroyed his savings. A client accused him of wasting his $60,000

Rap icon Lucki’s name was all over social media recently – not for a new chartbuster, but for an alarming reason. The New Drank hitmaker was reportedly stabbed during an altercation with a member of Playboi Carti’s crew at ComplexCon in Los Angeles. In a video shared by the X profile streetaddictz.net, the rap star is seen sporting a camouflage jacket and a heavily injured neck, being guided into a black car. As per an AOL report, several hip-hop accounts and pages claimed that he sustained a neck injury, though it has not been confirmed by police, health officials, or festival organisers.

There is no confirmation that Carti participated in the incident or ordered anyone to attack Lucki. As per reports from AOL and Revolt, the rapper had a history with Playboy Carti. In 2024, he took to Instagram and dropped scalding hot tea about his and Carti’s complicated equation. A chain he had purchased had apparently distressed Carti. Lucki wrote, "Like I said from the jump, I don't dislike you. You think yesterday 'cause I bought a chain and I said, 'Crosses up', that I was sneak dissing you 'cause you made a song that said, 'Upside down cross tat on my neck,' but it wasn't that though; I just bought a chain and was saying, 'Crosses up. 'You're just insecure because you don't love Jesus like that."

According to a report published by HotNewHipHop, Playboi Carti was seen standing in a parking lot in September 2024, where he appeared to speak incoherently for around 90 seconds. While he briefly brought up Timeless, his collaboration with The Weeknd, most of his remarks appeared directed at his rivals. He taunted them with the line, “Should've signed to the O. I ain't worried bout nobody,” while making it clear that he was unconcerned about what his opponents had to say.


Carti also indicated that people were free to say whatever they wanted about him. The “O” mentioned by the rapper referred to Opium Records, the label he founded.

Lucki's Unlucky Manager

Lucki also had a falling out with his former manager. As per a report by Complex, Lucki’s former manager Mark Buol sued him in September for $1.5 million, claiming that he was made to bear the rapper’s expenses and that this destroyed his savings. The rap star would often leave him on the hook for damaged hotel rooms and other costs.

Buo also claimed the Super Urus hitmaker often failed to pay him commissions and neglected to reimburse the money he advanced. According to a lawsuit obtained by Complex, Buol was hired to be Lucki’s manager in 2021, and he was promised a 15 percent share of the rap star’s earnings along with repayment of costs he burdened on his behalf.

Buol alleged that those expenses eventually grew into a substantial financial burden. He claimed to have paid $214,822 out of his own pocket for transportation, accommodation, production, equipment rentals, and other costs associated with Lucki’s 30-stop GEMINI Tour - which diminished his liquid savings by a huge margin. The legal filing states that none of the money he spent had been repaid. He said Lucki promised to establish a business bank account for him and provide a business credit card ahead of the GEMINI tour and didn't abide by it.

Lucki also caused damage to many hotel rooms – he broke the TV at Nobu Atlanta, left burn marks on furniture from cigarettes, damaged a room at a Dallas hotel, and was charged more than $6,000 for one night in the Tampa EDITION. All of these expenses were charged to his personal account and claimed by Buol. He had to offer $15,000 to cover these damages.

Buol is far from the only person Lucki offended. As per a report by VICE, in August, a club promoter was seen confronting the rapper in a viral video. The promoter said he paid the rapper $60,000 to perform at a club. He performed just two songs before taking his leave.


“Hey, talk to Johnny. I didn’t even want to come here; I already made $100. I ain’t have to come here, but they told me I only had two songs […] talked to the n***a you talked to. Talk to the n***a you booked it through. You ain’t never talk to me,” he told the promoter.

The video was shared by a page called Kurrco on X.