Young Thug and Playboi Carti CDs Surface Before ComplexCon

CDs titled "YT + PBC Vol. 1" were handed out at the Sp5der booth at ComplexCon on October 4, 2026, which makes a Young Thug and Playboi Carti collab tape a physical object before it is a release. Neither artist has announced a project, and the only audio in public is a fan's car stereo clip of a trap cut with Thug on the vocals. The two already share three tracklists, Carti's Die Lit and Music and Ken Carson's Xperiment, and in every case at least one of them was a guest on someone else's album.

Photographs Before the Doors, a Disc in a Car on October 4

Pictures of Young Thug and Playboi Carti CDs were posted by @ourgenerationmusic before the doors opened on October 3, credited to @carsonfordphotos and @iamhugoarchila, with a caption calling a collab tape rumored. The disc itself was on the show floor by October 4, when HotNewHipHop reported that people at the Sp5der booth were giving out CDs with the "YT + PBC Vol. 1" title, and Kurrco posted an Instagram video of a fan playing one in a car. Kurrco's own post on X described the same thing, "YT + PBC VOL. 1" CDs being handed out at the Sp5der booth.

That clip is the whole evidence file. No tracklist, streaming link or label confirmation exists, and PHRHX of Sneakz & Beatz put the standard plainly on October 4, 2026: "Treat it as a limited, unofficial drop until Carti, Thug or their teams say otherwise."

The giveaway happened on a weekend Carti ran. He is the first time artistic director of ComplexCon's tenth anniversary edition, working with Hiroshi Fujiwara and Fragment Design across the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena, with Ken Carson headlining October 3 and Carti closing October 4.

Three Tracklists, Always as the Guest

Young Thug is credited on "Choppa Won't Miss," track 17 of Carti's Die Lit, released May 11, 2018, and on Carti's Music, released March 14, 2025, where HotNewHipHop points to "WE NEED ALL DA VIBES." On July 3, 2026 both names landed on one record, because Xperiment, Carson's 22 track album on Opium and Interscope, carries Carti on "deaf note" and "wedidit" and Thug on "drug kit."

Carson also brought out Young Thug and Lil Tecca during his closing night at Rolling Loud Orlando, The Source reported on May 11, 2026. HotNewHipHop adds that the pair have various leaked tracks beyond the released ones, and that what fans want is a formal announcement of a joint album from Carti and Thug. Every released moment is a guest spot on someone else's project.

A disc stamped with both sets of initials and a volume number is a different object, if it is real. "Vol. 1" is the only hint of intent anywhere in the record, and none of the reports explains what it promises.

Sp5der Sold Young Thug's CD With Clothing a Year Earlier

Young Thug and Sp5der have sold a CD alongside clothing before. Complex's guide to the UY SCUTI release, published September 25, 2025, lists four SP5DER x UY SCUTI boxsets that pair the CD edition of the album with a shirt, hoodie or shorts, plus a special edition SP5DER vinyl cover.

Those boxsets were sold at Complex's shop, with the album arriving at midnight. In 2026 the disc surfaced at a booth, and no report has listed a case, a garment, a price or a quantity.

Carti's own exclusive that weekend was physical in the same way. The Mitchell & Ness jersey run that debuted as a ComplexCon exclusive carries "00" for Opium on the front and back and "YVL" for Young Vamp Life on the nameplate, according to Complex's product listings, and the collection went up on Complex's site after the weekend for a limited time. The jerseys got a store page; the CDs got a booth and a car stereo.

Carti's Closing Set Brought Ye, Not Thug

Carti closed ComplexCon on Sunday, October 4, and Complex reported on October 5 that Ye opened the set with a three song guest appearance that included "Carnival" and "Off the Grid." Destroy Lonely and Ken Carson joined later, and Ye's daughter North West was seen on stage.

Complex's account of the set names those four and does not mention Young Thug or the discs. The only connection between the CDs and the closing set is the date, October 4, the same day HotNewHipHop ran its report from the Sp5der booth.

That leaves the record at one title, "YT + PBC Vol. 1", one clip from a car stereo and a booth that handed the discs out on the final day of the festival Carti directed. The next fact that matters is a statement from Carti, Thug or their teams, because "Vol. 1" has no second volume until one of them says so.