Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards are standing by their BFF, Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.
After nation music star Zach Bryan abruptly broke up with LaPaglia—one-third of the BFFs podcast—in October, the opposite two hosts created a fiery diss observe titled “Smallest Man,” blasting the musician over allegations of emotional abuse. However the music, which gained vital consideration and reward, was rapidly taken down—twice.
Preserve studying to seek out out why and what the Barstool founder plans to do subsequent.
Why Was “Smallest Man” Taken Down?
On Wednesday, November 6, Portnoy mentioned the music was faraway from YouTube resulting from a copyright declare, particularly pointing to the outro.
When the music was re-released, it was taken down once more as a result of Richards is signed to the identical label as Bryan—Warner Data. Portnoy later realized that Warner Music Group holds the rights to Richards’ music, because the 22-year-old TikToker signed with them in 2020, giving the corporate authority to tug the observe.
What References Does the Diss Observe Make?
The lyrics reference a number of elements of LaPaglia and Bryan’s relationship, together with how they met on the unique relationship app Raya—the place Bryan reportedly returned instantly after blindsiding LaPaglia with their breakup on and off social media.
The music opens with, “I mentioned belief me, caught your pants on fireplace / Tinder, Bumble, Raya, knew you was a liar,” and continues, “You’re a douchebag, you simply made a brand new rival / Fairly quickly you going to want a revival.”
Within the video, Portnoy and Richards, dressed as policemen, pull over a Bryan lookalike driving a pickup truck—a transparent nod to Bryan’s 2023 arrest for allegedly interfering with a site visitors cease. The duo drives the purpose residence with a verse: “In search of pink skies, however now you’re seeing stars / There’s one thing within the orange and it’s you behind these bars, b**ch.” Not solely do Portnoy and Richards mock the singer for the incident, however additionally they embrace embarrassing police-recorded audio from Bryan’s arrest, amplifying the satire.
They flip up the shade on Bryan’s relationship historical past, with Richards including, “You say you bear in mind the whole lot, I assume not since you forgot about your wedding ceremony ring,” a jab on the Grammy winner’s temporary 2021 marriage to Rose Madden, which was rumored to contain infidelity.
What’s Subsequent for Portnoy?
Regardless of the takedowns, Portnoy isn’t backing down. “I’ll write 10,000 diss tracks. I’ll put the headsets on. I’ll come again spitting bars twice as sizzling,” he vowed.
Portnoy continued, “We’ll determine this s*** out. It might take 24 hours,” calling each Warner Music Group and Bryan “f**king p****es” earlier than teasing, “Wait until you hear the podcast tomorrow.”
He added, “Possibly we do ‘Dave’s model’ — I heard Bri might get within the sales space and do her model.”
