on january 3, 2018, paul uploaded a video to his youtube channel titled "how to fist" which caused controversy for being too sexually explicit and inappropriate for his younger audience. the video was criticized for its thumbnail which featured paul and his then girlfriend erika costell semi-nude on a bed with costell on top of paul in a sexual position. the thumbnail was later changed with both paul and costell fully clothed and not touching each other. later, a video had been leaked by tmz which featured paul explicitly using the word "nigga" whilst rapping. in the video, paul uses the word twice, saying "little ass nigga" and "i whip it like my nigga richie vetter, he make the man's ass so wet it gets wetter."