After recent rumors about the possibility of T.O.P's lyrics and music video for "Turn It Up" dissing MC Mong about his�draft-dodging controversy, YG Entertainment finally�came forth to deny all rumors. YG stated on September 20th,

"T.O.P's 'Turn it Up' mocking MC Mong on purpose is absolutely nonsense. T.O.P's 'Turn it Up' was released before MC Mong's controversy even came about. Even with just that, isn't it easy to understand how groundless those rumors are? It feels like people were just forcefully trying to match the two together."