Tokyo Toni is turning her long-running fallout with Tia Kemp into episodic content, launching a TikTok series titled “Surviving Tia Kemp” and using the first three installments to unload on her former friend and podcast co-host.
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The latest chapter in the Tokyo Toni feud is unfolding on Toni’s official TikTok account, which is linked through her official Linktree. In episode one, Toni described Kemp as a “demonic entity” while revisiting their broken relationship. Episode two shifted toward Toni’s community work, with Toni accusing Kemp of trying to interfere with food efforts she says benefit unhoused people. By episode three, Toni was mocking Kemp for “doing prank calls” and jabbed at her for doing so “at age 50.” Toni’s age remark is presented as her own characterization of Kemp, not a verified biographical fact.Their issues did not start with “Surviving Tia Kemp.” According to the official page for Zeus Network’s “Aunt-Tea” Podcast, Toni and Kemp previously shared the couch with Karlissa Saffold for a 10-episode season. The show paired the three outspoken personalities with guests including The Game, Big Freedia, Antonio Brown, Momma Dee, and Joseline Hernandez. The first episode premiered in 2024, and the platform still lists one season of the series.
The friendship deteriorated publicly after the show. In December 2024, Kemp discussed problems she said she experienced while working with Toni. Kemp claimed she had been warned about Toni before filming and said she would not want to share the show with her again if it returned. Toni responded publicly, and the feud quickly moved from podcast tension into direct online attacks.
By May 2026, the dispute had taken another turn. Toni said she was trying to build a case for a restraining order against Kemp. Toni alleged that Kemp had been repeatedly contacting her, while Kemp responded with threats of her own.
The food controversy at the center of episode two has a much more recent backstory. Earlier this month, Howard University student newspaper The Hilltop interviewed Toni on campus, where she was selling food along with perfume oils and body products. Toni told the publication she grew up near Howard and connected her presence on campus to both entrepreneurship and her work feeding people in the surrounding community.
“I do it for the homeless in the community, so I figure, why not for the college?” Toni told The Hilltop.
Days later, the Tokyo Toni feud followed her to Howard. Kemp recorded herself making a call in which she accused Toni of receiving SNAP benefits and allegedly using those benefits to purchase groceries for food she later sold near Howard University. Kemp also criticized the condition of the food and appeared to continue through a reporting process on the phone.
There is an important distinction between Kemp’s accusations and Toni’s version of what happened. The available reporting does not independently confirm that Toni receives SNAP benefits, that benefits were used to buy ingredients for food she sold, or that Kemp’s call resulted in any investigation, penalty, or shutdown. It also does not establish that Kemp successfully stopped, or attempted to stop, every homeless food drive connected to Toni. Those claims remain allegations between the two women.
Episode three takes aim at another part of Kemp’s online persona. A current public description of Kemp’s YouTube channel lists “prank calls” alongside vlogs, storytimes, discussions and livestream highlights. That gives Toni’s “doing prank calls” criticism a recognizable reference point, even if Toni’s age-based insult should not be mistaken for verified information about Kemp’s birth year.
Meanwhile, Kemp has expanded beyond the viral livestreams that helped grow her audience. Her official Yuntie website currently promotes comedy appearances, meet-and-greets, and a Southern cooking ebook, describing her as an entrepreneur, entertainer, and social media personality raised in Miami’s Liberty City.
What began as chemistry between three strong personalities on “Aunt-Tea” Podcast has become one of social media’s more persistent former friend battles. With “Surviving Tia Kemp,” the Tokyo Toni feud now has its own title, episodes, and continuing storyline, while many of the harshest accusations remain exactly that: claims being made by two former collaborators whose private fallout has become very public.
