Produced by Pi’erre Bourne. Long live Keed.
Lil Wayne & Wheezy Feat. Young Thug – “Bless”
Free Thugger. In the meantime, though, Wheezy brings together a fire collaboration between the Atlanta star and his New Orleans predecessor.
Young Thug – “From A Man” (Video)
Young Thug and girlfriend Mariah The Scientist decided to deliver a couple of tracks that intertwine with each other. You can check out both below.
Young Thug Feat. Drake – “Oh U Went” (Video)
Directed by Nick Manterola and Garfield Larmond. Taken from BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
Young Thug – ‘Business Is Business’ (Stream) (UPDATE)
Even from behind the wall, Thugger isn’t letting the YSL movement stop (neither is Gunna, but that’s obviously another conversation). Business Is Business boasts 17 cuts and a wealth of features from Drake, 21 Savage, Future, Juice WRLD, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, and more. Press play below. UPDATE: Now you can also stream a rearranged, deluxe-ish version courtesy of the album’s executive producer, Metro Boomin.
The 1975’s Matty Healy Shouts Out Young Thug During Concert
Rock band The 1975 are in the throws of their world tour, which kicked off late last year and runs until May. During their Belfast stop, lead singer Matty Healy decided to divert from the program to shout out Young Thug, who is currently in the midst of a highly publicized legal battle in Atlanta. As the concertgoers in SSE Arena listened on, Healy expressed his feelings about the YSL head honcho’s situation over Auto-Tune:
“Free Young Thug. None of these cultural references make any sense without Young Thug. Don’t care if he did anything with guns. Free Thugger. F**kin’ free Thugger.”
He then ended his short speech by telling everyone to “do their research,” eliciting yells from some and what appeared to be confusion from others.
Young Thug, Gunna, and a number of other individuals from the Young Stoner Life collective were arrested last year on RICO charges. Last month, Gunna was released from jail after entering an Alford plea, which resulted in him receiving a suspended sentence and an order to complete several hundred hours of community service.
While the aforementioned on-stage message was surprising, The 1975 aren’t strangers to the hip hop landscape by any means. Previously, Healy joined many others in calling for A$AP Rocky‘s freedom following the Harlem talent’s arrest in Sweden a few years ago. In a 2013 MTV interview, the British vocalist expressed his love for the rap genre:
“That kind of beat poetry inspired and really, really informed the way that I wrote lyrics,” he stated. “I never really had a formula for writing lyrics, but the only thing I did know was that I wanted it to be as earthy as that is, like Seamus Heaney and people like that.”
You can check out fan footage of Healy speaking on Thugger below.
NLE Choppa Feat. Young Thug – “Push It” (Video)
Taken from Me vs. Me and directed by Ben Marc.
Young Thug Hit With Even More Charges
From WSB-TV Atlanta, where you can read more on the story:
The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says a new indictment brings new charges against famous hip-hop artist Jeffery Williams, who performs as Young Thug.
The district attorney’s office believes these charges add to the prosecution’s claim that Williams performed for years as a leader of a criminal street gang.
Channel 2′s Investigative Reporter Mark Winne got the new indictment and learned one of the charges involves a machine gun.
Young Thug Delivers Freestyle From Jail (Video)
It all happened during a phone call with BSlime. Free YSL.
Young Thug, Gunna & YSL Arrested On RICO Charges
From WSBTV in Atlanta, where you can read a much, much deeper story about how all of this went down:
Rapper Young Thug and some alleged members of his Young Slime (YSL) Life syndicate were arrested early Monday afternoon on a sweeping gang indictment that named at least 28 people.
Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, is accused of conspiring to associate together and with others for the common purposes of illegally obtaining money and property through a pattern of racketeering activity and conducting and participating in the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.
Williams and more than two dozen other alleged YSL members were indicted, including Sergio Kitchens, who goes by the rap name, Gunna. So far, at least three of those named in the indictment have been taken into custody, including Young Thug.
Gunna turned himself in to Fulton County on Wednesday morning, according to jail records.
Fulton County District District Attorney Fani Willis said in a news conference Tuesday that Young Thug and the alleged members of YSL operated as a criminal street gang and “commenced to do havoc in our community,” since 2012.
Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant called Young Thug one of Atlanta’s “top offenders” who needed to be taken off the streets.
“They are committing conservatively 75% to 80% of all the violent crime in our community,” Willis said. “It doesn’t matter your notoriety or fame, if you come to Fulton County, Georgia, and you commit crimes, you are going to be a target and a focus of this District Attorney’s office.”
Willis said some of the people being indicted could face life in prison.
Willis said social media and music played a crucial role in the investigation into Young Thug and his associates.
“Social media is a wonderful tool for prosecutors in every indictment we bring these days,” Willis said.
Young Thug – ‘Punk’ (Stream)
Featuring 20 tracks and additional appearances from Drake, Travis Scott, Post Malone, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Future, Gunna, Doja Cat, the late Juice WRLD and Mac Miller, and more. Stream in full below.
Drake Feat. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” (Video)
Hilarious. Taken from Drake’s new album Certified Lover Boy.
Rich Gang Feat. Young Thug – “Blue Emerald” (Video)
Rich Gang is back. Featuring a cameo from Chris Brown.
Young Thug, Gunna & YTB Trench Feat. Lil Baby – “Paid The Fine” (Video)
Taken from Slime Language 2.
Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna – ‘Slime Language 2 (Deluxe)’ (Stream)
Mere days after the YSL collective drop off a new compilation project comes a deluxe edition, making for 31 tracks in all. Stream in full below.
Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna – ‘Slime Language 2’ (Stream)
Featuring a whole lot of people, including Drake, Future, Big Sean, Travis Scott, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Rowdy Rebel, Sheck Wes, Coi Leray, and — obviously — the entire YSL family. Stream below.
Chris Brown & Young Thug Feat. Future, Lil Durk & Mulatto – “Go Crazy (Remix)”
The remix of Chris Brown and Young Thug’s Slime & B standout gets a dope new visual.