Young Thug

🤝 Collab Spotlight: Go Crazy - Chris Brown & Young Thug (2020) Off their joint mixtape Slime & B, this one turned into a monster. It climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, Thug's highest charting song as a credited lead artist, and spent 29 weeks at No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop radio - a record run that passed Chris Brown's own "No Guidance" with Drake. Video directed by Mat Fuller. 📺 Watch: Chris Brown, Young Thug - Go Crazy (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPhwbZBvW2o 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/1IIKrJVP1C9N7iPtG6eOsK

🎬 Behind the Video: Chanel (Go Get It) (2018) The standout from YSL's Slime Language compilation, with Gunna and Lil Baby riding alongside Thug. The video landed on November 26, 2018, directed by Elliot Sellers and Sam Shea, and it is basically a YSL family portrait: the whole crew flexing designer fits, exactly the luxury-obsessed mood the song is built on. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Chanel ft. Gunna & Lil Baby (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCPCqbwfe58 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/0kCBorRrKZkSztd9m0QI3r

📀 Album Spotlight: Punk (2021) Punk was Young Thug's introspective second studio album - moodier and more acoustic-leaning than his usual sound. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 90,000 units, one of three chart-topping projects tied to him in 2021 alone. Across 20 tracks the guest list is stacked: Drake, J. Cole, Post Malone, Doja Cat, Travis Scott, Future, Gunna, plus the late Juice WRLD and Mac Miller. The pink-Lambo single "Tick Tock" rolled the whole thing out. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Tick Tock (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfr4RooJkI 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/6aGHhYiq80yCIuLTo7O5pS

🤝 Collab Spotlight: About the Money - T.I. & Young Thug (2014) The lead single from T.I.'s Paperwork, this June 2014 collab was one of the songs that pushed Young Thug from Atlanta buzz to a national name. Directed by T.I. and Kennedy Rothchild, the flashy video even features a Birdman cameo. It has since crossed 160 million streams on Spotify. 📺 Watch: T.I. - About The Money ft. Young Thug (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfIdtm-OC8 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/1hzJQIkgXwZevaKsc7iA6D

🎬 Behind the Video: Just How It Is (2019) The intro track to So Much Fun got one of Thug's strangest visuals. Co-directed by Young Thug himself along with Leff, the clip drops him into a surreal, surgery-themed hospital scene, complete with a snake slithering across him as he lies on the floor. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Just How It Is (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gip5bo9Qh8 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/5KYhIFNTp4VQUqlsbLWTTu

📀 Album Spotlight: So Much Fun (2019) Young Thug called this one his official debut studio album, and it landed his first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 131,000 units in its first week. Across 19 tracks it stacked features from J. Cole, Travis Scott, Future, Gunna and Lil Baby, catching Thug at his most playful and confident. 🔑 Key tracks: The London, Hot, Surf, Bad Bad Bad 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Surf ft. Gunna (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0t9RpSje7w 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/4bDucmQDna7svslTkXP0YR

💡 Did you know? In 2017 Young Thug dropped Beautiful Thugger Girls, a guitar-driven "singing album" with Drake credited as executive producer. Its original title, EBBTG, was a play on CoverGirl's "easy, breezy, beautiful" slogan. 🗣 "I do not use auto-tune, I sing." - Young Thug (in a 2015 GQ interview) 🆕 Latest On July 8, 2026, Young Thug turned up as a surprise guest on Diamond's new mixtape, Bling Slime Vol 1. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For more of that off-kilter, melodic sound, check out SahBabii and Lucki. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Family Don't Matter feat. Millie Go Lightly (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMcqkLEKmk 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/445YTBOjx9kYThBepGA9au

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💡 Did you know? Before he started YSL, it was Gucci Mane who put Young Thug on - signing him to his 1017 label in 2013, where Thug dropped his acclaimed breakout mixtape "1017 Thug." 🗣 "That's my brother. He really gave me money before." - Young Thug (on Gucci Mane, who backed him early) 🆕 Latest Young Thug has announced the YSL The New Generation Tour, a North American and European run from September to October 2026 featuring his YSL artists, with NAV as a special guest. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug Go deeper into his YSL camp with Lil Gotit and Strick. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - 2 B's (Danny Glover) (Official Music Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPbzMMorE_E 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/0VL32DjEZZiOj2dYo9a0NX

💡 Did you know? In 2016 Young Thug founded his own label, Young Stoner Life (YSL), and gave early breaks to artists like Gunna and Lil Keed - a roster made up largely of his own siblings and childhood friends. 🗣 "Slime means seeing lord in me everyday." - Young Thug (on what "slime" really stands for) 🆕 Latest Young Thug made his return to Coachella in April 2026, hitting the stage on April 12 and 19 - his first festival run since coming home from prison. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For the next wave of that experimental, melodic new-wave sound, check out Destroy Lonely and Yeat. 📺 Watch: Young Thug & Gunna - Ski (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sevhj75lj80 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/6755DFiZ7CWe2WMdTGW5C1

💡 Did you know? Young Thug's first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 wasn't a rap song at all. He's the featured artist on Camila Cabello's "Havana," which topped the chart in January 2018 and later went Diamond. 🗣 "I don't want to switch that fast. I wanna take my time." - Young Thug (on why he almost turned down "Havana") 🆕 Latest In May 2026, Young Thug turned up on 6LACK's single "Ashin' the Blunt," off his album Love Is the New Gangsta. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For more of that experimental, melody-first Atlanta sound, check out Ken Carson and Trippie Redd. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Stoner (Official Music Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1cR-AW3Zf0 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/1jROHCeEzDr6VnV8EnBnik

💡 Did you know? For the cover of his 2016 album Jeffery, Young Thug wore a flowing periwinkle dress by Italian designer Alessandro Trincone - it became one of the most talked-about rap album covers ever. 🗣 "You could be a gangster with a dress or you could be a gangster with baggy pants. I feel like there's no such thing as gender." - Young Thug (in his 2016 Calvin Klein campaign) 🆕 Latest In April 2026, Young Thug linked up with Trippie Redd for a new single, "Paperbag Boy," complete with a music video. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For more of that Atlanta and melodic-trap energy, check out 21 Savage and Rich The Kid. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Relationship feat. Future (Official Music Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwWs7ZnGekc 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/25oOaleife6E2MIKmFkPvg

💡 Did you know? Young Thug first wanted to name his 2015 breakout "Carter 6" as a tribute to his idol Lil Wayne's Tha Carter series. After Wayne threatened to sue, he renamed it "Barter 6" instead. 🗣 "This is my idol. I will never swap words with him or beef with him about nothing." - Young Thug (on Lil Wayne, 2015) 🆕 Latest On January 23, 2026, Young Thug teamed up with UK producer Fred again.. on a new single called "Scared" - a reworked version of an old unreleased Thug track. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug Go back to the source with Lil Wayne, or try Lil Durk for more of that melodic street sound. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Check (Official Music Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0x6FEDV-ig 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/1jk9c0gZI0wbn5GvAj7PBV

💡 Did you know? Young Thug's first Grammy came from an unexpected place - he's a credited songwriter on Childish Gambino's "This Is America," which won Song of the Year at the 2019 Grammys. 🗣 "Anything crazy, or iconic, or even a mistake - whatever it is, I feel like it's precious." - Young Thug (on turning everything he does into art) 🆕 Latest Young Thug expanded UY Scuti with a "Supernova Edition" deluxe in October 2025, adding seven more tracks - including one featuring the late Lil Keed. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For more of that melodic, experimental sound, check out Lil Yachty and Don Toliver. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Hot ft. Gunna & Travis Scott (Official Music Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leJNDpm_G10 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/4ea9w8c4ROqiZpJVhfBA3m

💡 Did you know? Young Thug (real name Jeffery Lamar Williams) is the tenth of eleven kids and grew up in Atlanta's Jonesboro South projects, four doors down from fellow rapper Peewee Longway. 🗣 "I spend maybe 16 hours a day in the studio - I spend almost all my life in the studio." - Young Thug (talking to Virgil Abloh about his creative process) 🆕 Latest In February 2026, Young Thug announced his next album, DBC (short for "Day Before Coachella"). No release date yet, but it's officially on the way. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For more of that raw, genre-bending Atlanta energy, check out Young Nudy and Travis Scott. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - The London ft. J. Cole & Travis Scott (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Hp-AKrfm0 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/3s4mrPrEFFPF0LmAfutW0n

💡 Did you know? On his 2016 mixtape Jeffery, Young Thug named nearly every song after someone he admires - "Wyclef Jean," "Kanye West," even "Harambe" the gorilla. 🗣 "I can do a perfect song in ten minutes." - Young Thug (on how fast he records) 🆕 Latest UY Scuti (Sept 26, 2025) is Young Thug's fourth album and his first since coming home in October 2024. It debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, and he's already teased a follow-up called DBC. ⭐️ If you like Young Thug For more of that experimental, melody-bending Atlanta sound, check out Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Wyclef Jean (Official Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9L3j-lVLwk 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/55OdqrG8WLmsYyY1jijD9b

💡 Did you know? Young Thug famously doesn't write his lyrics on paper. Collaborators say he freestyles tracks live in the studio and instead plans his verses by drawing shapes and signs. 🗣 «I don't really know how to sing, but I've been trying for years.» - Young Thug (discussing his recording process) ⭐️ If you like Young Thug If you love Thugger's melodic Atlanta trap sound, dive into his frequent collaborators and proteges who share that same DNA. 📺 Watch: Young Thug - Best Friend [Official Visualizer] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXoUP_C1658

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