Last week, Young Thug released a new song called “Power.” The Atlanta rapper is ascendent — as Tom Breihan noted in his Album Of The Week review, Young Thug’s new Barter 6 makes a “full-on rap-star ...

The rap star, 48, now holds the Guinness World Record for the largest orchestra for a hip-hop music concert. He earned the title on Nov. 1, 2025, performing with 101 orchestra members during his Las ...

Young Thug has a lot to say. After being released from prison in October following a two-year-plus bid as part of the YSL RICO trial, Thugger has remained quiet. That is, until Friday (April 25), when ...

Young Thug’s journey since his release from jail reveals ego, grief and a conflicted return to Atlanta’s rap scene.

Young Thug has shut down fans' hope for a collaboration album with The Alchemist because he doesn't know who he is.

Between the haunting, silly “Danny Glover” and the gonzo collaborative mixtape Black Portland, yelping-and-flailing-about rapper Young Thug has owned early 2014. For an older generation of rap fans — ...

ATLANTA -- Young Thug is a burgeoning rapper known for pushing the envelope, both musically and as a fashion icon. He became an influential voice in his generation of artists -- blowing up on the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For nearly a year, the rapper Young Thug has been behind bars in Cobb County, Georgia ...

Hip-hop, like any art form, is a means of creative expression. And while rap music is often semi-autobiographical, when Kanye West recorded in 2018, “I thought about killing you / Premeditated murder, ...