Young Thug

Young Thug swaps courthouse steps for arena stage in “Hometown Hero” show

In an ironic twist worthy of a courtroom drama, Young Thug announces his “Hometown Hero” benefit concert at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on December 16, days after performing gratis outside the very courthouse tied to his YSL RICO trial. Tickets, marketed under “Young Thug & Friends,” drop October 8 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

Following his Sept. 26 album UY Scuti, which slid into No. 6 on the Billboard 200, Thugger’s live plea against local violence blends civic theater with a chart-bound afterparty featuring Future, Cardi B, and Travis Scott.

Young Thug tips his cosmic hat with UY Scuti, dodges Cardi B release clash

Young Thug resurfaces nearly a year after his October 2024 release with UY Scuti, a title he claims reflects his cosmic stature in rap’s current landscape. The album lands after repeated postponements, most recently delayed one week to avoid overlapping with Cardi B’s Am I the Drama?.

Teased by singles like “Money on Money” with Future and the introspective “Miss My Dogs,” the project nods to personal reconciliations and addresses allies like Drake, Gucci Mane, and Mariah the Scientist.

Young Thug rewrites genre politics: snitches, he says, should just go gospel

Interpolating street ethics with a wry sense of genre politics, Young Thug takes to X and declares that any rapper who cooperates with law enforcement should “just go gospel,” lacing disdain with genre exile.

Referencing the Diddy trial with a since-deleted jab at Kid Cudi and rekindling tensions with Gunna—who accepted a plea deal—Thug distances himself, coolly tweeting, “I don’t know you my guy,” while reacting to Gunna’s symbolic YSL tattoo cover-up and courtroom remorse.