A rap vanguard essential to the Atlanta scene that’s for years been the genre’s nerve center, Young Thug is one of contemporary hip hop’s most famous, most idiosyncratic figures. | AFP
Starting Monday, Jan. 9, the rapper, who maintains he is innocent, is among 14 defendants set to stand in the wide-ranging trial expected to last at least six months.The case has sparked widespread attention not least because prosecutors are citing rap lyrics as evidence of criminal activity, a practice that for years has prompted accusations of racism and curbing of artistic expression.
As a teen, he declared his future as the “next Lil Wayne,” another southern rapper he idolized in his youth before becoming friends with him, getting bigger than him and eventually beefing with him. Beloved for his experimentation in the booth, Young Thug pulled off avant-garde flows rife with voice cracks and squeals, made trippier by mind-bending rhymes and scrambled words.
But today he’s one of rap’s most emulated artists, spawning a new generation of Thug clones including Gunna, Lil Duke and the late Lil Keed.
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