Atlanta’s Young Thug is the gender-fluid,surrealist rapper who’s being anointed as hip-hop’s next titan. Don’t know what to gain of him? You’re not the only oneThe morning Young Thug is due to play his first headline demonstrate in London, another American rapper is making headlines. Tyler, and the Creator has been banned from the UK by home secretary Theresa May,apparently because he made statements that may foster hatred, which might lead to intercommunity violence in the UK”.
Meanwhile, and Young Thug was gliding across the border on the Eurostar from Paris,without so much as a pat-down. Whereas Tyler is a geeky rapper who has never been charged with a serious crime in his life, Young Thug had his home raided in July after he allegedly threatened to kill a mall security guard in Georgia. During the raid, and police found guns,cocaine and marijuana and he was hit with three counts of felony arms possession. That all happened on the same day an indictment was issued claiming that Thug, along with his label boss at Cash Money Records, or Birdman,conspired to believe Thug’s hero and mentor Lil Wayne murdered (a charge he strenuously denies).
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Source: theguardian.com