“I’m an earthling in disguise”, (c) Thugga
At the tender age of 24, Young Thug has gained international notoriety over the last two years, to tour the continent. Even without a major debut album in stores or iTunes, the 1017 Thug is fresh from the release of his Slime Season mixtape and is already planning a sequel, hopefully before the end of the year. With his debut LP Hy!£UN35 awaiting its rollout, Thugga Thugga sat down with The Guardian, following a recent show in the UK. Thug touched on his personal affairs, relationships with both Gucci Mane and Birdman – as well as questions about his sexuality.
Take a look at excerpts from the sit-down below, which can read in full here.
Why he’s a very impulsive person.
“Whatever I think of, that’s what I do. I wake up and think, ‘I want to buy a car’, I buy a car. I wake up and be like, ‘I just want to lay in bed with my girl’, I do that. I wake up and want to rap, I rap. So whatever I think of. But really, I be on the money. We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game. You know what I’m saying?”
On being called Gay.
“I like everything that people say. No matter what they say. You gay, you a punk. You got a nice girlfriend, you’re ugly, you can’t rap, you’re the hardest.” Is it important that hip-hop has looks other than the hyper-masculine stereotype?”
Admiring his lean and marijuana freedom overseas.
“This is one of the first tours I did where I wasn’t rushing to go home. Europe is a trillion times tighter than the US. These shows make me stop smoking. You can’t fucking play. You gotta stop, you can’t do drugs, I’ve been slacking drugs.”
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