Young Thug has told interviewers that he was expelled in the sixth grade for breaking a teacher's arm. Other rappers from the neighborhood include Waka Flocka Flame, 2 Chainz, Ludacris and Williams's childhood friend PeeWee Longway, from whom Williams lived four doors down. He is from Sylvan Hills, a neighborhood in Atlanta (Zone 3), and grew up in the Jonesboro South projects. Jeffery Lamar Williams was born in Atlanta, the tenth of eleven children.
Lil webbie savage life 5 take the crown series#
2.3 2015–2016: Barter 6 and Slime Season series.2.2 2014: Rise to popularity and label issues.2.1 2010–2013: Early career and record deal.It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming his third number one album, as well as his second chart topping project of 2021. His second studio album, Punk, was released on October 15, 2021. In 2021, Thug released the compilation album Slime Language 2 which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Additionally, he reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time in his career with his feature on Travis Scott's single " Franchise". The following year, his single " Go Crazy" with Chris Brown from the collaborative mixtape Slime & B (2020) peaked at number three on the Hot 100, becoming his first top-ten single as a lead artist. Young Thug's debut studio album, So Much Fun (2019), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot 100 top-twenty singles " The London" and " Hot". In 2019, he won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his songwriting contribution on " This Is America". In 2018, he released a compilation album Slime Language with his label YSL Records. In 2017, Thug featured on the hit song " Havana" by Cuban pop singer Camila Cabello, which became his first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently in 2016, Thug issued commercial mixtapes I'm Up, Slime Season 3, and Jeffery.
In 2015, he amassed a number of mixtapes, including Barter 6 and two installments of his Slime Season series. That year, he also signed to Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment and collaborated on the mixtape Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. Young Thug received mainstream recognition in 2014 with the singles " Stoner" and " Danny Glover" in addition to appearances on several singles, including T.I.'s " About the Money", Tyga's " Hookah", and Rich Gang's " Lifestyle". In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records, and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, Thug initially released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. He is considered to be an influential figure of his generation, with his music impacting the modern sound of hip hop and trap music. It is now a word to generally describe full-length albums released for free, which is the modern form of mixtape that was made a popular following by 50 Cent and his group G-Unit in the early 2000s, sometimes containing all original music, other times composed of freestyles and remixes of popular tracks.Jeffery Lamar Williams (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper. In the hip hop scene, mix tape is often displayed as a single term mixtape.
Also since the 1990s, it describes releases used to promote one or more new artists, or as a pre-release by more established artists to promote upcoming "official" albums.
Blend tapes became increasingly popular by the mid-1990s, and fans increasingly looked for exclusive tracks and freestyles on the tapes. Ron G moved the mixtape forward in the early 1990s by blending R&B a cappellas with hip hop beats (known as "blends"). In the mid-1980s, DJs, such as Brucie B, began recording their live music and selling their own mixtapes, which was soon followed by other DJs such as Kid Capri and Doo Wop. (who later became known as Whiz Kid) and DJ Super V would create personalized House Tapes which would eventually circulate throughout New York City. In the late 70's into the early 80's DJs began recording mixtapes out of their homes, referring to them as House Tapes. As more tapes became available, they began to be collected and traded by fans. Hip hop mixtapes first appeared in the mid-1970s in New York City, featuring artists such as Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa. In hip hop's earliest days, the music only existed in live form, and the music was spread via tapes of parties and shows.
0 kommentar(er)
