Young Thug

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Young Thug Shows Off His $1.8 Million Diamond Ring

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Atlanta rapper Young Thug is walking around with more money on his hand than some people will make in their lives. The hip-hop star gives a glimpse at his massive diamond ring. Thugger’s rock is jaw-droppingly big. You can see it’s a huge diamond and supposedly worth $1.8 million. It’s hard to imagine Thug would […]

Young Thug’s Lavish Birthday Gifts Included A Hundred Acres Of Land To Build ‘Slime City’

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Earlier this week, Young Thug celebrated his 30th birthday with a large cast of celebrity friends that included 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Metro Boomin and Travis Scott. Thanks to videos that the rapper shared on his Instagram Story, fans were able to get a glimpse of the celebration.

For the most part, Young Thug showed off the gifts he received from his friends, which included a wide array of diamonds in the form of countless jewelry pieces, but that wasn’t the most unique thing the rapper received. Instead, that distinction would go to a hundred acres of land that the rapper was given.

The rapper received the area of open land in Atlanta from his manager and 300 Entertainment A&R Geoff Ogunlesi and realtor Trey Williams. The latter took to Instagram with a video of himself, Thug, and Ogunlesi enjoying the new piece of land together. “Happy Birthday to one of my top clients @thuggerthugger1 [balloon emoji] His manager @geoffo212 and I secretly locked down [100 emoji] Acres of land for his birthday and now he’s about to build Slime City!” Williams wrote. “This is hands down one of the best ways to invest your money![money bag] Thank you @geoffo212 for trusting me to get this deal done‼”

You can watch videos of Thug enjoy his new piece of land above.

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Young Thug Dives Headfirst Into ‘Punk’ With The Riotous ‘Tick Tock’

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Ladies and gentlemen, we’re officially in Young Thug season. The rapper’s last album came in the summer of 2019 with So Much Fun and since then, the rapper teamed with his YSL label for Slime Language 2, joined Chris Brown for Slime & B, and worked with countless other artists on various other songs. However, now it’s time for Young Thug to shine and the new era for the rapper comes with a new sound as well, one that’s easily heard on his new single “Tick Tock.”

The Atlanta rapper’s newest release takes heavy influence from the rock and pop world while keeping his trademark raps intact for what results in a riotous clash of genres. “Tick Tock” is a record Thug originally premiered at Miami’s Rolling Loud festival at the end of July. It’s there that he announced that his next album would arrive in the near future. “Yo so listen,” Thug said onstage. “I’m about to put this album out, right? It’s called Punk. Days later, he would perform the song as well as other new records from Punk during his NPR Tiny Desk. His set, which also featured an appearance from Travis Barker, is where the rapper revealed Punk is set to arive on October 15.

Young Thug first announced Punk during a profile with Fader, and in it, the rapper revealed what listeners can expect on the new project. “It’s most definitely touching music,” he said. “It’s music that the world is going to embrace. […] [Punk] means brave, not self-centered, conscious. Very, very neglected, very misunderstood. Very patient, very authentic.”

You can listen to “Tick Tock” in the video above.

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