When Young Thug first blew up, he was unlike anything I had ever heard before. It didn’t immediately register that he would be a superstar. When paired next to Rich Homie Quan, the straight man in their creative exchange, Thug seemed especially peculiar. Dexterous flows, strange squeals, and wily one-liners brought an inimitable animation to music that served as the ideal counterpart to Quan.

Then, “Lifestyle” came out and the pendulum shifted. His sugary (and borderline unintelligible to some) hook helped root himself in rap fans across the country. Gone were a lot of the insults about Young Thug and his rage baiting. His talent far outweighed the antics. He always had a knack for elastic melodies and colorful rapping that spotlighted his potential as a legitimate superstar.

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