Young Thug: 'I like everythg people say about me – you gay, you a punk, you n't rap, you're the harst' | Hip-hop | The Guardian

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• IS YOUNG THUG GAY? RAPPER ADDRS MOURS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
• IS YOUNG THUG GAY? THE TTH ABOUT THE RUMORS
• RAPPER YOUNG THUG SAYS HE’S NOT GAY: ‘I’M THE STRAIGHTT MAN THE WORLD’
• RICH HOMIE QUAN ADDRS THE GAY RUMORS ABOUT HIM AND YOUNG THUGIT'S JT THUG'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ROB MARKMANDECEMBER 12, 2014/2:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BRAD BARKET/ GETTY IMAGYOUNG THUG AND RICH HOMIE QUAN BY ROB MARKMANDECEMBER 12, 2014 / 2:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RICH HOMIE QUAN ADDRS THE GAY RUMORS ABOUT HIM AND YOUNG THUG","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-12T19:24:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-12T19:24:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ROB MARKMAN","KEYWORDS":"HIP HOP","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICH HOMIE QUAN AND YOUNG THUG HAVE UNNIABLE CHEMISTRY SI THE STUD, BUT WHEN TO THE SPECULATN ABOUT THE PAIR'S RELATNSHIP OUTSI OF THE BOOTH, QUAN SHOOTS DOWN ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THUG POSTED A NUMBER OF INSATGRAM PHOTOS WH QUAN WHERE HE REFERS TO HIS RICH GANG LLABORATOR AS "BAY" AND "HUBBIE," A NUMBER OF GOSSIP S WONRED IF THE TWO HAD A TYPE OF ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FIRST AND FOREMOST I TRY NOT TO GET TO ALL THE MENTS, BEE BE SO MANY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I SEE THEM. IF I RPOND BACK TO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ME TO DO," RICH HOMIE TOLD MTV'S SWAY CALLOWAY WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE "SWAY THE MORNG" RAD SHOW ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERYONE ATLANTA KNOW ME AND YOUNG THUG IS NOT GAY. WH THUG 'S DIFFERENT , 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T GAY, EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY," QUAN NTUED. "I GET A JOKE OUT OF , 'E 'S JT SO FUNNY HOW PEOPLE WILL TAKE ANYTHG AND N WH ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE HALF-HOUR S DOWN QUAN TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS CLUDG HIS ROLE BIRDMAN'S RICH GANG CREW, WHICH NOW OFFICIALLY NSISTS OF RICH HOMIE AND YOUNG THUG. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE GROUP DROPPED THEIR "LIFTYLE" SGLE, THEN SEPTEMBER THEY RELEASED THEIR RICH GANG: THA TOUR, PART 1 MIXTAPE AND NOW THEY'RE PREPARG TO RELEASE PART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON ONE OF THE UP G TRACKS, RICH HOMIE REVEALS THAT BABY PAR RG TO THE HOT BOYS, THE MULTIPLATUM RAP GROUP WHERE LIL WAYNE GOT HIS START ALONGSI JUVENILE, B.G. AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I REALLY FEEL HE SEEN THAT ENERGY . THE SAME ENERGY HE SEEN THEM WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG," QUAN SAID, REVEALG THAT HE AND THUG RERD ABOUT 15 SONGS A WEEK. "I THK HE JT FELL LOVE WH THE WORK ETHIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE HIS AFFILIATN WH RG, QUAN SAYS HE HAS NO "PAPERWORK" WH CASH MONEY AND WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL SIGN A SOLO AL WH THE LABEL STILL UP THE AIR -- HE ALSO SAYS HE ISN'T SIGNED WH DEF JAM, DISPELLG THAT POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FAR AS LIL WAYNE'S RECENT SPAT WH CASH MONEY GO, QUAN SAYS THE CURRENT NTROVERSY WOULDN'T FACTOR TO HIS CISN AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STILL WOULD, BEE THAT'S THE RELATNSHIP THEY HAVE WH BIRD, THAT'S NOT THE RELATNSHIP I HAVE. AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T KNOW THEIR SUATN AND I TRY NOT TO GET TO THEIR SUATN," HE EXPLAED. "I TRY TO DO WHAT'S BT FOR ME, IF THAT SUATN IS RIGHT OF URSE I'M GONNA TAKE . I'VE BEEN SOLO SOLO THIS LONG, IF A'T BROKE DON'T FIX ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}HIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• DIE SLOWYOUNG THUGTRACK 1 ON PUNK FEATURGSTRICKPRODUCED BYCHARLIE HANDSOME“DIE SLOW” IS A SONG YOUNG THUG & STRICK RERD TOGETHER 2019 WHILE STAYG AT A HOTEL VENICE, ITALY. THE SONG WAS ORIGALLY PREMIERED AT ROLLG LOUD ON JULY 24… READ MORE OCT. 15, 20211 VIEWER202.2K VIEWS91 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSESPAñOLDIE SLOW LYRICS[REA: STRICK]I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE TONIGHTYOU GO AGAST THE PEOPLE, YOU GON' DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW[INTRO: YOUNG THUG & STRICK]WE OUT ITALY ON THE WATER (SLIME, WHAT'S GOG ON? IT'S FEELG LIKE THEY WON)ME AND STRICK RERD' (GOTTA GET BACK UP, YOU A BLACK PANTHER'S SON)SMOK' WEED, SMOK' DOPE (I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW)DRK' A LIL' LEANI ACTUALLY DID GOOD, I A'T DRK NOTH' BUT A PT THIS WHOLE TOURYEAH, ON TOUR, I DONE MISSED MY SON'S BIRTHDAYIT'S, UH, JULY THE 15THNAH, I— I LOWKEY, LIKE, REALLY SEE PEOPLE RID' PAST ON BOATS RIGHT NOW OUT THE WDOW (DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW)IT'S JT THE— JT THE PENTHOE SUE, 'S NOTH'— NOTH' MAJOR, YEAH[VERSE 1: YOUNG THUG]TOLD THE LAWYER THAT MY BROTHER A'T GO' BACK TO PRISONI DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I GOTTA TURN THAT NIGGA JEHOVAH WNSI'M JT SEEK' FOR GOD'S SOUL 'E I KNOW SOMETHG'S MISS'COMME S GARçONS BOXERS AND I ME OM PENNY-PCH'CAME OUT THE STGGLE, NIGGA, I REALLY HAD LOST A BROTHER, NIGGAGOT TO FIGHT' WH THE PUTY SHERIFF, I ALMOST LOST MY MOTHER, NIGGA[INTERLU: YOUNG THUG]AND THAT'S FUNNY, THAT'S FUNNY, LIKEMY MAMA HAD BROKE UP WH MY DAD FOR HAVG ANOTHER KID ON HER, AND, UMHE HAD ME HOME ONE DAY AND HE SAW, UM, A R THE DRIVEWAYIT WAS AN OFF-DUTY SHERIFF— AHEMA PUTY SHERIFF THAT MY MOM WAS FUCK' WH, AND, UHTHEY HAD A FEW WORDS, AND END WH, UM, MY DAD SHOOTG AND END UP THE HOSPAL A A, AND, UH, YEAH, SOFAST FORWARD LIKE EIGHT YEARS LATER, SO MY SISTERS HAD GOT TO FIGHTG, AND, UHAND THEY— AND THEY— AND THEY HAD A FAY MEMBER THAT WAS A PUTY SHERIFF, AND, UMMY MOM ME OUTSI TO GODDAMN STOP THE FIGHTGTHE LADY HAD GOT THE R AND JT PULLED OFF DOG AT, LIKE, SIXTY PER HOUR, RAN MY MOM OVERSHE HAD A STROKE AND SH, BUT SHE ALRIGHTYEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: YOUNG THUG]I ALWAYS KNEW I WASN'T GON' BE GAYI HAD HER SEND' PICTUR TO MY MOM PHONE WHEN I WAS LIKE EIGHT, TUHI ALWAYS KNEW THAT I'D BE GREAT'CSE MY ACH TOLD ME I WAS SLOW, BUT I WAS NN' AT A FAST PACE, HUHTHEY TRYNA DIVI AND NQUER THE WORLD WH THEY GOT A UPLE OF THE GUYS AND ALL OF THE GIRLS WH BUT I'M A MASTERMD, I SEE RIGHT THROUGH I SEE THAT YOU GOT UPLE DIAMONDS AND THE RT OF 'EM PEARLS THEY SAY YOU POOR 'E YOU BLACK RIGHT TO YOUR FACE (YEAH)THEY SAY WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO OWN THAT PLACEMY FATHER SAID YOU N CHANGE ALL WH YOUR PERFORMANCEAND BY THE WAY, YOUR LIFE IS A VV STONE CHARMTHEY TAKE THE LAND AND THEN TECT WHO ALL N EBUT I TELL YOU WH A LONG-SLEEVE, I BEAR ARMS, AYYI'M HIGH ENOUGH TO BE ON THE MILKY WAY 'TIL MORNGIF YOU WANT , YOU GON' GET UP EARLIER THAN ANY MORNGIF YOU WANT , YOU GON' GET UP EARLIER THAN ANYONEPUT ON MY SOCKS, GRAB MY GLOCK, THE STICK UNR THE UCHTIE OFF MY SHO, YOU FLIP-FLOPS, AND 'S TOP OF THE TOPR.I.P. NIPSEY, KNOW WHAT I'M SAY'?[BRIDGE: YOUNG THUG & STRICK]IF YOU WERE THE ONE MY SHO, WOULD YOU LOVE?WOULD YOU LOVE, WOULD YOU LOVE, WOULD YOU LOVE, WOULD YOU LOVE?IF YOU WERE THE ONE IF YOU WERE THE ONE THE PREJUDICE, SO WHY FOR HOSTILY? YEAHWOULD YOU N AWAY, OR WOULD YOU E BACK NIGHTLY? (WOO)[REA: STRICK]I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE TONIGHTYOU GO AGAST THE PEOPLE, YOU GON' DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW[OUTRO: STRICK & YOUNG THUG]SLIME, WHAT'S GOG ON? IT'S FEELG LIKE THEY WONGOTTA GET BACK UP, YOU A BLACK PANTHER’S SONI GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOWYOU GON' DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOWMOM, WHAT'S GOG ON? IT'S FEELG LIKE THE DEVIL WONDIE SLOW, DIE SLOW3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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IS YOUNG THUG GAY? RAPPER ADDRS MOURS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY

Atlanta rapper Young Thug rponds to claims that "he's gay" an -pth terview.

Young Thug has fally addrsed mours surroundg his sexualy after fans have nsistently claimed he's "gay". Durg the terview wh Big Boy, Thug revealed "People say, 'gay' but ni**a" the rapper says before a long pse.

The "Hot" rapper ntu "So 's like if people thk that I'm gay, they already misjudged.

IS YOUNG THUG GAY? THE TTH ABOUT THE RUMORS

The 28 year-old rapper, revealed that many people have speculated that he's been "gay" for years. RELATED: Snoop Dogg Dragged Gayle Kg For Filth Over Kobe Bryant Rape Accatns — How Gayle RpondSo, is Young Thug gay?

RAPPER YOUNG THUG SAYS HE’S NOT GAY: ‘I’M THE STRAIGHTT MAN THE WORLD’

You gay, you a punk. When superstar Lil Nas X first me out as gay, Young Thug didn't thk was the bt reer move he uld have ma. Once you found out he was gay, as soon as the song e on now, everybody like, “This gay-a** [n-word].

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IF I RPOND BACK TO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ME TO DO," RICH HOMIE TOLD MTV'S SWAY CALLOWAY WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE "SWAY THE MORNG" RAD SHOW ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERYONE ATLANTA KNOW ME AND YOUNG THUG IS NOT GAY. WH THUG 'S DIFFERENT , 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T GAY, EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY," QUAN NTUED. "I GET A JOKE OUT OF , 'E 'S JT SO FUNNY HOW PEOPLE WILL TAKE ANYTHG AND N WH ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE HALF-HOUR S DOWN QUAN TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS CLUDG HIS ROLE BIRDMAN'S RICH GANG CREW, WHICH NOW OFFICIALLY NSISTS OF RICH HOMIE AND YOUNG THUG. 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In an terview, Young Thug ma clear that not only is he not gay, but he's actually been wh more women than most straight men he knows.

Acrdg to Karlae, Young Thug believed her mic, so his feelgs for her never terfered wh his still qutn the rapper's masculy, claimg he is gay due to his way of drsg. "Young Thug Is Neher Gay nor StraightDpe Young Thug's prev relatnship, some still qutn the rapper's masculy, claimg he is gay due to his way of drsg.

No matter what they say: [You're] gay.

IS YOUNG THUG THE FIRST GAY THUG RAPPER?

Rapper Young Thug addrsed speculatn that he's gay an terview wh Big Boy on Real 92.

YOUNG THUG SAYS HE’S NOT GAY: “I’M THE STRAIGHTT MAN THE WORLD”

Said Young Thug: “People judge me and people say, ‘gay.

If people thk that I'm gay, they already misjudged.

I'm not even havg no threome wh no n***a, you know that's gay. "Everyone Atlanta know me and Young Thug is not gay.

YOUNG THUG CALLED 'GAY' OVER THIS KISSG VIO

I know I a't gay, everybody know I a't gay, " Quan ntued. "But, perhaps the most tertg aspect of Young Thug's reer, is appears he may be the first openly gay gangster rapper to achieve natnal A$AP Rocky and Kanye Wt, Thug wears a lot of effemate clothg.

Like n*gga, I drs like I'm gay.

YOUNG THUG: 'I LIKE EVERYTHG PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME – YOU GAY, YOU A PUNK, YOU N'T RAP, YOU'RE THE HARST'

And I might look like I'm gay. But I'm one of the harst n*ggas this motherf*cker, you feel me"Lil B went on to drop the I'm Gay mixtape (no wasn't his first real album, we still have to wa for that), but wh the weak veat subtle (I'm Happy) and statements that the tle's meang is that words are Wt has plans to marry Kim Kardashian spe longstandg mors that he is gay, and his proclivy towards female three have associated wh vague crimaly to var gre (Kanye the least), and they've all flirted wh a rap taboo: the tradnal athetics of femy and homosexualy. Dpe R&B sger and wildly unrrated rapper, Frank Ocean, g out as bisexual, and the massive succs of pretend homosexual Macklemore, the fear of gayns rap mic is thrivg.

DIE SLOWYOUNG THUGTRACK 1 ON PUNK FEATURGSTRICKPRODUCED BYCHARLIE HANDSOME“DIE SLOW” IS A SONG YOUNG THUG & STRICK RERD TOGETHER 2019 WHILE STAYG AT A HOTEL VENICE, ITALY. THE SONG WAS ORIGALLY PREMIERED AT ROLLG LOUD ON JULY 24… READ MORE OCT. 15, 20211 VIEWER202.2K VIEWS91 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSESPAñOLDIE SLOW LYRICS[REA: STRICK]I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE TONIGHTYOU GO AGAST THE PEOPLE, YOU GON' DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW[INTRO: YOUNG THUG & STRICK]WE OUT ITALY ON THE WATER (SLIME, WHAT'S GOG ON? IT'S FEELG LIKE THEY WON)ME AND STRICK RERD' (GOTTA GET BACK UP, YOU A BLACK PANTHER'S SON)SMOK' WEED, SMOK' DOPE (I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW)DRK' A LIL' LEANI ACTUALLY DID GOOD, I A'T DRK NOTH' BUT A PT THIS WHOLE TOURYEAH, ON TOUR, I DONE MISSED MY SON'S BIRTHDAYIT'S, UH, JULY THE 15THNAH, I— I LOWKEY, LIKE, REALLY SEE PEOPLE RID' PAST ON BOATS RIGHT NOW OUT THE WDOW (DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW)IT'S JT THE— JT THE PENTHOE SUE, 'S NOTH'— NOTH' MAJOR, YEAH[VERSE 1: YOUNG THUG]TOLD THE LAWYER THAT MY BROTHER A'T GO' BACK TO PRISONI DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I GOTTA TURN THAT NIGGA JEHOVAH WNSI'M JT SEEK' FOR GOD'S SOUL 'E I KNOW SOMETHG'S MISS'COMME S GARçONS BOXERS AND I ME OM PENNY-PCH'CAME OUT THE STGGLE, NIGGA, I REALLY HAD LOST A BROTHER, NIGGAGOT TO FIGHT' WH THE PUTY SHERIFF, I ALMOST LOST MY MOTHER, NIGGA[INTERLU: YOUNG THUG]AND THAT'S FUNNY, THAT'S FUNNY, LIKEMY MAMA HAD BROKE UP WH MY DAD FOR HAVG ANOTHER KID ON HER, AND, UMHE HAD ME HOME ONE DAY AND HE SAW, UM, A R THE DRIVEWAYIT WAS AN OFF-DUTY SHERIFF— AHEMA PUTY SHERIFF THAT MY MOM WAS FUCK' WH, AND, UHTHEY HAD A FEW WORDS, AND END WH, UM, MY DAD SHOOTG AND END UP THE HOSPAL A A, AND, UH, YEAH, SOFAST FORWARD LIKE EIGHT YEARS LATER, SO MY SISTERS HAD GOT TO FIGHTG, AND, UHAND THEY— AND THEY— AND THEY HAD A FAY MEMBER THAT WAS A PUTY SHERIFF, AND, UMMY MOM ME OUTSI TO GODDAMN STOP THE FIGHTGTHE LADY HAD GOT THE R AND JT PULLED OFF DOG AT, LIKE, SIXTY PER HOUR, RAN MY MOM OVERSHE HAD A STROKE AND SH, BUT SHE ALRIGHTYEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: YOUNG THUG]I ALWAYS KNEW I WASN'T GON' BE GAYI HAD HER SEND' PICTUR TO MY MOM PHONE WHEN I WAS LIKE EIGHT, TUHI ALWAYS KNEW THAT I'D BE GREAT'CSE MY ACH TOLD ME I WAS SLOW, BUT I WAS NN' AT A FAST PACE, HUHTHEY TRYNA DIVI AND NQUER THE WORLD WH THEY GOT A UPLE OF THE GUYS AND ALL OF THE GIRLS WH BUT I'M A MASTERMD, I SEE RIGHT THROUGH I SEE THAT YOU GOT UPLE DIAMONDS AND THE RT OF 'EM PEARLS THEY SAY YOU POOR 'E YOU BLACK RIGHT TO YOUR FACE (YEAH)THEY SAY WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO OWN THAT PLACEMY FATHER SAID YOU N CHANGE ALL WH YOUR PERFORMANCEAND BY THE WAY, YOUR LIFE IS A VV STONE CHARMTHEY TAKE THE LAND AND THEN TECT WHO ALL N EBUT I TELL YOU WH A LONG-SLEEVE, I BEAR ARMS, AYYI'M HIGH ENOUGH TO BE ON THE MILKY WAY 'TIL MORNGIF YOU WANT , YOU GON' GET UP EARLIER THAN ANY MORNGIF YOU WANT , YOU GON' GET UP EARLIER THAN ANYONEPUT ON MY SOCKS, GRAB MY GLOCK, THE STICK UNR THE UCHTIE OFF MY SHO, YOU FLIP-FLOPS, AND 'S TOP OF THE TOPR.I.P. NIPSEY, KNOW WHAT I'M SAY'?[BRIDGE: YOUNG THUG & STRICK]IF YOU WERE THE ONE MY SHO, WOULD YOU LOVE?WOULD YOU LOVE, WOULD YOU LOVE, WOULD YOU LOVE, WOULD YOU LOVE?IF YOU WERE THE ONE IF YOU WERE THE ONE THE PREJUDICE, SO WHY FOR HOSTILY? YEAHWOULD YOU N AWAY, OR WOULD YOU E BACK NIGHTLY? (WOO)[REA: STRICK]I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE TONIGHTYOU GO AGAST THE PEOPLE, YOU GON' DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW[OUTRO: STRICK & YOUNG THUG]SLIME, WHAT'S GOG ON? IT'S FEELG LIKE THEY WONGOTTA GET BACK UP, YOU A BLACK PANTHER’S SONI GOTTA TELL YOU THAT YOU'LL DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOWYOU GON' DIE SLOW, DIE SLOW, DIE SLOWMOM, WHAT'S GOG ON? IT'S FEELG LIKE THE DEVIL WONDIE SLOW, DIE SLOW3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Wt, Lil B and A$AP Rocky both embrace homosexualy as servg equaly, and some of s tradnal wardrobe, but are quick to proclaim their heterosexualy if any ser qutng is Thug is takg thgs to the next level, both creatively, and wears a "monic animal prt tutu" as scribed by one vio qutng his sexualy.

ARE RAPPERS DAYLYT & YOUNG THUG JT “GAY FOR PAY”?

"There are several siar posts to this one on his Instagram, wh sr of fur, homophobic ments lg rappers who proclaim themselv thugs, rap about guns or sellg dgs (even on ocsn Kanye, who trapped leather joggg pants extensively 2000, BEFORE anyone was on that) and flirt wh gayns.

HIP-HOP RUMORS: SOME TTHY RUMORS ABOUT YOUNG THUG AND THIS “GAY THG”

Atlanta, Thug's hometown, is known as one of the gayt ci on earth. Southern homophobia might as well be a law of physics, so as Thug's populary swells, what will be the rult? It's long been predicted that the first mega-succsful, openly gay rapper would be a hardre gangster act.

YOUNG THUG SAYS LIL NAS X SHOULDN'T HAVE COME OUT AS GAY: 'IT'S JT ALL JUDGMENT'

Gangster Fag even attempted to bee that gay crossover act, but unfortunately, to no rults. Perhaps his bluntns, Thug is showg that the first openly gay rapper won't have to officially clare . Like wh Michael Sam, and the discsn of the potential "distractn" he pos, the real issu of fg sexualy are left to those who are Sam is a distractn, or Thug shouldn't be a mastream, gay gangster rapper, that says more about the securi of the world around them.