History Music / YoungThug

* GutturalGrowler: Pops out many times in his songs due to his unpredictable vocal style.

'''The {{Cloudcuckoolander}}''' of TrapMusic, '''Jeffrey Lamar Williams''' (born August 16, 1991), better known by his stage name '''[[StageName Young Thug]]''', is a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia known primarily for his [[WidgetSeries quirky, eccentric, offbeat vocal and rapping technique]] and fashion style. He first received attention from collaboration with Birdman and Music/GucciMane, along with his collaboration with other rappers such as Rich Homie Quan, Lil Baby, and Gunna. Thug initally released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records [[note]] who he left in 2014 after Gucci was imprisoned for the last time around that year [[/note]], and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: the state prosecution believes Thug's YSL label is a front for a Blood set Thug has been affiliated since before fame.

* Expy: Of Music/LilWayne especially having similar mixtape name titling it the Barter 3 influenced from Lil wayne’s Carter albums. He also sounds like lil wayne on a few songs and mentions in interviews Lil wayne was one of his biggest music influences.
* GangstaRap: Downplayed version of type 3 commercial gangsta rapper.

* SmarterThanTheyLook: Has alot of knowledge on music and gives advice to other artists regularly also surprising has alot knowledge on animals.

* AnimalMotif: The snake is often used in his music videos and is even commonly seen in a few of his album covers.It’s no surprise due to the Snake being his favorite animal.
* ATLANTA: One of the most successful rappers ever from Atlanta.

* Atlanta: One of the most successful rappers ever from Atlanta.

* CampStraight: Frequently has a flamboyant vocal style and personality but is heterosexual, has six children from four different women and is engaged to Jerrika Karlae.

* AnimalMotiff: The snake is often used in his music videos and is even commonly seen in a few of his album covers.It’s no surprise due to the Snake being his favorite animal.

* AnimalMotiffs: The snake is often used in his music videos and is even commonly seen in a few of his album covers.It’s no surprise due to the Snake being his favorite animal.

* AWildRapperAppears: On any pop song he appears on, most notably on "Havana" by Music/CamilaCabello.

* BewaretheSilyOnes: After being arrested in 2022 it came to a surprise to everyone that he was accused of being a mob boss to gangs in Atlanta due to his goofy & feminine style.

* BewareTheSilyOnes: After being arrested in 2022 it came to a surprise to everyone that he was accused of being a mob boss to gangs in Atlanta due to his goofy & feminine style.

[[caption-width-right:304:[[UnlimitedWardrobe And this is just his normal clothing]]]]

'''The {{Main/Cloudcuckoolander}}''' of Main/TrapMusic, '''Jeffrey Lamar Williams''' (born August 16, 1991), better known by his stage name '''[[StageName Young Thug]]''', is a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia known primarily for his [[Main/WidgetSeries quirky, eccentric, offbeat vocal and rapping technique]] and fashion style. He first received attention from collaboration with Birdman and Music/GucciMane, along with his collaboration with other rappers such as Rich Homie Quan, Lil Baby, and Gunna. Thug initally released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records [[note]] who he left in 2014 after Gucci was imprisoned for the last time around that year [[/note]], and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise.

Young Thug also became known for his feature on the 2017 hit song "Havana" by pop singer Music/CamilaCabello, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, becoming Young Thug's first number one and top ten single. Williams was awarded the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for his songwriting contributions to "This Is America" along with Music/ChildishGambino and Ludwig Göransson. In May 2019, he released the single, "The London" (featuring Music/JCole and Music/TravisScott)–becoming his second highest charting song on the Hot 100 as a lead artist, debuting and peaking at number 12. The song was featured on his debut album, ''So Much Fun'', released later that year, which included his highest charting song on the Hot 100 as a lead artist, "Hot" featuring Gunna, peaking at number 11 (boosted by the remix with Travis Scott).

[floatboxright: Influences: Wyclef Jean, Floyd Mayweather, Swizz Beatz,{{Music/Future}}, {{Music/Rihanna}}, Music/GucciMane, Harambe, Music/KanyeWest]

* DreamTeam: with his mentor {{Music/TI}} on songs such as "About The Money" and "Off Set", with {{Music/Future}} on their joint mixtape "Super Slimey" and numerous other songs, with Rich Homie Quan on the mixtape "The Tour Part 1" until their falling out, with his proteges Lil Baby and Gunna on any song they're on together, with Music/GucciMane on multiple mixtapes and songs such as "Guwop Home" and "Freakiest In The World", with Music/TravisScott on songs such as "The London", Skyfall", "Pick Up The Phone" and "Out West".

* AmbiguouslyGay: Was infamously this early in his career, due to his social media antics and his penchant of saying things that questioned his sexual preferences, to the point that several of DJ Akademiks videos had compared him to Gangstalicious from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''.

* RealMenLovePink: his odd style garners some comments, but he also comes from the streets.

Young Thug also became known for his feature on the 2017 hit song "Havana" by pop singer Music/CamilaCabello, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, becoming Young Thug's first number one and top ten single. Williams was awarded the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for his songwriting contributions to "This Is America" along with [[Music/ChildishGambino]] and Ludwig Göransson. In May 2019, he released the single, "The London" (featuring Music/JCole and Music/TravisScott)–becoming his second highest charting song on the Hot 100 as a lead artist, debuting and peaking at number 12. The song was featured on his debut album, ''So Much Fun'', released later that year, which included his highest charting song on the Hot 100 as a lead artist, "Hot" featuring Gunna, peaking at number 11 (boosted by the remix with Travis Scott).

Young Thug also became known for his feature on the 2017 hit song "Havana" by pop singer Music/CamilaCabello, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, becoming Young Thug's first number one and top ten single. Williams was awarded the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for his songwriting contributions to "This Is America" along with [[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]] and Ludwig Göransson. In May 2019, he released the single, "The London" (featuring Music/JCole and Music/TravisScott)–becoming his second highest charting song on the Hot 100 as a lead artist, debuting and peaking at number 12. The song was featured on his debut album, ''So Much Fun'', released later that year, which included his highest charting song on the Hot 100 as a lead artist, "Hot" featuring Gunna, peaking at number 11 (boosted by the remix with Travis Scott).

* ''Slime Lanuguage 2'' (Conpilation with YSL) (2021)

* ''Barter 6'' (Commercial,2015)

* ''Jeffery'' (Commercial,2016)
* ''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' (Commercial,2017)

* ''Punk'' (2021)

* ''Black Portland'' (with Bloody Jay) (2014)
* ''Young Thugga Mane La Flare'' (with Music/GucciMane) (2014)
* ''World War 3D: The Purple Album'' (with Gucci Mane) (2014)

* ''Rich Gang Tha Tour, Pt. 1'' (with Birdman and Rich Homie Quan, as Rich Gang) (2014)

* ''Super Slimey'' (with {{Music/Future}}) (2017)

* ''Slime & B'' (with Music/ChrisBrown) (2020)

* {{Mondegreen}}: Almost all of his lyrics are heard as something completely different due to his nigh-unintelligible vocal style.

* ''Barter 6'' (2015)

* ''Jeffery'' (2016)
* ''Beautiful Thugger Girls'' (2017)

[floatboxright: Influences: Music/LilWayne, {{Music/Future}}, Music/ChiefKeef]

* LyricalTic: Expect Slime, Slatt, Thugger, and YSL for life to be said on many of his songs.

* Slime Language (Compilation from his label, YSL) (2018)