But even outside of those city limits of such an influential place in hip-hop, Young Thug has become an icon for the music industry writ large. I mean, he's been making noise in Atlanta for years through mixtapes and appearances, fashion and aesthetic trendsetting. And, you know, coming out of Atlanta, which is also where I'm from, he's easily one of the most innovative artists to come out of this city since Outkast. I mean, he's inarguably one of the most influential artists in hip-hop and pop music today. Like, when this news came down, my sister called me up immediately and was like, they got Thug. Here's the conversation.ĪYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE: So, I mean, just to start off with, can you talk to the audience, who may not be as familiar with Young Thug? I mean, he is a huge rapper. So while we are currently hard at work on Season 2 of LOUDER THAN A RIOT, Rodney and I had to jump on NPR's Weekend Edition with Ayesha Rascoe to break down this news and its implications. MADDEN: Whole lot of contradictions happening here. In this case, we put it as overt and predicate acts within the RICO count because we believe that's exactly what it is. However, the First Amendment does not protect people from prosecutors using it as evidence if it is such. MADDEN: The DA of Fulton County addressed the use of lyrics in the indictment at a press conference last week.įANI WILLIS: I believe in the First Amendment. MADDEN: I'm Sidney Madden, and this is LOUDER THAN A RIOT. They jump around Thug's discography, referencing almost ten of his songs in the indictment. It's almost like the DA is doing a better job writing out his lyrics than Genius does. But you know what's ironic about this indictment? It's the volume and specificity of lyrics, especially Thug's, considering his unorthodox - sometimes even critiqued as incoherent - delivery that's come to define his career, his artistry and his influence in rap.
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So if you've heard the show before, you know these tactics are nothing new.
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MADDEN: Now, we've talked to y'all before about lyrics being put on trial with the case of New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps and the RICO Act being used in hip-hop in the cases of DJ Drama and Bobby Shmurda. It was, like, 11 in the morning, skipping school - that's a truancy body.
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I told them to shoot a hundred rounds like he trying to movie the body. I got the streets on my back, carry it like I'm moving a body.
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YOUNG THUG: (Rapping) I never killed anybody, but I got something to do with that body. Tracks like "Anybody" are being admitted as evidence of, quote, "overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy." What it also includes are social media posts and rap lyrics from Thug and Gunna. The paperwork they got on them dates as far back as 2013, and it includes charges ranging from possession of marijuana to assault with a deadly weapon to murder. Gunna is being charged with conspiracy to violate Georgia's RICO Act, while Thug's being charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of participation in criminal street activity.
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Now, fans of Thugger know that his record label is also called YSL, and Gunna, as Thug's protege, releases music under that outfit. Thug and Gunna were among the nearly 30 people named earlier this month in a Fulton County, Ga., indictment, one that alleges YSL, aka Young Slime Life, is an Atlanta area gang. MADDEN: This is the song "Ski" by Young Thug and Gunna, two of Atlanta's biggest rap superstars who've been arrested on RICO charges. All this Biscotti I got in my 'wood - need somebody grow me a tree. I f*** with slatts, and we come to eat rats.
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