Young Thug began his musical career in 2010, debuting as a guest appearance on rapper TruRoyal's song "She Can Go".
Gucci Mane (pictured), was the first one to sign Thug Career 2010–2013: Early career and record deal He was sent to juvenile prison for four years. Young Thug has told interviewers that he was expelled in the sixth grade for breaking a teacher's arm. Other rappers from the neighborhood include Waka Flocka Flame, 2 Chainz, Ludacris and Williams's childhood friend PeeWee Longway, from whom Williams lived four doors down. He is from Sylvan Hills, a neighborhood in Atlanta (Zone 3), and grew up in the Jonesboro South projects. Jeffery Lamar Williams was born in Atlanta, the tenth of eleven children. 2.4 2016–2018: Jeffery, collaborations, So Much Fun.
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Additionally, he reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time in his career with his feature on Travis Scott's single " Franchise", In 2021, Thug released the compilation album Slime Language 2 which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The following year, his single " Go Crazy" with Chris Brown from the collaborative mixtape Slime & B (2020) peaked at number three on the Hot 100, becoming his first top-ten single as a lead artist.
Young Thug's debut studio album, So Much Fun (2019), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot 100 top-twenty singles " The London" and " Hot". In 2019, he won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his songwriting contribution on " This Is America". In 2018, he released a compilation album Slime Language with his label YSL Records. In 2017, Thug featured on the hit song " Havana" by Cuban pop singer Camila Cabello, which became his first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently in 2016, Thug issued commercial mixtapes I'm Up, Slime Season 3, and Jeffery. In 2015, he amassed a number of mixtapes, including Barter 6 and two installments of his Slime Season series. That year, he also signed to Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment and collaborated on the mixtape Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt.
Young Thug received mainstream recognition in 2014 with the singles " Stoner" and "Danny Glover" in addition to appearances on several singles, including T.I.'s " About the Money", Tyga's " Hookah", and Rich Gang's " Lifestyle". In early 2013, he signed with Gucci Mane's 1017 Records, and later that year he released his label debut mixtape 1017 Thug to critical praise. Known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, Thug initially released a series of independent mixtapes beginning in 2011 with I Came from Nothing. He is considered to be an influential figure of his generation, with his music impacting the modern sound of hip hop and trap music. Jeffery Lamar Williams (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper and singer.