Stereogum — Last October, Young Thug finally walked free. The Atlanta rap star was arrested, along with a large group of his associates, in a 2022 RICO case. Prosecutors claimed that YSL, Thug’s rap crew and label, was really a criminal street gang. Thug wa... more info

Stereogum — Lyrical Lemonade is bringing back its annual hip-hop festival Summer Smash this June 20-22 at SeatGeek Stadium in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview. (It’s where the Chicago Fire used to play back when they were good.) The fest has lined up its us... more info

Antimusic Rock — Lil Baby (Quality Control Music/Motown) enlists Future and Young Thug for his visually stunning new video 'Dum, Dumb, and Dumber.' more info

Stereogum — Sometime over the last few years, Playboi Carti’s new album became a kind of urban myth, a promise that seemed as if it would never be fulfilled. Carti is quite possibly the most influential rapper on the scene today, and his blown-out, faded ex... more info

Stereogum — Gunna’s lawyer from the YSL RICO cased has weighed in on the snitching allegations against his former client. more info

Stereogum — Our first big-statement album of 2025 has arrived. Atlanta rap star Lil Baby was relatively quiet in 2024. He got namechecked on Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which he didn’t like, and he lost a lot of money gambling. There was a weapon ... more info

Stereogum — The RICO trial surrounding Young Thug’s Young Slime Life organization, the longest trial in Georgia history, is finally over. The two remaining defendants, Deamonte Kendrick (aka Yak Gotti) and Shannon Stillwell (aka SB or Shannon Jackson), were... more info

Stereogum — Four years ago, Deamonte Kendrick, the rapper known as Yak Gotti, joined his YSL compatriots Young Thug and Gunna on a song called “Take It To Trial.” That sentiment became quite real for all three artists in 2022 when the YSL braintrust was i... more info

Stereogum — Up until 2022, Atlanta rap stars Young Thug and Gunna were frequent collaborators and seemingly close friends. Gunna was signed to Thug’s YSL label, and the two of them seemed to be joined at the hip. In May 2022, Thug and Gunna were both arrest... more info

Stereogum — After the longest-running criminal trial in the history of Georgia, Young Thug is free. After two and a half years in jail on suspicion of RICO violations, the Atlanta rap star arrived at a plea deal last week. The conditions of his release are ex... more info