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Young Thug Discusses Working with Kanye West & Being Offered a Deal from Future
By: missinfo.tvPosted On: 01/28/2014 1:08 P
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Although Young Thug was bubbling throughout last year thanks to his signing to Gucci Mane’s Brick Squad label (Gucci called him “one of the most talented rappers I ever met”) and the release of his 1017 Thug mixtape, it looks like 2014 is the year Thugger will blow. Complex tracked down the eccentric 21-year-old ATLien to talk about why he hates rappers remixing his “Stoner” hit, being offered $1.5 million from Future to join Freebandz, and how he has already recorded a handful of songs with Kanye West(!). Thug also announces a joint mixtape with Rich Homie Quan called Rich Homie Thug, and hints at an upcoming project with Chief Keef.
On working with Kanye:
I mean, I went to his house and we did a couple of songs. The fact that I was [making songs] so fast amazed him too, because he doesn’t see a lot of people who rap like that. I don’t really rap with a lot of people [because] everyone raps the same way. When I first heard he wanted to know who I was and do songs, I was smiling ear to ear like a clown.
Check out more quotes from the interview after the jump…
On Future trying to sign him:
It’s not happening yet, I don’t know if it’s gonna happen. Future said he wants to give me $1.5 million so you know how that goes. It just hasn’t happened yet.
On rappers remixing his songs:
The mindset came from watching myself and niggas where I’m from. I’m way harder than what you’ll think at freestyling. If you feel that you can just come in the studio and freestyle on my song, then I’m ready to rap battle you. That’s just how I feel about it because I know I’m way harder than another rapper freestyling on my song. I don’t want them to think that they good and that they’re doing me a favor. I would respect it way more if someone said they wrote something to “Stoner” or if Drake said I wrote something to “Danny Glover.”
You know me and Jim Jones bang the same so you know how that goes, no need to get into that. Wale is my brother so I can’t feel no type of way about Wale. I’m just saying it in general. People will hear Jim Jones or Wale [on a song] but those are my brothers. I respect them, I wasn’t saying it towards them. I’m not cool with no more rappers like that except Rich Homie Quan.
On his love for Lil Wayne:
Yeah. Because he has 10-15 years in the game on top and the fact that he knows he can lean back and retire and he still doesn’t. I hope Wayne is listening, I want to get in the studio with Wayne more than anybody in the world. I’ll get in the studio with Wayne before Michael Jackson right now so I hope he listening.
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