Young Thug chose to lay relatively low after his release from prison due to his non-negotiated plea deal in the YSL RICO case after over 900 days of incarceration. While this is completely understandable and reasonable for someone who endured what he endured, some fans are sadly more concerned with his next public outing and on capitalizing on the interest around this situation. In fact, Thugger’s sister Dora Williams took to Twitter on Thursday (November 7) to call this behavior out a week after his release. She called for more sympathy, patience, understanding, and love rather than people wanting to get something out of his freedom.
“I really wish everyone value the fact that my brother is human & actually went thru a lot of trauma,” Dora Williams expressed about her brother Young Thug. “As did his family. If he’s asking for you to come around him it’s to just chill not gain clout. You all will have that opportunity when he’s ready. Rn, shower him with love pls.” Thug was rumored to pop out for a Colorado University football game, but it seems like this didn’t pan out.
Young Thug’s Sister Speaks Out
But Young Thug has made it clear that he’s around and reconnecting with his world, even if it’s in ways that still protect his privacy and personal process. For example, he joined his lawyer Brian Steel via FaceTime to briefly speak to Emory University law students, and also linked up with T.I. to mark his first official post-prison appearance. The Atlanta rapper must be juggling a whole lot of wishes, obligations, opportunities, and to-do-list items right now, and we’re happy to wait as long as we have to if he wants to make a comeback.
What’s more is that multiple collaborators such as Metro Boomin and Lil Baby have hinted at new music with him coming soon. Young Thug himself teased a Wham collab, but we don’t really have any more information when it comes to a timeline or anything like that. What we do know is that empathy and support are far more important than “clout,” whatever that means in this context. So let’s let him process the past two-and-a-half years with grace and understanding.
About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case.
Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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