🎤 Rapper Young Thug Is In Trouble!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nason.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
I know this is usually in your wheelhouse, the comings
and goings of rap and hip hop music, because you
keep me up to date with it. Because I'm not
much of a fan, and I like to me, I
go straight to you. Have you been following the case
of Young Thug, Young Thug? This is something Young Thug's music.
This is called who Knew Doug? Baby with them, I

(00:25):
should say.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Swears.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
I just.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
Carry such an earworm it all day?

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Give how can we be loving anyway? That's Young Thug?

Speaker 4 (00:44):
So he why is he in court?

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Well, he's in Atlanta court at the moment because he's
accused of co founding a violent criminal street gang and
using his music to promote it. The Atlanta based artist,
whose given name is Jeffrey Lamar William is charged with
violating George's anti racketeering gang laws, among other things. He

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was indicted last year along with more than two dozen
other people. Five of them are set to stand trial
with them, and prosecutors are expected to take the controversial
step of using Young Thugs rap lyrics as evidence against him.
Hey he's pleading not guilty. He said, Hey, it's not me.
He're not me. So that song there is not the case.
I'll give you the lyrics. This is from his song

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that they're using to prove that he's part of this
gang called ysl.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
If Saint Laurent probably not.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Can you read some of the lyrics.

Speaker 4 (01:38):
I'll have to do my own beeps as I go,
because I can see a few fruity words here. Hey,
this that slime beep? Hey, ysl beep they killing twelve beep? Hey,
more serious beep, jail beeB, Hey, cooking white brick. I'm
not new to this. I'm so true to this. Hey,
I done put some slime on hundred licks. Slime will

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get slimed. I'm in the vi P. I got that
pistol on my hip. You praying that you live, I'm praying.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
That I hit.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
Hey, that's that slime swears beep series swear, swear, swear, Sorry, sorry, sorry,
I beat the wrong bit of myself the please, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
I think we.

Speaker 4 (02:33):
Sorry everyone anyway, Just people are probably thinking, what words
did she beat? They're the good ones, if you can
say that.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
So Young Thug says he's not part of yl He's
not part of a It's totally totally innocent, even though
his name Young Thug doesn't really hide what his m
O is.

Speaker 4 (02:55):
Judith Durham was never on the stage for this.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
His lawyer has an explanation as what Thug actually stands for.
It doesn't stand for what you think.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
It does truly humble under God. It was his tack
he could ever meet as a musical.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Artist and help his family, himself and his many others
out of this endless cycle of hopelessness.

Speaker 4 (03:25):
So he's saying Thug stands.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
For what truly humble under God.

Speaker 4 (03:29):
Way till he gets a little poopy on the stand.
Can I read those lyrics too?

Speaker 2 (03:36):
I might do the lyrics. I think that was a
serious p