Young Thug Is Rap's Biggest Sweetie

It’s ironic that a rapper named Young Thug—an almost comically unimaginative alias that on its face evokes the laziest stereotypes about rappers and their glorified street mentality, reveling in a heartless world of wanton violence and not much else—would actually be the current hip-hop artist most dedicated to to the…
The Song of the Summer Got a Video to Remind You Summer is Dead
Is it sadistic that “Good Times,” the song of the summer, is finally blessed with an official video as we enter shitty October? As a seasonal work of art, it seems to ask us to mourn all we have lost—pools, sun, fun, happiness, rooftop jams, chill vibes—in the penultimate month before winter destroys us.
Jamie xx Brings 'Good Times' to Glastonbury
Jamie xx’s “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times),” featuring Young Thug and Popcaan and heavily sampling The Persuasions, has already been declared at least a few times as one of, if not the, song of the summer. At Glastonbury this weekend, he broke out the track, intro’ing it with almost the entirety of the song it…
Dej Loaf and Young Thug Supply Maximum Filth on Their New Slow Jam
Courtesy of Dej Loaf and Young Thug, here’s your super explicit after-dark jam of the week, “Shawty.”
Jamie xx, Young Thug & Popcaan Have Made THE Summer Party Anthem
It is 10:15 AM New York time, and all I want in life right now is to be lamping at a rooftop party, red solo cup filled with some fruity garbage—sangria with little flecks of dirt in it, no doubt—relaxing in a lawn chair with 25 of my closest friends listening to “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times),” which is…
Mainstream Rap's Gay Future Is Upon Us
Last Saturday's edition of the New York Times featured a profile of the Atlanta rapper and singer ILoveMakonnen, who has become an unlikely budding star of sorts thanks to his off-kilter club jam "Tuesday." All the way down in the 24th paragraph of the story is a revelation that could count as a landmark moment for…
