Joe Budden has made it clear that he believes Young Thug‘s stock has “plummeted” since his release from jail last year.
Since his release on a highly restrictive plea deal, Thug has dropped a minimal amount of music, been beefing with Gunna and attacked with snitching accusations of his own.
Speaking on his self-titled podcast, Budden claimed that Thug had made a number of wrong moves since his freedom.
He said: “I want to talk about another s word as it relates to Young Thug. Stock. And it is plummeting. Outside of Atlanta, he is putting on a masterclass in how to take a good brand and totally fuck it up. He made a bunch of phone calls to tell people how he felt about Gunna.
Joe Budden said that Young Thug’s stock has dropped, and he’s giving a masterclass on how to ruin his own brand. After getting out of prison, he went after Gunna, hasn’t dropped new music, is acting like a “chatty patty,” and no longer has Kevin Liles’ support. pic.twitter.com/gLgyl0FYVc
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“No music that did nothing. The branding and marketing genius that he’s shown himself to be, it ain’t even been flashes of that. Every time you see him, there’s been an embarrassing look that come with it. He looks a fucking mess.”
Budden added: “He could have come out, got to work, not been chatty patty.”
Young Thug recently called out Gunna in a song snippet.
He raps on an unreleased song: “Only reason I fucked with you, Gunna, it was ’cause of Troup,” referring to the late Keith B. Troup, who was a friend and mentor to both men who was murdered in 2015.
Thugger previously addressed his relationship with Gunna during a sit down with GQ.
The journalist brought up the rumors of a rift between the YSL rappers and asked what the status is. However, Thug didn’t provide a clear answer.
“I know everybody wonders [what our relationship is like now],” he noted, before saying: “I don’t know.”
The same day the interview was released (though it had been conducted weeks earlier), Young Thug dropped the lead single from his upcoming album Uy Scuti titled “Money On Money” featuring Future.
While the track is a bombastic return to the Atlanta star’s best, it’s most notable for some lines that appear to be aimed at his former friend and his decision to take an Alford plea during YSL’s long-running and controversial RICO trial.
On the song’s hook, Thug raps: “These fuck n-ggas tellin’ for nothin’, and I gotta be the one callin’ ’em friends.”
He later spits: “Brother, you a rat (My brother).”
Thugger also reiterated the accusation in a subsequent verse: “Twin, you a rat, you smoked, uh.”
Doubt it. Young Thug has a cult following and always will. People who support him are brainwashed by him.
Cult following meaning the 🌈 people. They’re the brainwashed ones. Gaywashed actually ⏸️
Yeah and the generation poppin bottles atm LOVE Thug. He’s a mainstay no matter how unskilled, gay, and snitchy.
Maybe he’d gain more stock if he got butt naked and started knocking on neighbors doors
He’s YoungButtPlugga so he’ll always get love from The GayTL and the LBGTQIA Community so at least he has that. He”s still a gay snitch tho.
thug is on record saying he buys streams and albums.
They all do. Industry standard. You actually think people coming back to this mid ass music in this era more than once? Not to mention that you believe they’re doing it through a streaming service? I know when I actually like something, I download it so I can own it. But these people tell you the sky is green, and you believe it.