Young Thug's Plea Deal Sparks Countless Memes About The Future Of His Music

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Fans of Young Thug have been making countless jokes on social media about what his future music may sound like after he accepted a plea deal in the YSL RICO trial, earlier this week. Of the many conditions of his release, one prohibits him from promoting criminal street gang activity in his music, according to Meghann Cuniff. In turn, fans have been joking about what the lyrical content of his next album will feature.

Many users shared memes featuring wholesome lyrics. "Young thug gotta turn his life around and turn into a family name like snoop dogg did because the luck of beating a rico is insane," one user wrote. Others were more critical of those finding humor in the situation. One fan posted: "All these jokes laughing about rap lyrics being criminalized are bozo sh*t."

 

Young Thug Performs During The Grammy Awards In 2019

Young Thug almost didn't win Grammy for song of the year | AP NewsEntertainment: 61st Annual Grammy Awards

February 10, 2019; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Young Thug performs “Havana” during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY NETWORK © Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY NETWO via Imagn Images

 

Thug agreed to shift the lyrical content of his music in the courtroom, telling the judge: "I understand what it could do to the minds of people. I understand all that. And I'm, I promise you, I'm 100 percent changing that, you know?" as noted by Complex. In addition to changes to his future releases, Thug also can't go into the metropolitan Atlanta area for 10 years unless permitted for weddings, funerals, and other events. He must also hold anti-gang and anti-gun presentations multiple times a year and perform 100 hours of community service, among other conditions.

Fans Joke About Young Thug's Release

Check out more of the reactions to the terms of Thug's release below. All-in-all, Thug will be spending the next 15 years on probation in exchange for his release. Be on the lookout for further updates on Young Thug on HotNewHipHop.

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Watch Fontaines D.C. sing Antonio Vega’s ‘Tesoros’ in Spanish in Madrid

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Fontaines D.C. covered Antonio Vega’s ‘Tesoros’ in Madrid on Saturday (November 2), with guitarist Carlos O’Connell singing the song in Spanish.

The Irish band have just started the European leg of their ‘Romance’ tour, in support of their fourth album of the same name, and arrived in the Spanish capital’s WiZink Center armed with something special for the local crowd.

As the below fan-captured clip demonstrates, the band played a version of ‘Tesoros’, a track from Spanish singer-songwriter Antonio Vega’s first album ‘No Me Iré Mañana’ in 1991, with O’Connell, who is half Spanish, taking on two of the song’s verses in its original language while strumming an acoustic guitar.

 

Fontaines D.C. played in Madrid:

‘Romance’
‘Jackie Down The Line’
‘Televised Mind’
‘A Lucid Dream’
‘Roman Holiday’
‘Big Shot’
‘Death Kink’
‘Sundowner’
‘Big’
‘A Hero’s Death’
‘Here’s The Thing’
‘Tesoros’
‘Bug’
‘Horseness Is The Whatness’
‘Nabokov’|
‘Boys In The Better Land’
‘Favourite’
‘In The Modern World’
‘I Love You’
‘Starburster’

This week, the band announced a new slate of headline US dates for 2025, consisting of 18 dates in April and May. Tickets are on sale for the shows now – see the full list of dates here and find your tickets here.

Before that, Grian Chatten and co. will embark on their 2024 UK and Ireland headline tour, which is set to take place in November and December. That stint includes two nights at Alexandra Palace in the capital.

In addition, the band have announced a massive headlining show at Cardiff Castle for late July 2025. It joins two other already announced huge shows for next year, the first at London’s Finsbury Park, which is due to take place on Saturday July 5. It will mark their biggest headline performance to date, with support coming from Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap.

Shortly after that, they’ll head to Wythenshawe Park in Manchester on August 15, where they will be joined by English Teacher and Kneecap once again. The outdoor venue has a total capacity of 26,000 fans, and tickets went on sale earlier this month.

This summer, ‘Romance’ arrived and marked their fourth album and first with new label XL Recordings. In a glowing five-star review of the James Ford-produced record, NME shared: “‘Romance’ offers moments of wonder and gravity while also feeling occasionally foreboding.”

For the direction of the album, the band told NME they wanted to implement a distinct move away from the rockier sound of their debut album, ‘Dogrel’.

“To be creatively understood by too many people feels like flies settling all over your clothes and all over your face. Every now and again you have to fucking shake them off, just to see who you are again. That’s what we wanted to do,” he said.

The band have recently been hailed by Elton John as “the best band out there at the moment”, and last month announced new tour dates for Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

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