Young Thug Is An Acquired Taste Worth Acquiring

When I first heard the music of Jeffery Lamar Williams, I wasn’t quite sure what to think. The song was “Lifestyle” by Rich Gang, a 2014 romp of which I understood literally none of the lyrics, but yet had a strange listenability to it that couldn’t quite be dismissed. Williams–better known by the moniker Young Thug–kept popping up that same year, appearing repeatedly in Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs of 2014. This guy was putting himself into my consciousnes