Exclusive: Young Thug Speaks on New Album and Life After Jail | The GQ Video Cover Story

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“I love people so much to the point that, the only thing that will make me not love you anymore is betrayal,” says Young Thug as he towers over _GQ’s_ Zach Baron in a perfectly landscaped garden, which sits next to an eccentric taxidermy-filled mansion on the East Side of Los Angeles. In October of last year, the rapper Young Thug walked free from the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, concluding one of the strangest and most fraught spectacles in modern music. In May 2022 as part of a complex RICO case, Georgia prosecutors alleged that Young Thug—in addition to being the head of a record label, YSL—was also the leader of a gang of the same name. What followed was the longest criminal trial in Georgia history. Since getting out, Young Thug has mostly laid low, to the point of sometimes wearing a mask in public. He has not said much about the last few years of his life, or about anything at all, really… until now. This is the _GQ_ Video Cover Story with Young Thug. ---------- Director: Cole Evelev Director of Photography: Carter Ross Editor: Robby Massey Talent: Young Thug; Zach Baron Producer: Sam Dennis Line Producer: Jen Santos Production Manager: James Pipitone Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes Talent Booker: Tracy Shaffer Steadicam Operator: Greg Gustafson Camera Operator: Jon Corum; Taylor Frontier 1st Assistant Camera: Adam Lee 2nd Assistant Camera: Jacob Mariani Gaffer: Noah Spiece Key Grip: Jack Motter Swing: Kevin Shum DIT: Lauren Worona Sound Mixer: Justin Fox Production Assistant: Spencer Mathesen; Lily Starck Make-up Artist: Hee Soo Kwon Hairstylist: Christy Ivory Production Designer: Cedar Jocks Post Production Supervisor: Jess Dunn Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow Still haven’t subscribed to GQ on YouTube? ►► http://bit.ly/2iij5wt Subscribe to GQ magazine and get rare swag: https://bit.ly/2xNBH3i Join the GQ Discord to talk men's fashion, watches, and more: https://discord.gg/gqmagazine ABOUT GQ For more than 50 years, GQ has been the premier men’s magazine, providing definitive coverage of style, culture, politics and more. In that tradition, GQ’s video channel covers every part of a man’s life, from entertainment and sports to fashion and grooming advice. Welcome to the modern guide to style advice, dating tips, celebrity videos, music, sports and more. https://www.youtube.com/user/GQVideos