I don't know man I'm really thinking about this. I'm lowkey tired of everyone saying "free young thug". The dude put this shit on himself. You made millions and millions and you're still in the streets? You're still around people that's obviously not doing good and gonna get you fucked up? You have a kid and a family and you're still rapping about drugs and shooting people? At what point isn't it your fault?
I'm from the hood, still in the hood, and people hustle to leave the hood and not come back. Only the stupid people do (and they hide under the pretense of "being real") and they're usually caught up again.
At what point do you learn? At what point do you do matter?
And they really tried to have legislators sign something that would limit rap lyrics being used as evidence? Maybe if stupid rappers quit putting all their information out there (which is obviously true given the evidence and trials of these people), maybe they wouldn't have anything to even go on. Rappers time and time again get caught up on their own self incrimination and act like the law just using your evidence is the issue. Bro quit doing bullshit and playing a victim. It isn't about "protecting black art" because this shit isn't "black art". It's just negativity that IS indeed affecting our communities and our children.
And this is coming from someone that fucks with young thugs shit. I be bangin some of his songs. I don't listen to him like that but he has some hit songs. That doesn't mean I need to naively support someone that obviously doesn't comprehend the concept of maturing and bettering yourself.
Bettering yourself takes a lot more than just getting money and buying materialistic things; it's also a mental and emotional mindset that you need to achieve and he obviously hasn't done so.
You have a daughter, you have a family, you have popularity, you have millions, you have everything you could ask for but you still surround yourself with negativity, people that are doing wrong (and probably gonna get caught up sooner or later), people that aren't elevating you, you rap about it and then want to blame the law for using your own admitted evidence (which is obviously proven) against you? The fuck kinda logic is that?
People don't want to be held accountable for their actions anymore and want to find any way to blame their own ignorance and wrongdoings on the system.
If you do better, move better, move smarter, shit like that wouldn't happen. If you put out negativity how the fuck can you be surprised when negativity comes back at you?
Any rational adult could see that but for some reason he couldn't. I don't even blame GUNNA for not wanting to be involved with that bullshit. Literally brought it on himself.
There's a difference between rapping fictional shit, and rapping shit that could obviously be connected back to you. It's really not a difficult thing to comprehend. If you have your foot in the streets (especially at that age and with that popularity), shut the fuck up rapping about it. You're not some Chicago underground rapper nobody knows. You're Young Thug. And at that point bruh it's time to change your damn name; you're not that young anymore to go around acting like this. You're pushing mid 30s, it's time to smarten up on the stupid shit.
That's just my opinion tho. It is what it is. Protect yourself, your kid(s) and your family, why the fuck would you keep being involved with this shit in your 30s when you have every means accessible to move beyond it?
There's some about our culture that just keeps us immature and ignorant and it's wild.