Only two and a half years passed between the day Young Thug and his YSL crew were indicted on RICO charges and the day he was released, but in that time the world underwent a massive transformation. Streamers started acting as reporters; TikTok and Instagram Reels became the way the average young person got their news; candidates on the 2024 presidential ballot appealed to their base by doing bits on podcasts.
Should you need confirmation that Cardi B's second album is considered a very big deal, you might consider the response of fellow rapper Young Thug to the announcement of its release, seven years on from her debut, Invasion of Privacy. An artist with 30 gold or platinum singles to his name, he nevertheless quickly shifted the release date of a new album he has been promoting for six months, when it became apparent that it would clash with the arrival of Am I the Drama?
If I meet you and you're portraying that you're a man and you're not gay, if I look at you like a man, and we f***ing bitches together and we doing certain s**t, and I look at you in a man light, then I find out you gay, there ain't really nothing you can say to me... I don't look at you the same.
