Overview

• A newly circulated jail-call recording captures Young Thug admitting he cheated on Mariah The Scientist the day before his May 2022 arrest.
• In the clip, he characterizes the timing as “the day before I got locked up,” attempting to play down the encounter.
• Hours after the audio spread, he posted an apology on X asking people to leave Mariah out of the controversy and writing, “I will do anything to make this work.”
• Mariah The Scientist has not issued a direct statement and instead shared song lyrics on her Instagram Stories.
• The recording is one of several leaked calls this year that included comments about artists such as GloRilla, Future, Drake, and Travis Scott, and Young Thug has addressed related issues in a new Big Bank interview with a livestream with Adin Ross announced for later today.