Overview
- On the GQ Men of the Year red carpet, Young Thug told Them’s Ludwig Hurtado that his current “gay anthem” is “Ninjas” by “this gay rapper named Young Thug.”
- The track he referenced is the opener of his album UY Scuti, with outlets noting the exchange doubled as tongue-in-cheek self-promotion.
- Complex and other coverage interpret the comment as trolling, pointing to his history of leaning into provocative humor during publicity.
- The song has drawn attention for its repeated use of the N-word, and Young Thug previously warned on an Adin Ross livestream that white concertgoers should not say the slur.
- Asked by TMZ after the event, he said he and Mariah the Scientist are “going strong,” joking that he “just put a baby in her.”