Legendary producer Wyclef Jean said Young Thug reminds him of 2Pac after working with him on his “Jeffrey” album.
He recently spoke with Pigeons & Planes where he compared the two artists. “He reminded me of a modern 2Pac, in a sense-in a revolutionary sense. I mean that by, alright, you might see a thug, but his connection to history seemed similar to what Pac understood, of like, ‘This is who the Black Panthers are. Read this book, read that book. ‘This kid understands,” he said.
Wyclef seemed to see a lot of different artists in Thugger; he even compared him to the late David Bowie and his original movement in the 60s and 70s. “What’s really the difference between what Bowie was doing and what this kid is doing? ” he said. “Because when Bowie was doing it, a group of people understood what he was doing, obviously. And then there were people who didn’t understand what the f**k he was doing. And those people saying Thugger is a revolutionary fully get what he is doing. Because he is a revolutionary, he’s changing the thought pattern.” Wyclef even admires his gender-bending fashion and the fact that he is “changing perceptions.”
Source: complex.com
