Wyclef Jean has nothing but nice things to say about Young Thug after the two of them recently collaborated on Jeffery.
During an interview with Pigeons & Planes, Wyclef praised Young Thug, saying, “He reminded me of a modern Tupac, 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.”
But he didn’t stop there. He also drew connections between Young Thug and the late artist David Bowie: “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 freak he was doing. And those people saying Thugga is a revolutionary fully get what he is doing. Because he is a revolutionary, he’s changing the thought pattern.”
As for what makes Young Thug so revolutionary, Wyclef pointed specifically to his gender-bending style.
“Come on man, in what era can a rapper show up in a full-blown gown, a dress? And have it still be like, ‘Yo, that’s still Young Thug, what you wanna do about it?'” he said. “This is changing perceptions. Because for my daughter, that’s normal. My daughter, she feels like, what’s wrong with somebody different? What’s wrong with them being themselves?”
