Being Young Thug

Inside the wildly unpredictable life of rap’s most eccentric superstar [Complex]( MAKING HEADLINES [The Best Movies on Hulu to Watch Right Now (October 2021)]( [Best Streetwear Hoodies To Buy This Fall]( [The Best Black Movies of the Last 30 Years]( [The 100 Best Sega Genesis Games]( TOP STORY [Alternate text]( Being Young Thug The Atlanta rapper has been holed up in a large house for the past week, finishing his next album Punk, and there’s a strict dress code: everyone who enters must be wearing all white. No one can give a clear answer why he wants us all to dress in white, but the last thing I want to do is disrupt his creative process, so I scramble to find a white hoodie and a new pair of pants. When I show up to the house, I notice the windows are covered in ice and there’s snow on the ground outside. It’s a 70-degree September day, and it hasn’t snowed in Atlanta for at least nine months, so I touch the ground to make sure I’m not hallucinating. Nope. It’s snow. I’d been warned my day with the eccentric rapper wouldn’t be a normal one, but I can’t say I was prepared for the fucking seasons to change. [READ STORY]( EDITORS' PICKS [Alternate text]( How Much Does It Cost to Make a Movie? Take a quick glance at the [10 highest-grossing films this year so far]( two things immediately become clear. With the 10 listed all coming from major film distributors, from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures to Universal Pictures, the average film budget ranges between $100 million and $250 million. More “original” lower-budget films released this year, like Zola, The Green Knight, Nobody, and Judas and the Black Messiah, were all made for under $30 million. None cracked the top 20. [READ STORY]( [Alternate text]( Ranking All of Young Thug’s Projects His 2019 project So Much Fun is officially listed as his debut studio album, which is an unusual fact considering he had been consistently releasing music for eight years by then, dropping dozens of mixtapes and EPs along the way. As a part of Young Thug Week at Complex, we’re going back through his discography and ranking every project he’s ever released. To make sure this is a comprehensive list, we’ve included all of his EPs and collaborative projects, in addition to his full-length solo releases. [READ STORY]( [Alternate text]( Shop Latinx Founder Brittany Chavez Is Cultivating The Go-To Marketplace for Her Community When I think about the Latinx community, family comes to mind. We’re taught early on to look after one another and give back to our communities, supporting mom and pop shops that are run by Latin American immigrants. This thread that ties our vast community together fuels our motivation to create a better life for our families, and in turn, we’re progressing. As of 2020, the Hispanic buying power is at $1.9 trillion. Companies are sitting on a gold mine, scrambling to tap into this demographic. [READ STORY]( [Alternate text]( The Nets Told Kyrie to Get Lost and That Was the Right Move And I write that not to neccessarily dunk all over the loser in this situation—Kyrie Irving—but more precisely applaud the front office of the Nets for ending the crazy double-standard it had set for one of its three superstars. In a reversal of course Tuesday, after a few weeks of pledging support for his outlier stance despite the fact it could cost Brooklyn the services of an extremely valuable player for over half of the season, the Nets told Irving he [had to go away]( he does his part. [READ STORY]( [Complex on Instagram]( [Complex on Facebook]( [Complex on Twitter]( [Complex on YouTube]( [Complex on Snapchat]( © Complex Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 229 W. 43rd Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10036 You are receiving this email because you've signed up for Complex Newsletter. Want to stop receiving messages from Complex? [Unsubscribe]( [Click here to view this email in your browser.]( Complex.com is part of: [Complex Networks](