Young Thug.
Young Thug.
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Matty Karas, curator February 18, 2016
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I'd much rather back down than get shot up. But I know I would get shot up. Because I won't back down. I'm not backing down.
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YOUNG THUG and MIKE LOVE get their veggies in very, very different ways. The much-maligned BEACH BOYS singer starts every day with yoga, meditation and a vegetarian breakfast. The much-feared ATLANTA rapper, who hardly ever eats, has a doctor come to his house once a month to inject him with "all the greens to keep me healthy." We lead today with definitive profiles of these two misunderstood musicians. THUG is misunderstood, writes GQ's DEVIN FRIEDMAN, because "even when he's talking, no one knows what he's saying. I mean, literally." FRIEDMAN spends several days with his interview subject and appears to exchange very few words with him, and still paints as complete a picture as you're likely to read of what it's like to be a popular, prolific, preternaturally talented rapper who truly does not give a f*** about anything. ROLLING STONE's ERIC HEDEGAARD goes long with a singer who very much does give a f*** about everything, starting with history's (and his bandmates') refusal to give him credit for pretty much anything. HEDEGAARD's story doesn't try to be revisionist so much as it tries to be empathetic toward a guy who really needs it. And who just wants the world to know that he wrote the words "round, round, get around, I get around" -- but not, it turns out, "I wish they all could be California girls"... NOISEY explores COMPTON through the eyes of KENDRICK LAMAR in the first two parts of its video series NOISEY BOMPTON... DIDDY and LL COOL J explore their family trees on "FINDING YOUR ROOTS"... The complete history of JOHNNY DEPP, rock musician.

Matty Karas, curator

February 18, 2016