Young Thug has turned leaked prison phone calls into art, transforming private apologies into public confessions.
The Atlanta rapper, who spent nearly two years in Fulton County Jail before his release in late 2024, addressed the controversy through a new seven-minute track, “Man I Miss My Dogs,” released this week on Instagram and X.
The song opens on an intimate note, directed toward his partner Mariah the Scientist. “Baby I’m sorry/One of my biggest fears is losing you to the internet,” he raps, before adding, “Fuck a jail call, I was playing, I’d never trade you.” The moment reasserts their bond following months of speculation about their relationship.
But Thug quickly expands the scope. He calls out Drake with an urgent appeal for unity: “Trying to get you, Metro, and Pluto on the same page/The internet don’t know about it because real n****s don’t say.”
The bar highlights fractures among some of hip-hop’s most influential collaborators. Drake, who has long maintained close ties with both Thug and Future, now finds himself positioned at the center of the reconciliation effort.
The record also nods to younger stars like GloRilla, who has emerged as one of the genre’s rising voices while Thug’s legal battles kept him sidelined. Her ascent underscores the shifting landscape Thug is attempting to reenter—one where his influence remains, but new figures are commanding the spotlight. By invoking his peers and protégés, the track reads as both a plea and a reminder of his lasting reach.
Other verses take aim at Lil Baby, who Thug implies has stopped answering calls, and Gucci Mane, to whom he insists, “I’m not a rat/But that cheese where it’s at/All the n****s on the case that didn’t take pleas, that is that.”
“Man I Miss My Dogs” doubles as a preview of Thug’s next album, Uy Scuti, titled after one of the universe’s largest stars. The project, led by the Future-assisted single “Money on Money,” signals his ambition to restore his standing while reconciling fractured bonds.
In weaving apologies with sharp declarations, Young Thug is recasting turmoil as testimony. His comeback, like the album’s name, aims for the cosmic.
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