Young Thug Teases New Name, Coachella Performance

0:00It's April 30th. You're listening to music news today, AI Power Coverage of the Music Industry. Young Thud dropped a bombshell on X this week, saying he set to change his name again. The Atlanta rapper made the announcement on April 29th, but he hasn't spilled details on what he'll go by next. This isn't his first rodeo with a name switch. Back in 2018, he pushed for everyone to call him SEX instead of Jeffrey or Young Thud, the fans and media never fully bought in, and it faded quick. Meeke Meal jumped to write in the comments, hitting thug up with a simple question about the new name. Billboard reached out to his team for more info, but no word back yet. On the music front, Thud just lit up Coachella on April 12th during Weekend 1, Day 3, bringing out NAV, Camila Cabello, and Mariah III, scientists. Plus, the New York Times named him to their list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters on April 27th. Word is, Thuggers keeping us guessing on this name drop, so stay tuned as his next chapter

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