Gucci Mane apparently went by his gut feeling when it comes to Young Thug, but now the fit and in shape Gucci Mane explains Signing Young Thug Before Hearing His Music!!!
Get all the details on why Gucci Mane signed Young Thug Before Hearing His Music on the flip…
CelebNMusic247.com has come across a interesting interview on how Young Thug got his big break in the music industry and the how the credit goes to Gucci Mane.
For their Fall 2016 cover story, XXL sat down with Gucci Mane who talks about the low point he hit before he went to prison, beating his addictions, and the story of his relationship with Young Thug, who shares the cover with Guwop.
What we found interesting in the XXL interview was that Gucci reveals he signed Thug without hearing any of his music. According to Gucci, he had made plans to work with Peewee Longway, who he knew from his hustling days. When they did meet up, Peewee vouched for Thug and the rest is history.
Here is how Gucci puts it. Oh yeah, did we mention that Gucci gave Thug $25K upon meeting him. You know a cash advance to get the ball rolling on his music.
“When Pewee got to the studio, Peewee brought Thug and two other guys… Peewee is like ‘Gucci listen, they hard, they’re the ones who got me to start rapping, sign them!’ I had a bag with some money and got $25,000 out and I signed Thug right there. Never even heard a song from him … I value Peewee’s opinion so much … From that day on, Thug didn’t leave the studio, he spent the night there. He’d have 30 people in the studio, but he’d never leave.”
He adds:
“I already had Scooter and I was working with Dolph.”
“I didn’t really know what I had with Thug, I was just taking a chance. A week later I was like ‘oh, he’s a star.’ Once we did [a] video, and I seen Thug doing the video, I’m like ‘he a star, he outta here,’ and I started putting more focus on him.”
Gucci respectfully admitted to not fully understanding some of the new artists coming out of Atlanta, but he’s made a point of keeping an open mind towards new music.
He continued to say:
“They’re creative. They’re smart. They’re marketing themselves. They some little geniuses. That’s how I’m thinking now, so when I see them, “Hey, I like what you got going on” and I’m not being fake about it even if I’m not the biggest fan of their music or whatever.”
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So Young Thug should make sure to add Peewee Longway and GUWop in any award acceptance speeches in the future. Without them, there would be no Young Thug on wax.
Thoughts?
