Can Young Thug Fans Actually Recognize His Voice? | Genius News

Young Thug’s unique sound and unorthodox flows have influenced a whole generation of rappers including Lil Baby, Gunna, and Lil Keed. However, many people have pointed out the new wave of rappers are difficult to tell apart from Thug. Genius took to the streets to see if fans could distinguish between Thug and his protégés.
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[@coreyd528]

Red Man:“I studied young thug for a very long time”
Test:❌❌❌❌

[@Be-ck1xl]

😂😂

[@gottatida911]

Redman: Whateva Man

[@jjjjulianc]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Letsgoo541]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JaNa-db5fj]

The results say - YOU LIED

[@ReWake]

Nobody:
Guy with red hat n shirt: “I’m a great fan, I’ve studied him”
*gives only wrong answers”

[@eeezydoesit7488]

Re-Wake shit was mind blowing

[@lamxlo]

Re-Wake 😂

[@steadymovin2848]

Lmao

[@Princeafricain5]

ma ciao

[@lukadobrovic182]

Mans studied Young Thug and still hasn't got anything right... that explains how much Thug raised these new rappers

[@ScottiPimpin]

@carti sicko he probably a bandwagon tbh

[@imbored1253]

carti sicko You beat me to it... I was going to say the same thing💀

[@oliverbautista692]

Fucking clown

[@SauceKartier]

Nah fr 👀, I make free beats on my channel btw!

[@ScottiPimpin]

@@SauceKartier no one asked for your beats 🤣

[@raayjane]

this man really said horses 💀💀 how do he live by that line😂😂

[@alex-wv9or]

😂😂😂🚫🧢

[@majkati69]

ngl I thought it was horses for a while too he does kinda say it like that

[@tysincere]

He on that old town road man idek

[@deadboy3343]

Ravin Janell yeah fuckin clown ass

[@laquntetrumble]

IKR dat niggah disappointed me with dat shit ... you expect Lil Nas X to say dat

[@unlimitedredux8367]

I never realized how influential Thugger really is, they damn near all sounded like him lmao

[@lky8]

Lil weezy started all this shit

[@kasketsnslugs4523]

Lol no bs

[@slimebagginc3901]

Bc thugger over auto tunes,anybody can sound like that,he didn’t start the auto,just saying

[@Necksteppa77]

@@lky8 He did. But Thugga dont really sound like Wayne anymore. He definitely influenced Thug, but they sound nothing alike now.

[@Necksteppa77]

@@slimebagginc3901 Its more than auto tune. Thugga "sings" and raps a certain way and has Ad-libs he always uses. All these kids copied it, not just the auto tune.

[@athunderfan]

"I study Young Thug" proceeds to get every question wrong, feel bad for the dude

[@rickyg9682]

That dude needs to study more 😂
Test failed

[@zxnir9096]

Ricky Tan yes

[@gdagreat1000]

@HoodHeroEntGp 😂😂😂😂

[@PudWhacker]

🤣

[@moriclips]

Please make this an official series. This was super interesting!

[@tjvtw]

Ayo???? This man famous

[@visionego3745]

Bro???? Destiny??

[@juliusseizure5705]

Genius has a bunch of short interview clips like this where they will find a song that doesn't sound like the original artist and a song from another artist that sounds very similar to the original artist to throw off the people they're interviewing.

[@Cappingtoncappercap]

Dude in the red 🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂😂😂😂 had me weak

[@gdagreat1000]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 #IStudied @HoodHeroEntGp

[@spa571]

Fr bruh 🤣

[@emi_dm2399]

The red dude a offset clone lol

[@ronnmadeit477]

Ona deadlocs bruh

[@nico-cf7wz]

The guy who said he studied thug is clowning him self

[@1m2a3t4t5]

Damn and hes attending Thugger courses on that campus. Hed better study harder or get left behind like Quan.

[@SWAGAsianx]

Nic o he a clown

[@lukamagicc]

He’s gonna probably see this video too is the best part

[@sonicx1298]

That nigga a internet nigga talking moviational shit but wrong asf

[@frostedflake5794]

Coca Vango sound too much like Young Thug... that’s crazy😂

[@sameoldmo]

Frosted Flake fr

[@Saucecrates]

I would have got that question wrong but all others right lol that shit was crazy

[@reign8601]

All this time I thought is was a thug song 😭

[@haydenmacfarlane7194]

Frosted Flake that was the only one that I would have got wrong. How did they not know melly or keed??

[@b-nardy141]

I’ve heard it before but when I think of it, it really do be sounding like young thug

[@isaacsosa979]

“Horses don’t stop they keep going” 😂

[@christontanner8208]

❌❌❌🤣

[@mort3official404]

I honestly thought it was horses for the longest time too 😂😂

[@CptJumper]

Crying 😂

[@nightcoder2633]

Same here wtf 😂😂

[@TiiqawxHD]

Goes to show how retardet everyone speaks over there :D

[@needy4096]

"i studied young thug"
Mans can't even guess anything right.

[@vor946]

next time let us have fun too and play only music, no video, no names

[@ProdCgod]

Close your eyes next time dumbass

[@KCEgamer]

I was hoping it was gonna be like that

[@metroboomin3990]

@@ProdCgod relax

[@animeabdi2032]

@@ProdCgod why would you close your eyes and watch a video not even knowing if there going to show the name and vid so shut the fuck up DUMBASS

[@Elm98]

@@LoHipHopMedia no, that comment was retarded. if thats what u wanted after the first song just close ur eyes dafuq its not rocket science. she really out here demanding another video cause she too dumb lol stop tryna get e pus

[@ChrisC-yo5rc]

These niggas really put ynw melly wtf🤦🏿‍♂️

[@webstarapture2331]

Young Bro lol real talk thug copied skooly

[@6pathss]

They picked like the fakest Young thug fans ever

[@thaddeusrattley]

Factual

[@mrbradley1]

Fuckin factz

[@1m2a3t4t5]

disnt they literally just ask randoms if they liked him?

[@djadds7107]

Who is a young thug fan

[@julianmatheson]

Facts

[@bapeswagger4014]

If U don't believe Young Thug is the pioneer behind alot of these rappers then u TRIPPPINNNN!!
Btw that nigga WordRounBlock an industry plant

[@jrose4731]

Dude in red is when you actually study for the test
But you still get the lowest grade🤣🤣🤣

[@santinocorleone3605]

YSG 024 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TyroneFG]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Foool

[@darriussyiemlieh21]

He lowkey look like Offset🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@safetydoggo9059]

Guy in red shirt: yah yah I studied him well yah
2:37 u already know its young thug u already *know* who it is

[@daniellecombs]

How they all Young Thug fans but don’t know She Wanna Party? LMFAO frauds

[@Necksteppa77]

Forreal. EBBTG should be a top album if u really like Thug. Should have been easy.

[@getsmos.3701]

Nbs !!!

[@denzelqualls8854]

I swear😂

[@KingSlimeSnippets]

Facts😂

[@gorgan420]

@@thaddeusrattley homie said "pheasants." 🤣 I mean you're not wrong. Them birds probably ain't thugger fans either.

[@JesusSanchez-qv8dh]

Dude in the red a dam fool 😂😂😂😂

[@KaelSaint]

0:16 girl in the middle look like playboi carti 💀

[@robdabaler23]

Blomded they can deadass be twins. She fr look just like him 😂

[@laurijaakkola3945]

Playgirl carti

[@4mikeo4]

Wtf!

[@21jxme]

Oh damn😂😂😂😂😂

[@zeldazoned]

The lack of credit for Lil Wayne’s influence on Young Thug is crazy 😭😭

[@mirandan]

!!!

[@jmorel42]

The Wayne influence is overrated

[@Skooby]

lol its unnecessary because young thug evolved the sound so much from when wayne had it that it's basically a different thing, and everybody knows and acknowledges waynes influence on thug hence why thug made barter 6

[@mikeyc6643]

@@Skooby Fax

[@varshboorugadda2327]

thug better than lil wayne but y’all ain’t ready for that convo

[@jonnyjonny8533]

I bet everyone in Atlanta would have got this right and the guy in the red just wanna be on camera 😂 (thanks for the likes)

[@francvs616]

38 Johnnyboy for real

[@tyronebiggumsakaduke4587]

That’s what I’m sayin from ICFN to barter 6 I can tell

[@29sumba20]

Fr

[@bankroll4416]

Big facts

[@karnijairitout]

Lil keed almost got me tho

[@grant6486]

I almost shit on my phone when he said it sounds like uzi

[@iamjuniorwizkid]

(2:20) "Sauce All On Me" is the closest to sound like Young Thug. Can't believe it's my first time hearing it!!! 🔥🔥🔊

[@Necksteppa77]

Forreal. Thats a SUPER clone. Jesus.

[@full0fw0nder]

I said that the first time I heard it a long time ago when it came on the radio in ATL but it didn’t say young thug it was saying coca. I was so confused, my mind was blown.

[@janhamusman5265]

Yo i listened to coca's other mixtapes before he released that track and he dont sound like thug back then! Tuned him up for that thug flow smh

[@foutanga4068]

Listen : outrageous spindark.spin tha blocc

[@andreshernandez3107]

Niggas should listen to Coca Vanga - Feelings, he sounds like 2015 Thugger

[@makariousclemons780]

1:27 this man has never listened to uzi 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@n1t4y94]

Makarious Clemons It kinda sounds like Uzi tho

[@duffal0]

bro if u know uzi u know that not even CLOSE to anything uzi would drop

[@jesusmtz4968]

@@duffal0 it does Like a young Uzi

[@cro3678]

i wouldnt say its uzi but i can see where he is coming from

[@888miah]

it sounds like uzis old old music like 2013

[@LeBeautiful]

Cartinese is a distant cousin into Slime Language. Just a quick FYI to everyone 😁🐍

[@iftikharkazi3026]

It's a dialect of mumblerapeese

[@iftikharkazi3026]

And stop commenting, PLEASE!!!!!

[@unownunown1530]

@@iftikharkazi3026 stfu let LeBron have hair, at least in the comment section.

[@iftikharkazi3026]

The Lakers suck compared to the Raptors.

[@nottheoriginalhandle]

@@iftikharkazi3026 oh yeah cause the raps definitely repeating the year 🤦‍♂️

[@MigoDomingo]

Bruh they got Lil Uzi Vert 0:26, Playboi Carti 0:58, and Diddy 1:08 in the same video... Respect Genius.

[@webstarapture2331]

Sam Nikola don’t forget offset

[@erikg7781]

The dude wearing red be so confident🤣🤣🤣

[@leogagaev395]

0:34 bro i nearly died🤦🏼‍♂️😅

[@tyresestewartforeverabsolu4089]

But can Playboi Carti fans speak Cartinese??

[@chaijiahao221]

Lol my mother tongue is chinese

[@clamp202]

Chai Jia Hao not cartinese tho

[@rohinsequeira9324]

🦋🦋🦋
yes ^ 🦋* !+ in :( 💕 fact :) xo ! i :( speak :( 💕 fluently ^ 🦋* !+
++ 🖤#love *

[@sushitrash893]

Roddy Ricch is also another very talented artist with a great voice who’s been influenced by Thugga.

[@supashep1]

WTF! Bruh, I've been saying "horses" this whole time... Lmao.

[@jakobe8767]

Gotta get yo thug ears up

[@danieljones6389]

Deadass

[@willstacy9685]

Smh

[@earhearthush-up5549]

Honestly everyone should just act like it’s ‘Horses’ because that’s a way cooler line

[@wingriddenangel8407]

I feel like he did that on purpose

[@CoolJay96]

These ain’t no Thug fans lol.. only guy I would say is, is buddy in the black shirt.

[@yzzre3135]

When young thug said “iososnlllllwitdabloclanslalsnxc suckm” I felt that

[@eljhin1]

ok

[@ethxn2159]

🗣

[@staqs]

L

[@tinhsound2130]

anonymous shinonome this nigga said “slimephobe” 💀💀💀💀

[@whosmansisdis2989]

@anonymous shinonome this nigga said "slimephobe"

[@otis3744]

red man : imma ace this bro i been studying since last week
after test: i know i murdered that question paper
results :❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌ -“come see me”

[@thtguyemeril--2453]

Red Guy: I’ve studied Young Thug since he came out
*gets* *all* *of* *them* *wrong*

[@phantomobserver3047]

RIP to the old Thug 😭 1991 - 2015

[@zixuhuang70]

Dude in red. Straight up fool😂😂😂

[@lordasayt]

“Sauce On Me” I SWEAR TO GOD I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUNG THUG, my life is a lie 😔

[@magnifecent1swagg]

When u first hear it lol i looked up thug sauce on me nothing pop up the video for the song wasnt out yet so it was lyrics i was like damn i dnt even like the song no more thats blatant

[@unownunown1530]

Man I feel like I would have gotten all of them besides that Coca Vango. Dude sounds exactly like New School Thug and I haven't listened to most of Slime Language.

[@mikeyc6643]

Slime Language is good on thugs part but the YSl signees are mostly not good

[@unownunown1530]

MikeyC yeah right, i mean i kinda like that hidoraah part on oh yeah, but that‘s mostly because i like the song. I don‘t know, i just hope that they‘ll create their own style some day. Sadly as we‘ve seen with Lil Duke it kinda seems like the opposite.

[@mrzero_7883]

@@mikeyc6643 tbh slime language really grew on me

[@RohitSharda]

Tsunami and Audemar are underrated asf

[@unownunown1530]

Dingle Nasty yeah audemars is a banger

[@geaninnechacha6264]

the fact that this was filmed in my fav park

[@dev2nn]

Man in red: I study young thug I know all about him, 30 secs later still hasn’t got one right

[@ll-xe7zl]

1:05 when it started that hmmmmm got me dead asf lmfao

[@ItzShxn]

They know why they cut him out 😂
He said no🤦🏽‍♀️😂😂

[@138misfi]

Long live keed 🕊

[@yeyeydhdhdhd792]

RIP

[@Dm-pl2oj]

They Picked The OLDEST Young Thug Song 🤦🏽‍♂️😂
Of Course He Sounded Different 8-9 Years Ago !

[@akin4484]

BTG came out like 2 years ago?

[@paulim5040]

@@akin4484 he's talking bout twitter song

[@mandawseck545]

Those are classics if you really a thug fan

[@nonamesinenomine]

If you didnt know that's what ttthug used to sound like and act like ur a fan you're fake

[@Ilovektara]

Real fans know!

[@yeisonmazariegos3240]

@ 0:21, when you studied all night and still fail the test.

[@__Jo__]

coca vango = yung thug
DAT WAS LIKE
GUNNA AND LIL BABY TOO 👌

[@tobaiah]

I can recognize thug he my favorite artist 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@LuhRome]

Tobaiah Williams 💯

[@webstarapture2331]

Tobaiah Williams he copied skooly tho

[@ehhblya9302]

WeBstA stfu

[@webstarapture2331]

Thugger Thugger y’all niggas knowin dat look at 100 dolls autographs thug had a whole different flow dat nigga used tunes to try n sound like skooly n y’all niggas kno it

[@webstarapture2331]

Thugger Thugger u ain’t shit but a RUclips thug lmao fuck outta here

[@ahmeddebrov3379]

This Video Shows You Young Thug Had So Many Kids 🐐

[@O.AceMusic]

This video is sick need more like it

[@sheldonangst7586]

that cocoa vango guy sounded exactly like him holy shit

[@Nick-qj6fb]

fr, I was gonna comment about how easy these were but I honestly would've probably gotten that one wrong

[@kalebh.2054]

Yall know wat goin yea yea yall know wat goin

[@martysochosen]

They all had to be new Thugga fans 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@moritzr.6333]

tbh this coco dude sounds exactly like thugger

[@unownunown1530]

@@moritzr.6333 yeah sounds like something that coulda been on Slime Language. I was confused as fuck.

[@calvin4279]

How do people listen to thug he’s so garbage

[@unownunown1530]

Calvin how can someone be named Calvin, that’s such a garbage name

[@FGBCINCO_YT]

Fasho cause that shit easy

[@vinci3k]

You guys lowkey updated my playlist😂😂😂

[@KCEgamer]

Thug is all these dudes’s father. It’s weird cuz he be supporting them too

[@internetprincess788]

He's a good dad... unlike mine

[@connorsewepegaham1721]

Thanks for playing She wanna party I love that song

[@haiderh042]

That red guy is like me saying i studied for my test but i know i'mma fail

[@shaniziadacunhaofficial]

Lmao the dude in the red!!!

[@leotheenk5181]

I thought sauce all on me was young thug ever since I heard it😭😭😭😭

[@YummySoapbar]

Ok but why was the buzzer so loud

[@javieresposito9912]

There should be a Golden Buzzer of failure for the guy that "studied" Young Thug.

[@12AMTapes]

3:10 “that’s another godsent voice” lol

[@motivationandknowledge8]

imagine not knowing twitter song. icfn1 through 3 are all classics and prolly my fav version of thug

[@lilbreezychopper8612]

Do more of these interviews

[@someradomhater6881]

Im more focused on these black queens 😍🥺

[@rolex1559]

lmaooo 😭😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣im dryingg laughingg🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😭

[@AdriiiVlogs]

No actually chief keef raised early mumble not yung thug

[@magnifecent1swagg]

That is true

[@magnifecent1swagg]

Wait a min or was it future i think future cuz 2010 till present future been rapping

[@wtfkyle]

When they played Melly 😩

[@slyny6052]

0:33 Honestly I use to think it was horses too man. Don’t feel bad. Id honestly rather it be a horse than hustler... sounds better lol

[@nightcrawler7123]

3:31 Gucci mane failed the test

[@BeatItBozo]

Yall should’ve done the song he has with Lil Wayne called Take Care 😂

[@mr.d5871]

D r a k e yes expose that guy

[@nonamesinenomine]

*Kare

[@zqhtpro]

Yoooo I thought it was "horses" LMFAO!!!!

[@marcuscooper8595]

Plus dont tell me you asked NY ppl about Thugga?!

[@bigfabo3842]

That buzzer is killin me lmao

[@dr.mantistoboggan3265]

She wanna party is like the most young thug verse ever they should’ve known😂

[@ltariku]

Beautiful thugger girls is...well, beautiful!

[@sufferationist]

Yeah once he says, "I'm not a dentist but a nigga flossing" you should know straight up

[@adilmohamed1787]

1:06 I'm crying😂😂

[@atld0n]

🤦🏾‍♂️ should've filmed this in Atlanta

[@eBabyy.]

bro is that unotheactivist🤣🤣🤣😭 0:58

[@keanospitta9221]

Lickle E on god I thought he was uno lmao 😂

[@jahmeldageek]

Here’s an idea next time...
don’t show us the song first so we can also see if we’re real Thugga fans 🐍
I had to close my eyes so I can play along 😭
*edit-* I got two wrong 🤧

[@MoneyyMike]

Look at my video vibe

[@jahmeldageek]

@@MoneyyMike tuff

[@spa571]

I’m dying half way through this video I’m sick 🤣😭

[@sebastiansandoval16]

So these the people who say they're excited for thuggers album, but end up never listening to it. Thug got some fake fans its sad. #slime

[@dripvic8991]

1:52 I love that song so much🤣

[@grandmaster4521]

I swear Young Thug don’t even know what he saying himself.

[@davidndukwe9549]

Young Thug got people studying him like history.... he’s goated and it’s not not even up for debate

[@VCMPMaverick]

Redman: "I've did my research on YT ever since he came out."
*WRONG 4X*
More like... "I've did my research on YT ever since he *CAME OUT* ."
Lol jkjkjk

[@commentingaccount122]

This video was amazing. MORE!

[@mikemade1211]

I would of definitely got that sauce all on me song wrong

[@IhateyouYouTubekys]

"I'm on the top of the mountain puffing on clouds and niggas still beginning" 😔😔😔

[@jae2482]

He do got the most fake fans him n chief keef

[@austin9273]

Jae does* have*

[@jae2482]

Jordan thanks didn’t kno I signed up for school online

[@kasatkaduppy126]

@YoungendSoulja fact right there

[@HiDefKingdom]

They need to go to ATL and do this

[@jamyraaa]

Ok..like am i the only one who thought the in the red shirt was Offset?

[@STXRMIIX]

1:42 When you rush zone 51 with out your friend

[@dodger06100]

I’ve never heard the song “sauce all on me” but that kinda slaps ngl

[@rodneyman711]

Shit weak

[@Shug4you]

I laugh so hard😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂

[@johngonamusic24]

Young thug is the real deal he changed the hip hop genre to something classy ...give flowers to this legend
👇

[@G23_]

*Thug is a deity*