Two US Number One solo albums, blockbuster collaborations with Drake, J Cole, Camilla Cabello and Elton John.
Thirteen years on, Young Thug has arguably achieved the wild dream that motivated him to knock on Dun Deal’s door. “But when Thug came, I was like, this is my pet project.” He knew the investment would pay off. Dun also went on to produce Thug’s 2014 breakout hit Stoner, his first song to enter the US Charts. Dun would be behind the boards when Thug made his debut mixtape series, 2011/12’s three-part I Came from Nothing, and by Thug’s side when Atlanta trap legend Gucci Mane signed Thug to his own 1017 Records in a joint deal with Atlantic. “I looked at my boys and they were like: ‘Man, he says he’s gonna be the next Lil Wayne.’ We were like: ‘Yeah, come on in.’” The rising hip-hop rookies clicked, personally and professionally. But he was inclined to take him at his word. Dun, who’d already football produced buzzing local groups Rich Kidz and Travis Porter, hadn’t heard a single song by the teenager. He was wearing a purple peacoat over a cropped jersey and bell bottom jeans. “Let me in.” It was 2009, and the high school quarterback, then known as Jeffery Williams, was around 17 when he knocked on the door at Dun Deal’s studio near downtown Atlanta. “I’m going to be the next Lil Wayne,” Thug told the producer.
Get your copy here.ĭun Deal can still remember how Young Thug introduced himself. Taken from the new print issue of THE FACE.
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