Thug Dropout Log

The lights went down for the second time shortly after nine thirty at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, as the sold-out crowd went wild for Young Thug.

Between the opening act, 21 Savage, and Young Thug, open spaces on the floor, typically portending mosh-pits, were instead covered in vomit and passed out bodies. Once the house lights went off, those spaces quickly filled in by the raucous crowd, as an enormous screen on stage played a montage of clips from the tour, and Thug, as his fans refer to him, and his team working in the studio set to a score composed of violins and pianos for dramatic effect, building in tempo and volume as an animated ghost horse galloped through purple clouds in a storm--the tour is titled “HIHORSE'D.” Once the three-minute video was over, the screen was rolled off the stage in the dark and blinding lights and fog took over the auditorium while the DJ began Thug’s latest high-energy hit, “Wyclef Jean,” off his latest project “JEFFERY.”

After 20 minutes of playing, the man known for controversy disappeared abruptly, allegedly due to “technical difficulties.” However, the DJ and hypeman’s microphones were working properly, along with the lights, and they continued to play a DJ set of popular songs for 20 minutes! Although the crowd was energized and bouncing around, scores of people could be seen maneuvering through the sold-out crowd towards the exit, as the man they paid to see was nowhere to be found, despite fans enthusiastically chanting “THUG!”

When Thug eventually strolled back on stage, with his first of many outfit changes, he picked up right where he left off--rapping only his mainstream