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<blockquote data-quote="HotNewHipHop" data-source="post: 39582" data-attributes="member: 83">We've received a handful of<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-baby-says-hes-spoken-with-young-thug-he-in-great-spirits-news.153235.html" target="_blank"> updates</a> on Young Thug since his arrest earlier this year but they've all been relayed from those closest to him. On Sunday night, the rapper shared a statement directly to his fans on the Hot 97 Summer Jam stage. Thug expressed gratitude for the support on behalf of YSL in the pre-recorded message.<h4><img src="https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/06/13/GettyImages-1202198431.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></h4>
<h4>Amy Sussman/Getty Images</h4>&quot;I just want to say thank you to all of my friends and my family for coming out and supporting us. You know, your support during this time means a lot to us,&quot; he said. Last week, 300 Ent.'s CEO <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-liles-tearfully-vouches-for-young-thug-in-court-hes-like-a-son-to-me-news.152988.html" target="_blank">Kevin Liles</a> and Atlantic Records COO announced a petition called Rap Music On Trial: Protect Black Art that aims to <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/prosecutors-claim-young-thug-rapped-about-shooting-at-yfn-luccis-mother-news.153047.html" target="_blank">end the use of artistic expression as evidence in court. </a>“You know, this isn’t just about me or YSL, I always use my music as a form of artistic expression, and now I see that Black artists and rappers don’t have that, you know, freedom,” he said. “Everybody please sign the ‘Protect Black Art’ petition and keep praying for us. I love you all.”The prosecutors have presented lyrics from Young Thug and YSL in their <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ysl-rico-indictment-everything-we-know-news.151859.html" target="_blank">88-page RICO indictment</a> including records like &quot;Anybody&quot; ft. Nicki Minaj, Thug &amp; Gunna's &quot;Slatty,&quot; and more.Liles and Greenwald's petition follows the success of the &quot;Rap Music On Trial&quot; bill in the New York Senate that restricts the &quot;admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s creative or artistic expression in a criminal proceeding.&quot;We'll continue to keep you posted on more<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/young-thug-shares-message-to-fans-from-jail-at-hot-97-summer-jam-news.153478.html" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HotNewHipHop, post: 39582, member: 83"] We've received a handful of[URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-baby-says-hes-spoken-with-young-thug-he-in-great-spirits-news.153235.html'] updates[/URL] on Young Thug since his arrest earlier this year but they've all been relayed from those closest to him. On Sunday night, the rapper shared a statement directly to his fans on the Hot 97 Summer Jam stage. Thug expressed gratitude for the support on behalf of YSL in the pre-recorded message. [HEADING=3][IMG]https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/06/13/GettyImages-1202198431.jpg[/IMG] [I]Amy Sussman/Getty Images[/I][/HEADING] "I just want to say thank you to all of my friends and my family for coming out and supporting us. You know, your support during this time means a lot to us," he said. Last week, 300 Ent.'s CEO [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-liles-tearfully-vouches-for-young-thug-in-court-hes-like-a-son-to-me-news.152988.html']Kevin Liles[/URL] and Atlantic Records COO announced a petition called [I]Rap Music On Trial: Protect Black Art[/I] that aims to [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/prosecutors-claim-young-thug-rapped-about-shooting-at-yfn-luccis-mother-news.153047.html']end the use of artistic expression as evidence in court. [/URL] “You know, this isn’t just about me or YSL, I always use my music as a form of artistic expression, and now I see that Black artists and rappers don’t have that, you know, freedom,” he said. “Everybody please sign the ‘Protect Black Art’ petition and keep praying for us. I love you all.” The prosecutors have presented lyrics from Young Thug and YSL in their [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ysl-rico-indictment-everything-we-know-news.151859.html']88-page RICO indictment[/URL] including records like "Anybody" ft. Nicki Minaj, Thug & Gunna's "Slatty," and more. Liles and Greenwald's petition follows the success of the "Rap Music On Trial" bill in the New York Senate that restricts the "admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s creative or artistic expression in a criminal proceeding." We'll continue to keep you posted on more [url="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/young-thug-shares-message-to-fans-from-jail-at-hot-97-summer-jam-news.153478.html"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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