Young Thug Talks “Jeffery” And Official Name Change [Video]

For Young Thug, Jeffery, the title to his forthcoming (and highly anticipated) project, is more than just a batch of music. It’s the beginning of a new chapter. Lyor Cohen says Young Thug is now “No My Name is Jeffery” “After Jeffery come out, I hope everybody in the world start acknowledging me as Jeffery,” the “Best Friend” rapper told REVOLT this past weekend as he strolled to the Day N’ Night Festival stage alongside Birdman. As made clear by 300 Entertainment’s Lyor Cohen earlier this week, the project is expected to be a reintroduction of sorts, as the man behind the dark shades and rugged rap name trades in his famous alias for the name listed on his birth certificate: Jeffery. “I don’t want to be Young Thug anymore,” he said. Sharing similar sentiments earlier this week, Cohen appeared on the Rap Radar podcast and revealed the rapper would no longer be known as Young Thug. “Young Thug is not going to be Young Thug anymore,” he shared. “His new name is going to be No My Name is Jeffery.”

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