Young Thug made his grand return to the stage at Chicago’s Summer Smash on Sunday, and while the audience came for the music, they stuck around for the feels. And if there was one moment that stood out in the memory more than all the others, in what was a high-energy set complete of long-anticipated performances and fan-favorite hits, it was a heartfelt shoutout to his woman holding him down, Mariah The Scientist.
For Thug, it was no ordinary performance. It was his first performance since he had been released from prison, and the Atlanta rapper seemed to have more on his mind than lyrics. Midway through his set, with the rapid-fire energy still revving high, Young Thug stopped for a second to speak to the women in the audience. “All the pretty ladies make louder noise right now,” he shouted, and his DJ chimed in, in a more playful back-and-forth, about all the beautiful women in the house.
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“I got my beautiful girl out here, mane, you know what I’m saying?” he asserted definitively, quashing rumors about where his heart lies. “I don’t see none of that s**t, kid. My s**t out here. What’s up, baby? This for you, baby.” He then jumped into his hit “Bad Bad Bad” from the album So Much Fun, a song with the calm confidence of a man who’d just publicly declared his allegiance to the mob in front of thousands.
Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist’s romance has been far from easy. They have been in and out of the public eye or under public scrutiny. Rumors, speculation, and their personal struggles have enshrouded their timeline, but at this moment at Summer Smash, all that noise was cut through. It was raw, public, and undeniably authentic. In an industry that can often thrive on chaos and scandal, it’s good to see open declarations of love, particularly from someone like Young Thug, who’s never been afraid to show us his soft side underneath his rugged exterior.
For the fans of both artists, this was a statement. Thug and Mariah are just as into each other as ever, and he makes it sound like he’s even more into her than he’s always been. While Young Thug continues to explore his freedom and career with a renewed sense of purpose, confident Mariah The Scientist is the woman beside him, and he’s letting the world know it.
