“No, My Name is Jeffery”.
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According to 300 Entertainment co-founder Lyor Cohen, Young Thug is no longer Young Thug.
“I’m Jeffery for one fucking week”, he said. “If I don’t sell a 100,000 copies”.
Rapper Young Thug explained the reasoning behind his decision to change his name to “No, My Name Is Jeffery” in advance of his new project Jeffery.
In an interview on the Rap Radar podcast, Cohen made the reveal saying that it’s an “important” change in Thug’s still blossoming career.
“The reality is, when you see this commercial [for the mixtape], you’re all going to understand what we do here at 300”.
One person wrote: “Young Thug changing his name to “No, My Name Is Jeffery” what is that??”
He is referring to his Jeffery mixtape, which is slated to drop today, his 25th birthday.
Following on from Naomi Campbell, Kylie Jenner and Rae Sremmurd, Young Thug has been enlisted to cover PUMA’s latest 70’s themed collection.
Known for an approach to identity rarely seen in hip-hop, Thugger is changing his name to No, My Name is Jeffery. Please respect us to actually segue and utilize his name going forward because it’s important.
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Lyon Cohen said Thug’s new name was part of the rapper’s “evolution” and would make sense when fans heard Jeffrey, the follow-up to Thug’s well-received March release, Slime Season 3.
