With features from the likes of Young Thug, who offers up his first verse since being released from jail late last year, to Travis Scott and 21 Savage, who many think might’ve used his guest verse to throw some subliminal at Kendrick Lamar, WHAM is officially the year’s first major rap release, setting the tone for the months ahead.

Young Thug previously spent two years in jail after he was detained in a high-profile YSL RICO case. He was finally released in October 2024 after he pled no contest to the multitude of charges laid out against him, including racketeering and gang charges, and being found guilty on drug, gun, and another lesser gang charge.

Young Thug made his return to music on Friday (Jan. 3) when he appeared on Lil Baby’s new album WHAM for an assist on “Dum, Dumb, and Dumber” with Future. Thugger doesn’t waste any time addressing his two-plus-year jail stint as part of the enduring YSL RICO case.

Young Thug dropped his BUSINESS IS BUSINESS album in June 2023 while he was in jail awaiting his trial. A year later, Thugger teased his collaboration with Lil Baby during the hei