"I always knew I could rap, and in a sense I always rapped. And I've always behaved like a rapper. But I started to take it seriously when I recorded with the people of Brick when I started to receive some money."
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Source : "We Translated Young Thug’s French Interview So You Don’t Have To". Interview with Carl Lamarre, theurbandaily.cassiuslife.com. September 8, 2015.