{"id":338687,"date":"2026-07-13T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338687\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:11:11","slug":"young-thug-just-announced-a-fall-tour-and-the-only-florida-show-is-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338687\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Thug just announced a fall tour, and the only Florida show is in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"364383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/rapperyoungthugperformsatthe2ndannualv103winterfest\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Young-Thug-2016-Jamie-Lamor-Thompson-shutterstock_537904723.jpg?fit=2500%2C1667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Shutterstock&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2016 Jamie Lamor Thompson\/Shutterstock.  No use without permission.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Rapper,Young,Thug,Performs,At,The,2nd,Annual,V103,Winterfest&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rapper,Young,Thug,Performs,At,The,2nd,Annual,V103,Winterfest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Young Thug plays  Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Dec. 10, 2016.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Young-Thug-2016-Jamie-Lamor-Thompson-shutterstock_537904723.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Young-Thug-2016-Jamie-Lamor-Thompson-shutterstock_537904723.jpg\" alt=\"A live music photograph of hip-hop artist Young Thug performing at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 10, 2016. Framed from the chest up and turned in profile looking downward to the right, the musician has their hair styled back and is wearing dark sunglasses. They are dressed in a black turtleneck under a dark jacket with patterned sleeve details, heavily accessorized with layered silver chains and a prominent hand-shaped pendant. The background consists of a solid, vibrant wash of deep blue stage lighting.\" class=\"wp-image-364383\"  \/>Young Thug plays  Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Dec. 10, 2016. Credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young Thug used to get shit for warbling his way through hip-hop, but fingerprints of his signature delivery are now all over the genre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After taking a five-year break from the road, and an appearance at Coachella last April, the 34-year-old Atlanta rapper is back to show off his Young Stoner Life record label.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe New Generation Tour\u201d kicks off in September and includes just one Florida stop, right here in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A press release says Thugger\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2018\/06\/20\/young-thug-lil-durk-computer-meme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the main character in one of humankind\u2019s all-time memes<\/a>\u2014is joined on the run by artists from the label including Tezzus, Diamond*, 1300saint, Iyrus, Yume, Biggs, and Unky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tour also comes less than two years after Thug, born Jeffery Lamar Williams II, <a href=\"https:\/\/defector.com\/we-have-to-talk-about-young-thug\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pleaded out of a high-profile racketeering conspiracy case<\/a> that landed him behind bars for two years. In January, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/crime\/ysl-trial\/young-thug-get-back-hundreds-of-thousand-cash-numerous-cars-guns-jewelry-from-georgia\/85-1d0c92be-e27b-4720-8ce8-71b95fee85f0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia judge ruled<\/a> King Slime should get cash, jewelry and numerous vehicles and guns back from the state officials that seized them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/young-thug-w-teezus-diamond-more-21595398\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Young Thug play Yuengling Center in Tampa on Wednesday, Sept. 23 are on sale to the public on Friday, July 17, with presales starting this Tuesday, July 14.<\/a> Ticket prices have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783966271_639_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/july-09-15-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 09 \u2013 15, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young Thug plays Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Dec. 10, 2016. 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