Young Thug Puts Chance the Rapper on Prince's Level

Is Chance going to go down in history like Thugger says?

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In the weeks following Prince‘s passing, Young Thug was one of the many, many artists and musicians to pay tribute to The Purple One. Taking the stage for a performance, Young Thug dressed as his own version of Prince for the entire set, complete with a Prince-themed backdrop. Now, he’s bringing up the legendary Purple Rain artist’s name up once more. Comparing Chance the Rapper to Prince, Thugger said that “Chance” is being “slept on” and will “die a slept-on legend like Prince.” You can check out the exchange and Thugger’s comments above. Most recently, Young Thug dropped a new single and hit the studio with Future.

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