Young Thug To Play First Live Show Since Prison Release This Summer
The rapper is headlining Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash alongside Don Toliver, Yeat, Future, and more.
Young Thug is officially returning to the stage for the first time since his 2022 arrest.
The 33-year-old rapper is headlining Lyrical Lemonade’s 2025 Summer Smash festival, which is scheduled to take place from June 20 to 22 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. Thug will perform on Sunday, following Don Toliver and Yeat on Friday and Future on Saturday. Chance the Rapper will also perform on Sunday, while the remainder of the lineup includes Quavo, Lil Yachty, Sexyy Red, Ski Mask the Slump God, NLE Choppa, Soulja Boy, and more.
Thug has not performed live since his set at South by Southwest in March of 2022. In May of that year, the rapper was arrested on RICO charges, with prosecutors accusing him of leading criminal gang activities under his record label YSL. He remained in jail for over two years while the trial endured, in what became Georgia’s longest criminal trial in history. In October of last year, Thug accepted a plea deal, which granted him freedom with 15 years’ probation.
Tickets for the 2025 Summer Smash festival will go on sale on Friday, March 28, at 12 p.m. CT. See the full lineup below.
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