“Yo, this is the kid, Thugger Thugger,” said Young Thug on Instagram on Tuesday. “I’m finally coming out with my Slime Season mixtape, but I need one of my very important fans to create the art for me and tag me in it or you can send to my gmail slimeseasonfanofart@gmail.com Ready!” Aspiring art directors didn’t have much time for inspiration to strike though because the rapper also hashtagged the post with “#HURRY I need it now!!!”
Well now he’s chosen a bleeding-eyed and bandaged bust (along with a potential lawsuit YSL logo) by @sheikh_cote & @beelbe to cover the 18-track mixtape, with producer London On Da Track (a precursor to his much-anticipated debut album Hy!£UN35). Slime Season features collaborations with Lil Wayne as well as Quavo and Offset from Migos. Young Thug is not the first artist to ask his devoted followers to do the designing for him: A$AP Rocky ran crowd-sourced art around the release of his latest album At. Long. Last. A$AP.
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