Young Thug Does The #MannequinChallenge, Previews 21 Savage Collaboration

By now, the hip-hop community (or any community, period) has seen a version of or taken part in the #MannequinChallenge, which sees a group of people posing completely still in various environments…debatably, Rae Sremmurd and 2 Chainz are the current kings with their versions, done on stage in front of a packed crowd and as part of a shopping-themed music visual, respectively. In addition, Rae Sremmurd’s SremmLife 2 track “Black Beatles” has seen a surge in plays as a result of the trend.

This week, Young Thug decided to attempt his own version of the challenge (which also features right-hand man YSL Duke and producer TM88) while boarding a private jet…

A video posted by “”JEFFERY”” (@thuggerthugger1) on Nov 6, 2016 at 4:17pm PST

…the bad news is that the clip is unintentionally hilarious, thanks to people moving ever-so-slighty (one guy couldn’t even stop blinking); the good news is that Thugger used the challenge to tease a new collaboration with Atlanta peer, 21 Savage, who has been making some serious waves since the release of the Metro Boomin-assisted project Savage Mode. Presumably, this track will appear on Young Thug’s final release of the year, which — in a recent interview with V Magazine — he stated will be “ten times harder than JEFFERY.”

Hopefully, more information on the currently-unnamed song will be revealed soon. In related news, Thug and 21 Savage will be hitting the road to begin their HIHORSE’D tour this week; you can see those dates below.

November 9th: Baltimore, MD — Rams Head LIVE
November 10th: New Haven, CT — College Street Music Hall
November 11th: Lowell, MA Lowell — Memorial Auditorium
November 13th: Philadelphia, PA — Electric Factory
November 14th: Norfolk, VA — The NorVa
November 17th: Royal Oak, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre
November 21st: Kansas City, MO — Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
November 22nd: Tulsa, OK — Cain’s Ballroom
November 26th: Tempe, AZ — Marquee Theatre
November 27th: Santa Ana, CA — The Observatory
November 28th: San Diego, CA — The Observatory
November 29th: Los Angeles, CA — Shrine Expo Hall
December 7th: Seattle, WA — Showbox SODO
December 8th: Portland, OR — Roseland Theater
December 9th: San Francisco, CA — The Warfield
December 11th: Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre
December 13th: Houston, TX — Revention Music Center
December 14th: Dallas, TX — Bomb Factory
December 16th: Orlando, FL — Venue 578
December 18th: New York, NY — Terminal 5

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