Young Thug Plays a Punk Rock “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” for NPR: Watch

Four new songs, plus a Travis Barker–assisted performance of “Ski”
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Young Thug in “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert,” video by Rowan Glenn and Erick Turcios (courtesy NPR)

Young Thug has offered up the latest installment of NPR’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Joined by a full band, performing front of the gardens of the Houdini Estate in Los Angeles, Thug played a set of new songs: “Die Slow,” “Droppin Jewels,” “Hate the Game,” and “Tick Tock.” For the last song, “Ski,” the band was joined by Travis Barker. Watch it happen below.

Earlier this year, Young Thug released Slime Language 2—a new collection of music featuring Gunna and the Young Stoner Life collective. According to a press release, Thug will release the album Punk on October 15. It was recently announced that Young Thug is set to star in Tiffany Haddish’s new movie Throw It Back.

Read Alphonse Pierre’s rap column entry “A Very Necessary Ranking of Every Guest Star on Young Thug’s Slime Language 2 Compilation.”