According to Complex, the second day of rapper Young Thugs' RICO trial has started, during which his lawyer emphasized the correlation between his faith and the significance of his stage name. During an opening statement of the trial, attorney Brian Steel discussed Young Thugs whose real name is Jefferey Williams, his difficult upbringing, his distrust of the justice system, and the killing of his brother.
Steel also mentioned Williams' inspiration behind his rapper name, 2 Pac's 'P.Y.T' (Playa Young Thugs) and Michael Jackson's P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) Williams's stage name T.H.U.G is something personal for him, "he would be truly humbled under God. That's what T.H.U.G. means."