Young Thug apologises to GloRilla after alleged jail phone call leaks

Young Thug has apologised to GloRilla after an alleged phone call from his time in jail leaked, in which he calls her ugly.

The Grammy-winning rapper and founder of the Young Stoner Life (YSL) label was indicted by Georgia prosecutors along with dozens of others in May 2022 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Prosecutors alleged that YSL was more than a label, accusing it of operating as a front for a criminal gang that was involved in murders and drug trafficking.

The trial became the longest in Georgia state history, and Young Thug – real name Jeffery Williams – eventually pleaded guilty to six charges related to gang and racketeering activity in November 2024, having been held in jail for over two years without bail. He was released that month as part of a negotiated sentence that accounted for time already served.

“I take full responsibility for my crimes, for my charges,” Young Thug said in court ahead of his release. “To really everybody that has got something to do with this situation, I want to say sorry.”

Though he’s now been released, his alleged phone calls from his time in jail have been leaking in audio snippets.

In one call, the rapper allegedly calls GloRilla ugly, making comments about her “big ass head” and “big mouth” and saying he “would not pursue her, like at all.”

Glo seemed to respond to the call, writing on X/Twitter on Thursday (September 4): “Mind you dis da same n***a blowing my phone up to ask what color my eyes is lmaooo.”

Thug later tagged her in another tweet In a tweet today, writing: “first of all I’m sorry to u for my words and I honestly don’t think ur ugly at all, I was speaking from jail just having a hard time with life.. I don’t like bashing girls and hardly ever did.. I’m sorry to u twin.”

Mind you dis da same nigga blowing my phone up to ask what color my eyes is lmaooo

— GloRilla (@GloTheofficial) September 4, 2025

@GloTheofficial first of all I’m sorry to u for my words and I honestly don’t think ur ugly at all, I was speaking from jail just having a hard time with life.. I don’t like bashing girls and hardly ever did.. I’m sorry to u twin

— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) September 4, 2025

Since being released, Thug has opened up about his protracted legal troubles and jail time over the last three years, saying he thinks he is “too big for jail”.

In a recent interview with GQ, Young Thug asserted that he is an “innocent man”, explaining that he pleaded guilty on those specific charges in order to avoid a harsher sentence.

“Just pleading to something you know that you didn’t do is crazy,” he said. “But you get a chance to keep fighting. [You can] worry about the jury’s fate, or you [can] just go ahead now and go home. It’s like shit, go home.”

Young Thug is now turning his attention back to music, having appeared as a guest on Playboi Carti’s new album ‘Music’ in March, and releasing the new track ‘Money On Money’, featuring Future earlier this week. He is set to release his new album ‘UY Scuti’, the follow-up to 2023’s ‘Business Is Business’, imminently, although there is no confirmed release date yet.

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