Young Thug coming home is one of the most feel-good moments of 2024, and it wouldn’t have happened without his attorney, Brian Steel. The 33-year-old rapper recently paid it forward by speaking to law students about why their chosen profession is so important.
Thugger’s 15-year probation term mandated that he do community service, specifically speaking to students. Steel appeared at Emory University School Of Law this week, and called the “Hot” rapper so he could address the potential future lawyers. “You gotta always look at it like they’re there to put us in prison and you guys are here to keep us from prison,” the Grammy winner said.
“Brian Steel is the best person possible. He should be a professor. You guys should become lawyers. I think it’s very important to help people out of the situations they’re in the best you can. I mean, what side do you want to be on? You want to put people in prison for mistakes? Because everybody makes mistakes, they’re human.”
Young Thug reminded the students that anyone could have been in his position, which increases the importance of having people equipped to advocate on their behalf. “And everybody on this phone, in this classroom, you always need to know that you’re one mistake away,” he said.
“I feel like we need more people like Brian Steel on this earth and less people like that. So I think it’s very, very, very important to be a lawyer over anything. Lawyers and doctors are the two greatest things that were ever founded. You actually help people. That’s doing the real God work.” He ended by reiterating that they should all stick to their path and offered himself as a resource.
Thug was released from police custody last Wednesday (Oct. 31). He pleaded no contest to racketeering conspiracy and guilty to three drug charges, two gun charges, and one gang charge. He specifically requested that he be permitted to speak to and work with Gunna as part of the terms of his probation, as he was previously told he could not communicate with any street gang members. Brian Steel put on a masterclass in their final hearing, breaking down why the rap lyrics cited during the trial were misinterpreted and asserting the good that Thug has done for music, his artists, and his community.
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