Young Stoner Life is the full name of YSL, also known as Young Stoner Life Records, the label founded in 2016 by rapper
Young Thug. Apart from being home to
Thug, the label has supported the likes of
Gunna and
Lil Keed, among well over a dozen other signees. Assorted
Thug-related releases have been co-billed to
Young Stoner Life, most notably the compilations
Slime Language (2018) and the Billboard 200-topping
Slime Language 2 (2021).
Young Thug launched the label in November 2016, while he was in the middle of a hot streak that included
Slime Season 3 and
JEFFERY, his first two Top Ten entries on the Billboard 200, accomplished earlier that year. The label was first showcased on
Slime Language, which entered the Top Ten upon its release in August 2018.
Thug dominated the set but was joined by YSL signees including HiDoraah and Dolly (his sisters),
Gunna, and
Lil Keed, as well as guests
Lil Uzi Vert and
Lil Baby. Anticipation for a sequel started to intensify in 2020 with "Take It to Trial," headlined by
Thug with recent label signee
Yak Gotti.
Gotti, labelmate
Yung Kayo, and
Sheck Wes were then behind "GFU" in early 2021, and "That Go!" was close behind it, featuring
Thug and YSL artist
T-Shyne with
Meek Mill.
Slime Language 2 arrived that April with all three of those preceding tracks and went straight to number one. ~ Andy Kellman