Young Thug won his first MTV Video Music Award last night, capping off a big year for the ATLien. The video for his “Wyclef Jean” track won for Best Editing. Naturally, with Young Thug, the resulting circumstances around the victory are a little odd. For starters, he didn’t actually appear in the video for “Wyclef Jean,” as he skipped out on the shoot for the Pomp&Clout-directed video, forcing them to get creative.
Most hilariously though, he didn’t even know he won the award.
So no one was going to tell me that I won an award??
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) August 28, 2017
Thugger posted the incredulous tweet at 4:44 (!!!) PM, a whole 18 hours after the VMAs ended. The official Twitter account for Pomp&Clout tweeted about the award last night, but didn’t actually tag Thugger. I guess that’s why he didn’t realize…either that or him being as spaced out as the very trophy he just learned about.
We got a moon man for best editing on Young Thug!!! Congrats to @ryanstaake and @Gargamelsh #VMAs pic.twitter.com/wQ9I7Gpetb
— Pomp&Clout (@pompandclout) August 28, 2017
We’re not sure if his ignorance of his victory reflects more on him and his team, Pomp&Clout, or the Video Music Awards committee, but it’s a crazy circumstance regardless. He could look at it in a positive manner though: not only is he pushing the boundaries of hip-hop with songs like “Wyclef Jean,” he managed to become the first artist who won an award for a video he skipped out on, at a ceremony he didn’t attend – and not even realize it until the next day.
