Ninja (Young Thug song)
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| "Ninja" | |
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| Song by Young Thug | |
| from the album UY Scuti | |
| Released | September 26, 2025 |
| Length | 3:50 |
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"Ninja" is a song by American rapper Young Thug, released on September 26, 2025, from his fourth studio album, UY Scuti (2025), through YSL Records, 300 Entertainment, and Atlantic Records. The track was written by Thug himself, alongside the song's producers Southside, Car!ton and PeytonTheAlien. Upon its release, the song sparked controversy for using the racial slur "nigger", with him saying the word a total of 16 times in the song.
The song opens with sampled audio of a prosecutor from the YSL Records racketeering trial condemning Young Thug, talking about how dangerous he is.[1][2][3] This is followed by the introduction of an 808-heavy beat,[3] over which Thug boasts about his luxuries in his verses.[2][3] In the closing lines, he repeatedly uses the word "nigger" to address his enemies.[1][2][3][4]
Critical reception
Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork gave a negative review of the song, calling it "one of the most shameless rap songs in Thug's catalog". He described the beat's style as one that he "got tired of a half-decade ago" and especially criticized the use of "nigger", writing "That's right, chanting 'nigger'—in a Hank Hill-like accent, I'd like to add. It's so dumb and corny, just bottom-of-the-barrel edgelord trolling."[3]