Quantavious Tavario Thomas (born December 17, 1992), known professionally as Young Nudy, is an American rapper. Based in Atlanta, he is best known for his collaborations with record producer Pierre Bourne as well as his cousin and fellow rapper 21 Savage, including his 2023 song "Peaches and Eggplants". Thomas released his debut studio album Anyways in 2020, which was followed up with Dr. Ev4l (2021), Rich Shooter (2021), EA Monster (2022) and Gumbo (2023).
Thomas initially gained fame for his Slimeball mixtape seres, leading to him signing with RCA Records and Same Plate Entertainment to release Slimeball 3 in 2018. During this time, he also became known for his viral song "Pissy Pamper" (with Pi'erre Bourne featuring Playboi Carti), which became an Internet meme despite it remaining unreleased. In 2019, he released the collaboration album Sli'merre (with Pi'erre Bourne), which was considered his breakout project, peaking at number 63 on the Billboard 200 and receiving generally positive reception. The same year, he was featured on Dreamville Records single "Down Bad", which became his first entry on Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 64.
On February 3, 2019, Thomas and 21 Savage were arrested in a targeted operation in DeKalb County, Georgia. Thomas was charged with aggravated assault, while Savage was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and alleged to be in the United States illegally from the United Kingdom.
Early life
Thomas was born in East Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, and lived in the Paradise East Apartments. He is the older brother to PDE 4L Escobar and a cousin to fellow Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage. Nudy grew up with his mother but said he had a closer bond with his grandparents than he had with his mother. He is of Jamaican descent.
Career
2015–2018: Slimeball 2, Nudy Land, and Slimeball 3
In 2015, Nudy was featured on American rapper 21 Savage's's song "Air It Out". Later that year, Nudy released the mixtape Paradise 2 East Atlanta with rapper Kourtney Money.
In 2017, Nudy released the sequel to Slimeball, Slimeball 2, which featured artists Juicy J, Peso, 21 Savage and Kourtney Money, as well as production by Metro Boomin, Pi'erre Bourne, and Richie Souf. Its lead single, "EA" featured 21 Savage and garnered 146 million streams on Spotify and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 24, 2022.
In late 2017, Nudy released the Nudy Land mixtape, which featured rappers Offset and Lil Yachty. It was once more produced by longtime producer Pierre Bourne. The mixtape also featured 13 tracks. As of June 2019, the mixtape has surpassed 30 million total streams on Spotify.
Prior to the release of Slimeball 3, Young Nudy signed a multi-million dollar, four-album record deal with Paradise East Records, RCA Records and Same Plate Entertainment.
In August 2018, Nudy released the 14-track Slimeball 3 mixtape, as the sequel to the previous Slimeballs. The mixtape featured production by Pi'erre Bourne, Metro, Wheezy, 13teen and Maaly Raw, among others. Previous singles "Do That" and "Sherbert" were among the 14 tracks on the mixtape. The mixtape became Nudy's first charting project on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 146. The project has a total of over 18 million streams on Apple Music as of May 2019.
2019–present: Faded in the Booth, Sli'merre, Anyways, and Dr. Ev4l
In April 2019, Nudy released a surprise project titled Faded in the Booth. On August 21, 2019, Young Nudy and RCA Records re-released the project on streaming platforms. Just two weeks before the release of his collaborative mixtape Sli'merre, a song entitled "Pissy Pamper" with fellow rapper Playboi Carti surfaced. The track, produced by Pi'erre Bourne, became an internet meme, with Playboi Carti performing the song at Coachella. An unofficial upload of the song—which has not yet been officially released—has over 4 million plays on SoundCloud. His collaboration album Sli'merre with American record producer Pi'erre Bourne debuted at number 167 on the US Billboard 200 and peaked at number 63 the following week. In June 2019, Young Nudy and Pi'erre Bourne confirmed that the song would no longer be released due to sample clearance issues.