From his genre-bending music, fluctuating between intricate verses and bursts of unintelligible croons, to his inimitable style—an unlikely combination of assault rifles and couture dresses—the Atlanta rapper has garnered a following as exciting and diverse as the 25-year-old’s own persona. That much was on full-display at Terminal 5 in New York City on June 29, when Thug, as he’s often called, performed his first studio album, Beautiful Thugger Girls, to an enraptured audience, eager to hear what Thug had periodically referred to as his “singing album." Little did the concert-goers know that neither the surprise of Thug’s totally revamped musical style, nor that of his bringing out special guest, Lil Yachty, (another young Atlanta rapper), would compare in the slightest to what Thug had in store.