#Young Thug Protégé T-Shyne Taps Kevin Durant To Executive Produce His New Album

While being an assassin on the court as an all-time NBA great, Kevin Durant also keeps his ear to the streets as a Hip Hop junkie and rap music savant. Young Stoner Life’s T-Shyne revealed on Monday (October 18) that KD will be executive producing his upcoming album.

“Album soon,” he wrote with a slideshow of photos locked in the studio with the Nets superstar and go-to YSL engineer Bainz. “Exec produced by @easymoneysniper.”

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T-Shyne previously announced that both Thugger and Kevin Durant would be on executive producer duties for his album last summer.

My album executive produced by @youngthug & @KDTrey5

— THE HOODIE GOD (@TShyne) August 19, 2020

While his most recent single “30 for 30” was released in September, T-Shyne appeared on Young Thug’s Punk album for project standout “Stressed” alongside rap dignitary J. Cole.

“And my brother, he just called, he need that lawyer money/They said he did it, but I know he didn’t/But you need O. J. money when you tryna get acquitted/This shit is sickenin’, nobody listen when you in prison,” T-Shyne candidly raps to close out the T-Minus-produced track. 

Rappers have solicited Durant’s opinion on their music in the past. Prior to the first Donda listening party in Las Vegas, KD met up with Kanye West — who now formally goes by Ye — to get a first-listen of the project.

“He was asking me what songs I liked”

Kevin Durant is asked about Kanye West’s upcoming Donda album pic.twitter.com/TlWawdhozf

— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) August 4, 2021

In more recent times, it isn’t uncommon to see an NBA player be involved with an artist’s project. James Harden served as an executive producer on Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s The Voice of the Heroes joint project earlier this year and LeBron James A&R’d 2 Chainz’s 2019 Rap or Go to the League album.