Young Thug Channels Michael Jackson and Prince at HiTunes Tour Stop in New York

"Please turn your phones off."

That's what the crowd heard at the Playstation Theatre last night (May 2) as they rocked back and forth from left to right, patiently waiting for Young Thug to hit the stage. A sold-out crowd of roughly 2,100 waited anxiously for the most polarizing rap star since Lil Wayne. Nobody's phone was getting turned off.

Shortly after 10 p.m. the lights dimmed and as "King TROUP" started playing over the speakers, Thug walked out to front stage, where a special microphone with a Prince symbol attached to it sat perched on a mic stand. Then the rapper stood there and rapped the heartfelt song about his dead friend.

Thug was dressed in a ruffled white shirt that channeled the late, great Purple One, along with the kind of black pants, white socks and black shoes that Michael Jackson was known for. During parts of the show, an image of Prince was projected on a screen behind him and to his left stood a cardboard cutout of Michael doing one of his many signature dance moves. Safe to say Thug's presentation is unlike any other rapper's in hip-hop right now.

The fellow 300 Entertainment signees that opened for him fared well too. Dae Dae performed his rising hit "Wat U Mean" along with a couple other joints off his new 4 Reasons tape, Duke did a few records off his new Uber Man project, Rich the Kid performed cuts off Trap Talk with popular Chicago rapper Famous Dex at his side and Lil Yachty got the audience turnt with crowd-pleasers like "1 Night" and "Minnesota."

But when Young Thug walks into a room he commands complete attention. There were at least two breaks in his show -- one when he changed out of his ruffled shirt and into his merch tee right onstage and another where he simply left to apparently get some water before coming back.

He finished with a trio of hits -- "Stoner," "Lifestyle" and "Best Friend" -- only after diving head first into the crowd, only to be regurgitated by his loving fans into security's arms so he could return to the stage.

TM88 did a good job as Thug's DJ for the show, but he kept cutting the beat and though Thug asked for a cappella parts numerous times, it felt like they never let the beat drop for crucial songs.

Throughout the show, Thug would also do the beginning parts of his tracks a cappella and TM would play the beat after it had already dropped. That kept the songs from building up and seemed to counteract the crowd's energy at times.

But compared to earlier concerts, the Hy!£UN35 2.0 tour is a well put-together showcase of Thug's hits, old and new, mixed with the stylish new look that will almost surely be incorporated into his Hy!£UN35 album rollout.

Check out some more photos of the show above with cameos from Fetty Wap and Lyor Cohen, among others, and Thug's Prince-inspired look below.

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