Singer Mariah the Scientist has been diligently in the stands during many of Young Thug’s court hearings for Georgia’s RICO charges against him. Now that Thug, born Jeffery Williams, has been released after a plea deal, she is celebrating his return.

“Thank you God, thank you God. This is more than we prayed for,” Mariah the Scientist said in a statement via text message to Atlanta-based WSB-TV reporter Michael Seiden. “We are so grateful, this is the greatest opportunity we have ever had and we are so grateful. Thank you Judge Paige Whitaker for giving us the opportunity to move on with our lives! Thank you. Thank you Brian Steel and Keith Adams and every attorney working tirelessly on this case. THANK YOU! I can’t say it enough, I can’t repay you for this. You changed our lives, Jeffery’s and mine. Thank you to everyone who has been there for us, every fan, who believed in us and prayed for us.”

On the night of Thug’s release, Mariah the Scientist performed in Brooklyn during Latto’s Sugar Honey Iced Tea tour. On stage, she acknowledged the victory through tears with a prayer. “This has really taken a long time and it has been very difficult,” she said. “There were people who told me I would never see him again. There were people who laughed at me and laughed at the situation, and made fun of us. This shit is so fucking crazy, man,” she said before catching herself swearing.

“This should be a prayer,” she said before announcing her message to the crowd. “All the motherfuckers that doubted me and doubted this shit and said this nigga would never come back, fuck y’all. What are you going to say now, bitch?’ Mariah normally sends out a “Free Thug” message during her shows, but last night she said she had to change it up. “Let’s just get to the end so I can get on this plane!” she added.

In a recent interview on WNBA star Angel Reese’s podcast, the singer spoke alongside Latto about the beauty and difficulty of her relationship with Thug, which began in 2021. “He’s been incarcerated now longer than we were in a relationship before he was released. locked up,” she said. “I see him in court, so I’m going to court. Sometimes I fall asleep there. I’m just going to breathe his air.”

Mariah the Scientist has spent much of the past two years on tour with the likes of Rod Wave, Future and Coldplay. She released her debut EP on SoundCloud in 2018 and has since released three studio albums: Master, Ry Ry worldAnd To be eaten alive. She and Young Thug have two songs together: 2022’s “Walked In” and 2023’s “Ride.” Last year, Thug responded to her song “From a Woman” with his own song “From a Man.”