Hear No Evil is a maxi-single released by Young Thug on April 13, 2018, as an EP requires four songs or more. The maxi-single was not announced until the day it dropped, but rumors of its release had been floating around the whole week, with Thug and Nicki promoting the soon-to-be lead single fro the project, “Anybody,” and posting the number 3 to tease the length of the project. In a February 2018 interview with Hypebeast, Thug said: I’ve got a brother who can’t hear or talk, so I want to act deaf for a year. So I ain’t going to put out no music this year. While Hear No Evil contradicts that statement, the EP honors his unnamed brother through both its title and the sign language video that accompanies the Nicki Minaj-featuring lead single, “Anybody.” The idea to release a tribute instead of refraining from releasing music may have been inspired by a spokesperson for the National Association of the Deaf. Following Thug’s statement to Hypebeast, the spokesperson told The Blast that it would be “better for Thug to help raise awareness for the deaf community by making his music more accessible to the deaf, rather than not releasing it at all.” The spokesperson also stated that Thug “could make it happen by enlisting deaf people to do American Sign Language renditions of his songs.”