Prosecutors allege that rapper Young Thug is the founding member of the Atlanta criminal group Young Slime Life, or YSL. After a co-defendant was stabbed multiple times in Fulton County Jail, the high-profile racketeering and conspiracy trial against Atlanta rapper Young Thug — and several other alleged members of the street gang Young Slime Life — will be delayed until …
Rapper Young Thug will stand trial before an Atlanta jury starting Monday in his high-profile RICO case. But Young Thug’s career came to a screeching halt in May 2022 when he was arrested on charges of participating in gang activity and violating Georgia’s criminal racketeering law as part of YSL. Young Thug faces several criminal charges Georgia officials allege rapper …
ATLANTA — Nearly 10 months after jury selection began, a panel of Georgia citizens was selected Wednesday for the trial of rapper Young Thug and several other people accused of participating in a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes. But prosecutors say YSL also stands for Young Slime Life, which they allege is an Atlanta-based violent street gang affiliated …
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Atlanta rapper Gunna is a free man after copping a plea that included him pleading guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge. Gunna, who was behind bars since his arrest in May, was among 28 people, including rapper Young Thug, accused of illegal racketeering activity as part of a group called 'Young Slime Life' or 'Young Stoner Life. Free at last: …
ATLANTA — Rapper Gunna, who was arrested earlier this year along with fellow rapper Young Thug and more than two dozen other people, on Wednesday pleaded guilty in Atlanta to a racketeering conspiracy charge, according to a statement released by his attorneys. Fulton County prosecutors in May obtained the sprawling 88-page indictment that said members of the Young Slime Life …
Over the last decade, the Atlanta rapper Young Thug has dropped a steady barrage of tracks about pistols and snipers, mob life and gangsters. In an 88-page document, Fulton County prosecutors list lyrics from nine of his songs, from 2014’s “Eww” to last year’s “Ski,” a collaboration with Atlanta rapper Gunna, who is also named as a defendant. Williams’ attorney, …
