Young Thug

The hip hop artist, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was one of 28 people charged in a sweeping indictment that focuses on "Young Slime Life," an ...

The hip hop artist, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was one of 28 people charged in a sweeping indictment that focuses on YSL, or "Young Slime Life", an alleged street gang that formed in Atlanta in 2012. Young Thug is charged with two counts: conspiracy to violate the state of Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act, and participating in criminal street gang activity. The hip hop artist, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was one of 28 people charged in a sweeping indictment that focuses on "Young Slime Life," an alleged street gang.

Grammy-award winning rap artist Young Thug was arrested Monday in Atlanta and indicted on conspiracy and gang charges.

Kitchens is also among the defendants to be named in the indictment filed Monday. Performing as Young Thug, Williams has been hailed as one of the most influential hop-hop artists to emerge in the past two decades. Williams pleaded not guilty, and the case is ongoing, according to court records.

Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug has been named in a sweeping 56-count gang indictment, according to court documents obtained by CNN.

Other alleged members of the YSL enterprise are accused of violent offenses in the indictment, including murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery. As of Tuesday morning, Kitchens was not in police custody, police said. Jeffery Lamar Williams, who performs as Young Thug, was arrested at his home in Atlanta on Monday, according to police.

Indictment quotes multiple music videos as evidence and accuses alleged gang members of targeting other high-profile rap artists.

YFN Lucci was among a dozen people charged in another gang-related Rico indictment in Fulton county a year ago. For at least some of them, that could mean life in prison. Fulton county prosecutors say that in late 2012, he and two others founded Young Slime Life, a violent criminal street gang that’s commonly known as YSL and is affiliated with the national Bloods gang.

Rapper Young Thug was arrested in Atlanta on alleged gang-related charges after being named among 28 people, including rapper Gunna, in a 56-count grand ...

It is unclear if he has been arrested. Record label Young Stoner Life was announced in 2016 by Young Thug and is an imprint of 300 Entertainment. More than a dozen artists are signed to the Young Stoner Life label, including Gunna. ABC News has reached out to representatives of the music label but a request for comment was not immediately returned. Atlanta-based rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, was also named in the indictment on one count of conspiring to violate the RICO Act. ABC News has reached out to representatives for Gunna but a request for comment was not immediately returned. “Mr. Williams has committed no violation of law, whatsoever. Steel said that Young Thug is currently in custody and the court will set a hearing in the near future to consider bond. The rapper was among 28 people allegedly associated with the Atlanta-based Young Slime Life (YSL) gang, which authorities say he founded in 2012, who were charged with conspiring to violate the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act, according to charging documents obtained by ABC News. YSL is also the name of his record imprint, Young Stoner Life, and a number of those charged are associated with the label.

Over the last decade, the Atlanta rapper Young Thug has dropped a steady barrage of tracks about pistols and snipers, mob life and gangsters.

A Black Democrat who was elected in 2020 and swiftly found herself in the center of the firestorm over whether former President Trump and his associates committed election fraud in Georgia, Willis has consistently said her number one focus is targeting gangs. “However, the 1st Amendment does not protect people from prosecutors using it as evidence if it is such,” she said. “These artists often express dramatizations of stories and events that persist in their communities,” he said. After spending two years in jail, Drakeo was acquitted of the murder charge and later released on a plea deal. The indictment charges Williams with renting a silver Infiniti Q50 sedan that was used in the commission of Donovan’s murder. Then they have to demonstrate that those crimes were carried out by two or more people as part of a broader enterprise of racketeering activity that the defendant controlled or was employed by. “The indictment is frivolous,” he said. Under RICO, a complicated statute closely modeled on the 1970 federal law that was used to convict top mobsters and gangsters who engaged in organized crime, a defendant need not have committed a crime to be found guilty. Mr. Williams will be cleared of any wrongdoing.” “It does not matter what your notoriety is, what your fame is,” she said. They also shot at the tour bus of Dwayne Carter, Jr., the New Orleans hip-hop star also known as Lil Wayne. On Monday, Georgia prosecutors arrested Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, on felony charges of participating in gang activity and violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute.

He was indicted with about two dozen others, including some accused of murder and attempted armed robbery. The county's district attorney has vowed to crack ...

She has also raised the possibility that Mr. Trump and some of his allies may have violated state RICO law in their alleged efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. The rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, was charged in a sweeping grand jury indictment that identified him and 27 other people as members of the same criminal street gang and charged some of them with violent crimes including murder and attempted armed robbery. His arrest comes as District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County — a Democrat best known for investigating whether former President Donald J. Trump and his allies committed election fraud in Georgia — has vowed to crack down on street gangs in Atlanta, a city reeling from violent crime.

A day after arresting rapper Young Thug on gang and racketeering charges, Fulton County's top prosecutor said the musician and the alleged gang he's accused ...

Others remain at large as of press time. Between the lines: At a news conference Tuesday, Willis defended her team’s use of song lyrics and social media posts to build a case against the 28 defendants. A day after arresting rapper Young Thug on gang and racketeering charges, Fulton County's top prosecutor said the musician and the alleged gang he's accused of co-founding wreaked "havoc" in Atlanta, with crimes involving violence, theft and drugs.

Young Thug has been charged – alongside fellow rapper Gunna and 26 others – with numerous counts of racketeering. Prosecutors in Georgia allege that the ...

Real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, he is accused of drugs and weapons-related crimes, and renting a vehicle which was used in a drive-by shooting. “It does not matter what your notoriety is, what your fame is”, said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at a press conference yesterday. Young Thug has been charged – alongside fellow rapper Gunna and 26 others – with numerous counts of racketeering.

ATLANTA — Popular rapper Young Thug faces a slew of accusations from Fulton County's district attorney, including that he was allegedly a founder and active ...

Pushin P” rapper Gunna is in custody at the Fulton County Jail after turning himself into police Wednesday morning for a charge related to Young Thug's ...

“As the district attorney of Fulton County, my number one focus is targeting gangs, and there’s a reason for that. Mr. Williams will be cleared.” Young Thug (real name: Jeffery Lamar Williams) was arrested and taken into custody on Monday, on charges of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and participation in criminal street gang activity.

The Georgia indictment perpetuates a much-criticized history of prosecutors using rap lyrics in court. The defendants could spend decades in prison if ...

Five of Young Thug’s alleged YSL associates—including another YSL rapper, Yak Gotti, whose real name is Deamonte Kendrick—are now charged with Thomas’ murder. As for Young Thug, prosecutors claim he co-founded YSL as a “criminal street gang” in 2012. Gunna is charged only under RICO. Charges against others named in the indictment span murder, attempted murder, robbery, assault, carjacking, and theft, along with possession of drugs and firearms.

Rapper Gunna, who is named with Young Thug in a massive Atlanta gang indictment, was booked into Georgia's Fulton County jail Wednesday,

His third album, “DS4Ever,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart. Gunna and Young Thug (real name: Jeffrey Lamar Williams) were both arrested in Atlanta in 2017 on drug-possesion charges after a traffic stop. The indictment includes 28 total defendants affiliated with YSL, and charges them with 56 counts related to gang activity and racketeering; the indictment alleges that Gunna committed felonies including receiving stolen property and drug possession with intent to distribute.