A tremendously successful rapper, Young Thug started his own record label, Young Stoner Life or YSL. Prosecutors have said he also co-founded a violent criminal street gang and that YSL stands for Young Slime Life. Hip-hop artist Young Thug attends a release party for his new album "PUNK" ...
Young Thug is currently in jail after being arrested on Monday (May 9) on state charges of participation in street gang activity and conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. He has now been charged with seven additional felonies, according to online ...
Young Thug out of jail on plea deal ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire discusses the rapper’s no contest plea to conspiracy to violate the RICO Act and leading a criminal street gang.Atlanta Rapper Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, has accept...
Young Thug is allegedly one of three founders of the Young Slime Life, "a criminal street gang that started in late 2012" in Atlanta, the indictment says. YSL is affiliated with the national Bloods gang, officials said. Charges include "Preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, powe...
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Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About two and a half years after he was arrested on the charges in a sprawling gang and racketeering indictment, Young Thug was released from custody Thursday evening.
YSL Trial Verdict: Last Defendants Acquitted of Murder Charges The proceeding that started with jury selection in January 2023 became the longest-running criminal trial in Georgia state history Finally Over By Nancy Dillon Young Thug Co-Defendant Stabbed While Awaiting Jury Verdict in YSL Gang Trial...
Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday to a number of charges in his lengthy racketeering trial. The "Pick Up the Phone" rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, entered a non-negotiated guilty plea deal to several of the charges that led him to the longest criminal trial in Georgia's...
Brian Steel, Young Thug’s lawyer, told theNew YorkTimesthat YSLis not a criminal street gang. “Mr. Williams came from an incredibly horrible upbringing, and he has conducted himself throughout his life in a way that is just to marvel at,” Steel said. “He’s committed no crime whats...
RAPPER YOUNG THUG'S RICO ACT CHARGES EXPLAINED He had previously charged with participation in criminal street activity and conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, according to the indictment. The indictment outlines specific charges against Williams and his 27...