Verses Turned to Verdicts: YSL RICO Case Sets a High-Watermark for the Legal Pseudo-Censorship of Rap MusicYousfi, NabilSeattle University Law Review
Young Thug addresses his YSL RICO case on Lil Baby's "Dum, Dumb & Dumber" off new album 'WHAM.' Get the details.
The case is built on Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a law based on the more famous federalRICOstatute that’s been used to target the mafia, drug cartels and other forms of organized crime. Such racketeering laws make it easier for prosecutors to sweep...
Young Thugison trial in Fulton Countyin amassive RICO caseinvolving himself andfive other defendants. Prosecutors allege Williams and his co-defendants are members of the YSL gang, while defense attorneys argue YSL is simply the name of a record label, Young Stoner Life. Prosecutors say Youn...
Young Thug’s brother Unfoonk, born Quantavious Grier, has been sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison for violating the condition of his probation stemming from his plea deal in the YSL rico case.Fans of Thugger speculate that the popular rapper wi
Judge Paige Reese Whitaker is moving forward with Young Thug’s trial after Ural Glanville’s recusal. Everything you need to know about the YSL case.
The RICO trial against alleged YSL members got its third judge in three days this week, after Shukura L. Ingram recused herself on July 17. Now, it looks like Judge Paige Reese Whitaker will be sticking with the case. Another day, another recusal July 17: Judge Shukura L. Ingram has ...
On Monday, YSL attorney Justin Hill attended the court hearing where defense attorneys presented motions for Judge Glanville to remove certain evidence in the YSL RICO case. Hill called “cap” on the judge after not making a formal assertion for the session started....
Willis’ tactic of taking lyrics literally isn’t the first time she’s been creative with RICO cases. She gained national attention last year foradmittingthat she was considering RICO charges against Donald Trump for election fraud, and she was the lead prosecutor in a 2012 RICO case against...
(without conceding guilt). As of press time, six defendants are still facing trial, with nine defendants having pled out and 12 others severed from the trial. (Another defendant, Cordarius Dorsey, saw his RICO case dropped in the interests of “judicial economy” after he was twice convicte...