Atlanta -According to jail documents, rapper Young Thug was one of 28 persons charged with conspiring to break Georgia’s RICO law and street gang offenses on Monday.
The arrest took place at the residence of the Atlanta rapper Jeffrey Lamar Williams in the Buckhead neighborhood, which is close to the city’s center. Fulton County Jail was where he was being detained.
According to the jail record, the gang charge was filed in 2018 and the conspiracy charge was filed in 2013.
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One of Young Slime Life’s three founders, according to reports, is Young Thug;
“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, power, and territory of the enterprise through acts of racketeering activity including murder, assault, and threats of violence.”
Young Thug was due to appear in court for the first time on Tuesday.
Rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, of Atlanta, and wannabe rapper Christian Eppinger, who was already incarcerated and accused of killing an Atlanta Police officer six times in February, were both indicted on Monday.
It was unclear at the time if Gunna, who is charged with conspiring to break the state’s RICO legislation, had been detained.
For 30 low-level offenders who couldn’t afford bail on their own in April 2021, Young Thug and Gunna posted the money.
