Category: Young Thug

No Rap on Your Rap Sheet

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will prevent violent rap lyrics, especially those that discuss murder, from going into a trial as evidence to prejudice a jury. Rappers and California legislators say this is a victory for artistic expression, but what happens when art no longer imitates life, but becomes reality? –…


Judge Concerned About Witness Intimidation in Young Thug, Gunna Case

By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—Citing concerns about witness intimidation ahead of next year’s trial, the Fulton County judge overseeing the case of rappers Young Thug and Gunna is prohibiting defense attorneys from sharing certain information about the state’s witnesses with their clients. Judge Ural Glanville issued the order Wednesday after District Attorney…


Rapper Gunna Booked Into Jail on Racketeering Charge

ATLANTA—The rapper Gunna was booked into a jail in Atlanta on a racketeering charge Wednesday after he was indicted with fellow rapper Young Thug and more than two dozen other people. An indictment filed Monday in Fulton County Superior Court accuses Gunna, whose given name is Sergio Kitchens, of violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. It was…


Atlanta Rapper Young Thug Arrested on RICO, Gang Charges

ATLANTA—Atlanta rapper Young Thug cofounded a violent street gang and promoted it in his songs and on social media, prosecutors allege in a sprawling indictment that accuses him and 27 others of racketeering and a laundry list of other crimes meant to further the gang’s interests. The rapper, whose given name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams,…


Rappers Young Thug, Gunna Charged With Racketeering

ATLANTA—Rapper Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang and promoted it in his songs and on social media, prosecutors allege in a sprawling indictment that accuses him and 27 others of racketeering and a laundry list of other crimes meant to further the gang’s interests. The Atlanta-based rapper, whose given name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams,…