Atlanta — Rapper Younger Thug was one in every of 28 individuals indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act and avenue gang fees, in accordance with jail information.
The Atlanta rapper, whose title is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his house in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood simply north of downtown. He was being held on the Fulton County Jail.
The conspiracy cost dates again to 2013 and the gang cost to 2018, the jail report says.
Younger Thug is allegedly one in every of three founders of the Younger Slime Life, "a felony avenue gang that began in late 2012" in Atlanta, the indictment says. YSL is affiliated with the nationwide Bloods gang, officers stated. Expenses embody "Preserving, defending and enhancing the fame, energy and territory of the enterprise by means of acts of racketeering exercise together with homicide, assault and threats of violence."
Younger Thug's lawyer Brian Metal informed CBS Information that, "Mr. Williams has dedicated no violation of legislation, in anyway. We are going to battle this case ethically, legally and zealously. Mr. Williams can be cleared."
Younger Thug was scheduled to make his first court docket look Tuesday.
Additionally indicted on Monday have been Atlanta rapper Gunna, whose actual title is Sergio Kitchens, and aspiring rapper Christian Eppinger, who was already in jail, accused of taking pictures an Atlanta Police officer six occasions in February. It wasn't instantly recognized if Gunna, who's accused of conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act, has been arrested.
In April 2021, Younger Thug and Gunna posted bail for 30 low-level inmates who have been unable to afford the prices themselves.
Younger Thug's report label has been referred to as YSL Data or Younger Stoner Life Data. The label refers to its artists as a part of the "Slime Household," and a compilation album referred to as "Slime Language 2" hit No. 1 on the charts in April 2021.