The Atlanta rapper was one among 28 individuals who have been indicted on conspiracy to violate Georgia's RICO act and avenue gang expenses, in line with jail information.
The Atlanta rapper Younger Thug was one among 28 individuals indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and avenue gang expenses, in line with jail information.
The Atlanta rapper, whose identify is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his residence in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood simply north of downtown. He's being held on the Fulton County Jail.
The conspiracy cost dates again to 2013 and the gang cost to 2018, the jail document says.
Younger Thug is allegedly one among three founders of the Younger Slime Life, “a prison avenue gang that began in late 2012” in Atlanta, the indictment says. YSL is affiliated with the nationwide Bloods gang, officers stated. Costs embrace “Preserving, defending and enhancing the status, energy and territory of the enterprise by way of acts of racketeering exercise together with homicide, assault and threats of violence.”
Younger Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal advised native media that, “Mr. Williams dedicated no crime in any respect” and that he would “combat until his final drop of blood to clear him.”
He'll make his first courtroom look on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
Additionally indicted on Monday have been Atlanta rapper Gunna, whose actual identify 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 was not instantly identified 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 document label has been known as YSL Information or Younger Stoner Life Information. The label refers to its artists as a part of the “Slime Household,” and a compilation album known as Slime Language 2 hit No. 1 on the charts in April 2021.