The rapper, who had been in jail continuously since May of 2022, took a plea deal—albeit a highly unusual one—in the long-running YSL racketeering trial. Judge Paige Reese Whitaker’s ruling ...

Young Thug pleaded guilty to six charges nearly a year into a trial during which prosecutors argued that the famed Atlanta rap crew YSL was also a street gang. By Joe Coscarelli The chart-topping ...

or YSL. On Tuesday and Wednesday, three of the six defendants on trial reached deals, pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act in exchange for reduced charges. It was a ...

The Atlanta rapper, born Jeffery Williams, was released from jail on October 31, after pleading guilty to a number of charges in the long-running RICO trial against his label, YSL. (He pleaded ...

The rapper, charged under Georgia’s RICO Act and accused of leading the YSL gang, surprised fans with a plea deal that included specific exceptions to his no-contact probation stipulation ...

Below this line, the original story begins. Young Thug can finally put his YSL RICO Case behind him after changing his plea to guilty. TMZ reports that after failing to agree on a deal with the ...

Court proceedings were canceled late last week in the Young Thug, YSL trial as this possibility hung over proceedings. The controversy stemmed around a new witness, rapper Slimelife Shawty ...

Pitting prosecutors in America’s rap capital against one of hip-hop’s biggest stars, the YSL case has raised big questions — about the fairness of the criminal justice system; about violent ...

After officially beginning on Nov. 27, 2023, the YSL RICO trial is already the longest trial in Georgia history. Young Thug has been behind bars since he and 27 other YSL affiliates were arrested ...

in reference to the duo’s physical resemblance. Kevin Liles, the CEO of 300 Entertainment which houses Thug’s YSL Records, wrote on Instagram, “Words can’t express the incredible happiness ...

The infamous YSL (Young Slime Life) trial began back on Monday, November 27, 2023, roughly 18 months after the musician’s arrest on charges of racketeering and gang conspiracy. He admitted to ...

The original indictment, filed in May 2022, charged 28 men for their roles furthering the aims of YSL, Young Thug’s successful record label that authorities said overlapped with a gang ...