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Young Thug has settled his nearly year-long YSL (Young Slime Life) affair.
UPDATE (6:40 p.m.: After being sentenced to 40 years, with five to serve, his sentence was commuted to time served plus 15 years of probation. Thugger is going home.
The Atlanta rapper's sentence marks the inevitable conclusion of what is reportedly the largest trial in Georgia history.
THE New York Times exhibitions that on Thursday (Oct. 31), Young Thug, aka Jeffery Lamar Williams, pleaded guilty to six counts including drug and firearms possession, conspiracy to violate RICO and leading a criminal street gang.
Thugger agreed to a no-negotiation deal, meaning it will be up to Superior Court Judge Paige Whitaker to decide his sentence. Apparently, this option was presented after Thug's lawyers and the prosecution couldn't agree on a plea. The option to plead and be released on the same day was reportedly presented, but Thug did not agree to terms that included 15 years of probation.
Young Thug was close to a deal that would have him released from prison today with 15 years probation.
But they could not agree on his release terms and now prosecutors are recommending 25 years in prison. pic.twitter.com/PiKidTckzM
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 31, 2024
It looks like Thug's hand was essentially forced as of last week three of his co-defendants agreed to plead.
Now his fate rests in the hands of a judge, with prosecutors recommending the 33-year-old be sentenced to 45 years in prison with 25 to be served in prison and another 20 years in prison
Prosecutors have named the rapper as the leader of a YSL gang that roams the streets of Atlanta, engaging in robberies and drug dealing, among other crimes. And then, his music career also happened to blossom.
While Young Thug has pleaded guilty, his remaining co-defendants — Deamonte Kendrick aka Yak Gotti and Shannon Stillwell aka SB — are charged with murder in 2015, among others.
YSL was initially indicted on RICO charges and its alleged members were arrested in 2022 and jury selection took nearly a year. The trial, which was broadcast online, featured dramatic twists and turns in botched plea deals, witnesses refusing to testify, rap lyrics being read in court and more dramatic imagery than a TV crime drama.
However, the players are very real. Thug's attorney, Brian Steel, who at one point was threatened with contempt charges, maintains that his client was not served justice. See social media's response to YSL's latest trial antics in the gallery.
YOUNG TRAPEZ'S LAWYER SAYS DIAGELIA MISSTATED AND MISREPRESENTED
HE NOW GOES THROUGH ALL THE CLAIMS IN THE MEMORANDUM 1 TO 1 AND EXPLAINS THE DETAILS THAT HE LEFT THE STATE pic.twitter.com/yUx0GeMNai
— THUGGERDAILY ひ (@ThuggerDaily) October 31, 2024
This story is evolving.
