By: Greg Lewis
Published on Oct. 31, 2024, 6:10p.m. EST.
Atlanta rapper, Young Thug, has entered a guilty plea deal in an arrangement that will finally conclude the rapper’s racketeering trial.
The rapper has entered a non-negotiated guilty plea deal Thursday with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office to several charges — including firearm possession and participation in criminal street gang activity — while he pleaded no contest to racketeering and leading a criminal street gang — a sudden conclusion to a dramatic and tumultuous trial that included three different judges, the jailhouse stabbing of a codefendant and an in-court drug transaction.
In 2022, Williams was charged alongside more than two dozen others under Georgia’s sprawling Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – known as RICO.
Defense attorneys have accused Williams of misusing the racketeering statute.
Prosecutors accused the rapper of leading a criminal street gang that committed murder and a slew of violent crimes in Atlanta.
The prosecution is asking for 45 years with 25 to serve in prison.
The case had dragged on for months, including multiple motions for a mistrial, the most recent being last week. The jury selection process alone took over a year.
Three codefendants in the YSL racketeering trial have accepted plea agreements this week from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
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