Prosecutors had argued the critically acclaimed Atlanta rapper was the leader of Young Slime Life, which they said was a criminal street gang responsible for a spate of robberies, shootings and several deaths.
Young Thug walked out of the Fulton County Jail Thursday night after he was sentenced to time served and 15 years probation.
Prosecutors had argued the critically acclaimed Atlanta rapper — whose real name is Jeffery Williams — was the leader of Young Slime Life, which they said was a criminal street gang responsible for a spate of robberies, shootings and several deaths.
The rapper’s attorneys maintained that YSL, or Young Stoner Life, simply was the name of the star’s record label.
Here’s what Thursday’s developments mean:
Is the trial over? It is for Williams. But there are two other defendants — Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell — who have not entered guilty pleas. Assuming they do not strike deals with prosecutors, their trial will continue. Quamarvious Nichols, Rodalius Ryan and Marquavius Huey, already accepted plea deals earlier in the week.
What did Young Thug plead guilty to? Williams pleaded guilty to six charges, including a gang count, three counts of violating Georgia’s controlled substances act, possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He pleaded no contest to one count each of conspiring to violate the state’s RICO act and participating in criminal street gang activity, meaning he neither admitted nor denied those charges.
