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News Articles: Young Thug

The Fulton County Superior Courthouse is seen, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Last 2 defendants not guilty of murder in gang trial that led to rapper Young Thug's guilty plea

The long-running gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta that led rapper Young Thug to plead guilty in October has ended with a jury finding the last two defendants not guilty of murder and gang-related charges.

December 03, 2024
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Young Thug, seen here in Los Angeles in 2021, plead guilty more than two years after being arrested and charged with participating in criminal gang activity.

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Young Thug pleads guilty in YSL trial, will serve probation

The Atlanta rapper, who was charged with participating in criminal gang activity in what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history, suddenly changed his plea on Thursday.

November 01, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and
  • Rodney Carmichael
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges

Rapper Young Thug has pleaded guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. Lead prosecutor Adriane Love says 33-year-old Grammy winning artist, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, entered his pleas without reaching a deal with prosecutors.

October 31, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Young Thug performs during halftime of a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics on Nov. 17, 2021, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

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Why the judge in Young Thug’s trial was just recused from the case

Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville was taken off the YSL RICO case this week after his actions in an ex parte meeting were deemed damaging to public perception of the case.

July 17, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
A sheriff's deputy stands guard near the Fulton County Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Judge removed from long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug and others

The judge who has been overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others in Atlanta has been removed from the case after two defendants filed motions seeking his recusal citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness.

July 16, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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Young Thug's trial on hold as defense tries to get judge removed from case

The judge overseeing the racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug has put the long-running trial on hold until another judge rules on requests that he step aside from the case.

July 02, 2024
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  • Associated Press
attorney Brian Steel

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Defense attorney for rapper Young Thug found in contempt, ordered to spend 10 weekends in jail

A Georgia judge has ordered a lawyer for rapper Young Thug to spend the next 10 weekends in jail after finding him in contempt. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville on Monday ordered attorney Brian Steel jailed after the lawyer refused to tell him how he found out about a meeting between the judge, prosecutors and a prosecution witness.

June 11, 2024
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Gunna performs during the event "A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop" on Nov. 08, 2023, at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Calif.

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On 'One of Wun,' Gunna can't flaunt his way out of the YSL trial's shadow

The rapper slipped free from the legal mess that swallowed his label and his mentor Young Thug — but on his new album, he's still in the grip of an unending image crisis.

May 16, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
The Fulton County Jail is shown April 11, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Young Thug trial on pause until January after co-defendant is stabbed in jail

The trial for rapper Young Thug and five other people is on pause until early next year after one of the defendants was stabbed in the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

December 12, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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The trial against rapper Young Thug has begun, with his lyrics being used as evidence

After months of jury selection, the Fulton County case against the influential rapper known as Young Thug has begun in Atlanta. Prosecutors are using his lyrics as evidence in the racketeering case.

December 04, 2023
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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Rapper Young Thug's trial on racketeering conspiracy and gang charges begins in Atlanta

A prosecutor and a defense attorney presented competing pictures of rapper Young Thug as his trial got underway in Atlanta. Prosecutor Adriane Love painted him as the ruthless leader of a violent street gang that terrorized Atlanta neighborhoods.

November 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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Lyrics can be used as evidence during rapper Young Thug's trial on gang and racketeering charges

A judge has ruled that prosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence when rapper Young Thug goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges. The judge said in court Thursday that he would allow prosecutors to introduce lyrics as they can show that the lyrics are related to crimes that the rapper and others are accused of committing.

November 09, 2023
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Young Thug performs at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2021. Jury selection has been slow going in the Atlanta racketeering and gang case against rapper Young Thug and others, with many potential jurors trying to get out of serving and alleged attempts to smuggle contraband to defendants also causing delays.

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Fulton County prosecutors are trying to use Young Thug's song lyrics as evidence of crimes

The rapper has been jail for more than a year and last week released a new 15-track album, Business is Business. 

June 28, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Fani Willis

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Political Rewind: Fani Willis considers RICO charges for Trump; YSL trial; GA's justice system

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Trump's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss every finding of the Fulton County special grand jury. Meanwhile, a new article suggests the YSL trial in Fulton County is straining resources. And, a new report from The Urban League highlights inequalities Black Georgians face.

March 21, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Young Thug performs at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2021. Jury selection has been slow going in the Atlanta racketeering and gang case against rapper Young Thug and others, with many potential jurors trying to get out of serving and alleged attempts to smuggle contraband to defendants also causing delays.

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Jury selection going slowly in Young Thug case in Atlanta

Jury selection has been slow going in the Atlanta racketeering and gang case against rapper Young Thug and others. Many potential jurors have tried to get out of serving and alleged attempts to smuggle contraband to defendants have also caused delays.

January 20, 2023
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