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

Rapper Young Thug has pleaded blameworthy to gang, supplier and weapon charges

ATLANTA -- Rapper Young Thug pleaded blameworthy Thursday to gang, supplier and weapon charges.

The 33-year-old Grammy winning artist, whose fixed sanction is Jeffery Williams, entered his pleas without reaching a woody pinch prosecutors aft negotiations betwixt nan 2 sides collapsed down, lead charismatic Adriane Love said. That leaves nan condemnation wholly up to nan judge.

Young Thug pleaded blameworthy to 1 pack charge, 3 supplier charges and 2 weapon charges. He besides entered a nary title plea to different pack complaint and a racketeering conspiracy charge, meaning that he decided not to title those charges and accepts reward for them.

The judge was proceeding from Love and from defense lawyer Brian Steel earlier making a sentencing decision.

A tremendously successful rapper, Young Thug started his ain grounds label, Young Stoner Life aliases YSL. Prosecutors person said he besides co-founded a convulsive criminal thoroughfare pack and that YSL stands for Young Slime Life.

He was charged 2 years ago successful a sprawling indictment accusing him and much than 2 twelve different group of colluding to break Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. He besides was charged pinch gang, supplier and weapon crimes.

Young Thug's plea comes astir a twelvemonth aft nan prosecution began presenting grounds successful nan problem-plagued trial. Jury action astatine nan courthouse successful Atlanta began successful January 2023 and took astir 10 months. The proceedings of six defendants began pinch opening statements past November, and prosecutors since past person called dozens of witnesses.

Three of his co-defendants had already pleaded blameworthy this week aft reaching deals pinch prosecutors. The pleas time off nan fates of 2 different co-defendants still undecided.

Nine group charged successful nan indictment accepted plea deals earlier nan proceedings began. Twelve others are being tried separately. Prosecutors dropped charges against 1 suspect aft he was convicted of execution successful an unrelated case.