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The label was embroiled in a major criminal trial from 2022–2024, with Young Thug, Gunna, and other YSL members arrested and charged with racketeering and various gang-related crimes in violation of Georgia's RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act. Authorities alleged that YSL Records is a street gang. In 2024, label head ...
Williams' release and probation stipulations include him being banned from the Metro Atlanta area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, for 10 years, he can't make gang-related music, and he has to do four annual anti-gang presentations/concerts for Atlanta, alongside having no contact with known gang members or co-defendants (other than Gunna ...
Brian Steel is an American attorney best known for representing the Grammy Award-winning rapper Jeffery "Young Thug" Williams in the YSL racketeering trial.Steel served as the lead defense attorney for Williams in what would become the longest trial in the history of the state of Georgia, lasting over 22 months.
[54] [55] On October 16, 2014, "Take Kare" featuring Young Thug and Lil Wayne was released; it was the first single from Cash Money Records's Rich Gang 2 compilation. [56] The December 4, 2014, issue of Rolling Stone called Young Thug the "most exciting new voice of hip-hop" and "hip-hop's new crown prince". [ 57 ]
The proseuction claims that YSL stands for Young Slime Life, which is a “criminal street gang,” while the defence insists that YSL is merely a record label: Young Stoner Life.
The chart-topping artist and several others are accused of being part of a criminal street gang named YSL
Alleged members of the YSL street gang are also accused of shooting at the tour bus of rapper Lil Wayne while he was performing in Atlanta in April 2015. “Bullets, for nothing, except to show ...
The prosecution is arguing that “YSL” also stands for “Young Slime Life,” a “criminal street gang.” During his opening remarks, Mr Steel discussed the alleged origins of “YSL.”