Rapper Young Thug has pleaded guilty in a two-year gang trial

Young bandit changed his plea to Thursday (Oct. 31), potentially putting an end to it the gang trial that has been going on for the past two years.

The 33-year-old Atlanta rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, was indicted in 2022 in connection with his alleged leadership of the YSL, or Young Slime Life, street gang.

Members of the group are accused of committing illegal and violent acts, including murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and carjacking.

NBC News reports that this trial has become the longest criminal trial in the history of Georgia.

Earlier this week, three of Young Thug’s co-defendants, Quamarvius Nichols, 29, Marquavius ​​Huey, 28, and Rodalius Ryan, 18, entered into plea deals after speculation that Superior Court Judge Paige Whitaker might rule on a mistrial .

If Whitaker accepts Young Thug’s guilty plea, his sentence will be up to a judge.

Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis used Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute to argue that Young Thug and his associates are a street gang affiliated with the national Bloods gang.

Young Thug first achieved mainstream success with the single “Stoner” in 2014. In 2016, he launched his own label, YSL Records, and went on to release three chart-topping albums and collaborate with Travis Scott, Post Malone, Meek Mill, Drake and more. He has been in prison since his arrest in May 2022.

Back in January one of Young Thug’s former co-defendants testified that Young Thug and five other defendants were members of the Young Slime Life gang.

Trontavious Stevens, who also accepted a plea deal, appeared in a Georgia courtroom, and the prosecution asked, “Which of the defendants in this courtroom are now YSL, Young Slime Life, gang members?”

“All of them,” Stevens replied before calling each of the men on trial by their nicknames.

The defense team argued that YSL is simply a music label that stands for Young Stoner Lifewhich contradicts prosecutors’ claims that YSL is a gang that stands for Young Slime Life.

The lengthy legal process has spawned numerous viral moments. A video of Mr Williams’ lawyer has gone viral after he claimed his client’s song “pushin P” stood for “pushing positivity”.

The rapper himself made headlines when he wore a sweater with the image of a wolf after the prosecution characterized him as the ringleader of the “pack” and referred to The Jungle Book: “For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.”