One of the five co-defendants standing trial alongside Young Thug in the Grammy-winning rapper’s racketeering conspiracy case accepted a plea deal Tuesday that could alter the course of the problem-plagued proceeding that’s become the longest trial in Georgia state history. Quamarvious Nichols, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy …
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Young Thug’s lengthy and embattled trial on racketeering conspiracy charges took another dramatic turn Thursday when defense teams took turns meeting privately with prosecutors to discuss possible new plea deals while the judge on the case withheld her ruling on a pending mistrial motion. A source tells Rolling Stone that …
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The Georgia State Supreme Court overturned the controversial decision to hold Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel, in criminal contempt for his behavior during an exchange about an alleged secret meeting that threw the YSL gang trial into chaos this summer. Back in June, Steel was held in contempt and sentenced …
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Young Thug’s long and troubled racketeering trial appeared on the verge of dramatic mistrial yet again Monday as an Atlanta-based judge accused a chief prosecutor of either “purposefully” misleading the court or causing chaos through apparent disorganization. “It is baffling to me that somebody with the number of years of …
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The Atlanta rap scene, like the rest of the music world, is still mourning the loss of Rich Homie Quan. Last week, the 33-year-old artist was found unresponsive in his girlfriend’s Atlanta home, leaving behind five children and an immense musical legacy. With hits like 2013’s “Type of Way” and …
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Young Thug’s defense lawyer used his long-awaited cross-examination of key prosecution witness Kenneth “Woody” Copeland on Tuesday to cast Copeland as a career criminal who may have been the one actually responsible for the 2015 murder at the heart of Young Thug’s problem-plagued gang and racketeering prosecution in Georgia. During …
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At the start of the summer of 2019, designer and DJ Virgil Abloh debuted his third collection of apparel at the helm of Louis Vuitton with a high-profile show in Paris. In July, not long after a surprising performance at Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards, the trendsetting rap trio Migos headlined …
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The Republican running to unseat Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis promised to end the prosecution of Young Thug and the YSL trial if elected in November. In a statement released Tuesday, Aug. 27, Courtney Kramer said dismissing the YSL case would be her “first official action” if elected. …
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The credibility of key prosecution witness Kenneth Copeland was the focus of a week of tortured testimony at Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta. Copeland, whose first appearance in the trial last June led to Judge Ural Glanville being removed from the high-profile case, returned to …
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Yet another threatened mistrial was averted Monday when the jury hearing Young Thug’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta agreed they could disregard prior testimony from a key witness in the contentious case. Jurors were given about one second to make their decision after walking into court following a nearly …
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