Rapper Gunna arrested days after Young Thug as 28 YSL ‘gang’ members charged in a racketeering case
RAPPER Gunna has been arrested as part of an investigation into a violent street gang that has seen 28 alleged members charged.
The artist, real name Sergio Kitchens, has been charged with conspiracy to violate Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organization Act.
Gunna, who is signed to Young Thug's YSL Records, was booked into Fulton County Jail and is set to appear in court on Wednesday.
Alleged gang members have been accused of committing violent crimes to collect money and promote their organization's reputation, revealed.
District Attorney Fani Willis said: “It does not matter what your notoriety is, what your fame is, if you come to Fulton County, Georgia, and you commit crimes, ... you are going to become a target and a focus of this district attorney’s office, and we are going to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
Gunna is among 28 people charged in the racketeering case.
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Court documents claim that the rapper was part of a gang that's "terrorized Atlanta for decades".
It comes just days after Young Thug was arrested.
Young Thug, 30, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams was arrested at a rented mansion in Buckhead on May 9.
He is said to be a founding member of Young Slime Life.
YSL is an Atlanta criminal street gang that formed in 2012 and is linked to the Bloods, prosecutors allege.
In the indictment, Williams is accused of theft by receiving a stolen handgun in 2013 and threatening to kill a mall employee after being barred from the premises in 2015.
He has also been accused of possessing methamphetamine, hydrocodone, and marijuana in 2017.
Prosecutors allege that the alleged gang members committed more than 100 crimes to advance their interests.
Those claims include appearing in videos with inflammatory song lyrics, posting images with gang symbols on social media, possessing drugs with the intent to distribute, aggravated assault, and murder.
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Brian Steel, Young Thug's lawyer, said the rapper is innocent and vowed to vigorously defend him until it is proven.
His attorney told The Sun: "Jeffery Williams, who performs as “YoungThug, ” vehemently denies the allegations lodged against him in the Fulton County (Georgia) Indictment of May 9, 2022."
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