What to Know About the High-Profile Young Thug RICO Case as It Is Set to Begin

The rapper, who runs the Young Stoner Life record label, has been accused of co-founding the Young Slime Life criminal gang, among other charges

The high-profile trial involving rapper Young Thug — commonly known as the “YSL RICO trial” — has commenced. 

The trial began in Atlanta on Monday after a lengthy jury selection process concluded in early November and the musician (real name Jeffrey Lamar Williams), 32, who is facing charges of racketeering and gang conspiracy, spent 567 days in jail. 

The Fulton District Attorney has alleged the Grammy winner, who was denied bond in June 2022 shortly after his May 2022 arrest, is the co-founder of a violent criminal street gang and used his music to promote it. Prosecutors allege the chart-topping artist’s label Young Stoner Life Records also stands for Young Slime Life, the name of an Atlanta-based gang, and are accusing him of conspiracy to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, or RICO, among other charges.