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Defense Attorney for Young Thug Calls Him “The Babe Ruth of the Musical Industry”

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The defense attorney for Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams argued multiple reasons why his client should be granted bail. A bond hearing was held on Wednesday for 7 additional felony charges surrounding conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

Brian Steel, defense attorney argued that Young Thug has deep ties within the Atlanta community and would not pose a flight risk. Steel reminded the courts of his clients full cooperation to search his home and compliance as he was taken into custody on Monday.

READ MORE: YSL’s Gunna Surrenders To Atlanta Authorities Surrounding RICO Charges

He added that the “Ski” rapper has never been convicted of a felony and has notable worldwide popularity, calling him “the Babe Ruth of the musical industry.”

Fulton County Magistrate Court, Judge Robert Wolf said that he could only rule on bond in the case of the 7 new felony charges, as the initial indictment is under the review of Fulton County Superior Court.

Despite the strong plea from Thug’s defense, Judge Wolf sided with the state denying bond, while citing a possible flight risk. He added that Thugger would pose a risk of committing additional felonies if he were released.

Young Thug will remain in jail until further notice. Watch the full court hearing below.

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Judge Denies Bail For Young Thug and Gunna Following RICO Arrest

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300 labelmates Young Thug and Gunna have been denied bail after getting indictment for RICO charges.

Both Atlanta rapper’s bond requests were turned down after they were among 28 people named in a Georgia indictment for conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

READ MORE: Federal Authorities Add Drug Possession and Weapons Charges to Rico Case Against Young Thug

Both Thug and Gunna are also facing additional felony charges spanning from possession of controlled substances to gun charges. The 88-page indictment filed on Sunday details 180 acts that support the first of the 56 separate charges for 28 alleged gang members.

Gunna and Thugger will remain in jail until further notice. Gunna is due back in court in June. Share your comments on social media.

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Casanova Pleads Guilty To Drug And Racketeering Charges

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According to several confirmed reports, Brooklyn rapper Caswell “Casanova” Senior plead guilty to drug and racketeering charges today in a Brooklyn federal court. Senior confessed to several crimes as prosecutors claimed he was the leader of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Bloods gang.

Senior surrendered to the FBI at t he end of 2020, with prosecutors alleging that the “Don’t Run” rapper directed a drug gang conspiracy that spanned from New York to Florida. The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan says that Senior confessed to a shooting in Florida in 2020, a 2018 robbery in NYC and trafficking more than 100 kilos of marijuana.

Back in December 2020, Casanova was the centerpiece of a federal investigation, to which he surrendered to the feds on racketeering charges and was denied bail, despite his lawyers and family situating a $2.5 million bail package, but S. District Judge Phillip Halpern denied his proposal.

Shortly after co-defendant Shantay Outlaw struck a deal with prosecutors, Senior was hit with an attempted murder charge for the 2020 shooting in Miami, to which he has now admitted guilt.

Casanova is set to be sentenced in federal court in December. He faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 60 years in prison.

His guilty plea comes within days of Young Thug, Gunna and 26 other YSL members indicted on RICO and other street gang/organized crime related charges.

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Chris Brown Says His ‘Breezy’ Album Is On The Way

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Chris Brown opened the year dropping “Iffy,” just to hold us until Breezy season. Breezy season has arrived and R&B superstar has new music arriving.

Chris Brown took it to social media to let fans know that he’s dropping his 10th studio album in June.

Even though he gave fans a timetable on when to expect the album, June, there is no official release date. However, he did reveal briefly on what to expect from his album. In April when CB teased that an album was on the way, he said “a different type of LOVE mixed wit heartbreak”

“NOT GON LIE… It take a different type of LOVE mixed wit heartbreak for some of these songs on my album,” Brown wrote on his Instagram Story. “So ahead of time…. THANK YOU [praying hands emoji].” Subsequently to the post, Tory Lanez, who heard a sneak peak of the album, raved about it.

Chris Brown also said that the number of tracks on his 10th album will be the same amount of songs that was on his debut album.

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Lil Uzi Vert Says He’s Returning To His Vintage Style With His New Music

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Lil Uzi Vert said he’s doing less talking and more working and he said he’s returning to the old Uzi. He went on his Instagram story to release a message to his fans in regards of his new music.

The message read, ““This time less talkin’ more working,” Uzi wrote on IG. “Going back in classic mode. I been [through] 2 much this time around. Nothin’ can break me.”

For a while Lil Uzi Vert had been promoting what seems to be his next album, The Pink Tape and has been teasing new music. Although he hasn’t dropped many new tracks, the Phily native has been on wax. Nigo featured him on a track called “Heavy.” Nigo is the founder of Bape and the song was feature on his album  I Know Nigo.

He also collaborated with Mura Masa on “Bbycakes,” and last year he dropped “Demon High.”

When Uzi does decide to drop his next project, it’s going to be the first full body of work since he released Eternal Atake in 2020.

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Passenger Lands Private Plane In Florida After Pilot Is Incoherent

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“My pilot is incoherent.” A passenger with no flying experience lands a plane in Florida after his pilot experienced a medical emergency.

Mid-flight, he radioed to air traffic control saying his pilot had gone incoherent. A flight controller responded and told him to follow Florida’s coast while the plane was located.

“Try to hold the wings level and see if you can start descending for me. Push forward on the controls and descend at a very slow rate,” the air traffic controller can be heard telling the quick thinking passenger, according to audio from LiveATC.net.

The passenger said “I don’t know how to fly. I don’t know how to stop this thing if I do get on the runway.”

He then instructed the man step-by-step on how to land the plane. He safely landed the single-engine Cessna at Palm Beach International Airport.

The passenger and the pilot were the only two aboard the private plane.

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YSL’s Gunna Surrenders To Atlanta Authorities Surrounding RICO Charges

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YSL’s Gunna surrendered to Fulton County authorities early Wednesday morning. Gunna is facing charges of conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

The “Pushin P” rapper was one of at least 28 others, including Young Thug, caught up in a sweeping RICO indictment brought by the Fulton County District Attorney this week.

During Gunna Wunna’s virtual court appearance on Wednesday, his attorney argued for a bond to be set, but the magistrate judge said that decision would be left for the superior court judge. “I don’t have the authority to do it,” the judge told the court.

Gunna, real name Sergio Kitchens, is allegedly affiliated with a gang known as Young Slime Life that the D.A. says is linked to 80-percent of violent crime in the city.

Gunna’s attorney emailed Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne a statement, saying, in part: “Mr. Sergio Kitchens, known as Gunna, is innocent. The indictment falsely portrays his music as part of criminal conspiracy.” He went on to describe Kitchens as an entertainer and philanthropist.

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READ MORE: Gunna Gives Back To Former Middle School Partners With Goodr To Open Free Grocery and Clothing Store

The news came two days after YSL’s label head Young Thug, real name Jeffery Williams, 30, was arrested early Monday afternoon at his home in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood.

Gunna is due back in court in June.

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The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’ Returns To No. 1 On Album Sales Chart

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The Weeknd’s Dawn FM is returning to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart.

It’s the album’s second nonconsecutive week atop the chart after it reached the milestone on February 12th following the release of its CD version. Dawn FM also spent its first week at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

READ MORE: The Weeknd and Universal Music Group Announce Expansion of Joint Global Partnership

The recent peak is thanks to the release of a vinyl, cassette and boxed set version. It sold 44-thousand copies in the U.S. in the week ending May 5th.

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Federal Authorities Add Drug Possession And Weapons Charges To RICO Case Against Young Thug

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As the details surrounding the RICO case against Young Thug, Gunna and 28 YSL members continue to grow, recent reports have confirmed that Thugger has now been hit with federal charges; two illegal firearms charges and two drug possession charges to add to his laundry list of offenses that have kept him behind bars since Tuesday.

Rap ultra-star Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, was one among 28 people who were ensnared by a 56-count indictment handed down by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for criminal activity going back as far as 2015 and as recent as 2020. The 88-page indictment filed on Sunday details 180 acts that support just the first of the 56 separate charges for 28 members of the alleged gang.

Williams was denied bond yesterday by a Fulton County Superior judge despite the assertive plea by Williams’ lawyer Brian Steel to grant him a bond based on the nature of his alleged, non-violent charges, but that effort was unsuccessful. 

Now, Thug’s initial court hearing has been followed up with additional charges after federal investigators discover guns and drugs in the rapper’s Buckhead home, according to a report from Atlanta news affiliate WSB-TV. 

Authorities contend that they have more than enough evidence to convict Williams, who they allege rented a Q50 Infiniti used in a 2015, ordered an attempted hit on YFN Lucci by two YSL members during his incarceration in Fulton County Jail and is even named as a co-conspirator alongside Birdman in the 2015 shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus in Atlanta. 

Williams new charges come the same day as authorities announce that they have taken “Pushin P” rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, into custody at the Fulton County Jail.

Young Thug is now currently charged with is now charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and three counts of participating in criminal gang activity through the commission of a crime.

Thug’s Attorney Brian Steel said in a statement, “Jeffery Williams, who performs as “Young Thug,” vehemently denies the allegations lodged against him in the Fulton County (Georgia) Indictment of May 9, 2022. We look forward to the opportunity to defend this case in court. We filed a Motion for Bond and anticipate a hearing in the near future. We will fight this case ethically, legally and zealously. Mr. Williams will be cleared.”

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[WATCH] Young Thug Appears In Court Following RICO Indictment Arrest

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To the surprise of many of his fans, Young Thug was arrested on Monday(May 9) along with almost 30 other YSL members on RICO charges, including murder, armed robbery and participating in street gang activity.

Thugger, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, appeared in court yesterday(May 10) in Fulton County for the first time since being detained after a 56-count indictment was handed down to Thug, Gunna and 28 members of the YSL outfit. He went in front of a judge donning his own Fulton County Jail uniform while being read his charges, while his attorney, Brian Steel, volleyed with the judge as to whether or not Thugger would receive a bond, to which he was denied.

Mr. Steel spoke to the media, saying, “I’ll tell you the response to any allegation; Mr. Williams committed no crime whatsoever, and we will fight to my last drop of blood to clear him.” Lawyers for Gunna have yet to speak publicly to the press.

As for prosecutors and police, they have completely different POV of the entire ordeal. According to the Atlanta police chief, they “got one of our top offenders off the street.”

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