Pooh Shiesty

Pooh Shiesty has taken a plea deal on his shooting case, pleading guilty to firearms conspiracy to avoid a potential life sentence, according to Rolling Stone. Pooh was charged with discharging a firearm during a violent crime and robbery after apparently shooting a man in the buttock in October of 2020. The man, the 28-year-old Brandon Cooper, was recently indicted in Florida for allegedly forging checks along with seven others according to The Miami Herald, prompting Pooh’s lawyer to reconsider plea negotiations.

“We’ve entered into plea negotiations because there have been developments in the case that I think changed the dynamics of the case,” said Bradford Cohen, Pooh’s lawyer last October. The plea is a bid to get a lesser sentence — however, Magistrate Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis advised that Pooh wouldn’t necessarily get the 97 months that the prosecution and defense agreed to. Pooh won’t be able to withdraw his plea if the sentence turns out to be longer.

Pooh was indicted on the charges above after an Instagram post was used to connect him to the shooting, which allegedly took place at the Landon Hotel, where Pooh met the victim to purchase sneakers and weed. After he drove off, leaving behind a bag of money, authorities were able to match the serial number of one of the abandoned bills to bills Pooh held up in a prior post. Pooh, who had one of YouTube’s top trending videos of 2021 and a flourishing presence thanks to his hit “Back In Blood” with Lil Durk before getting arrested, still faces charges in a prior shooting incident in which he allegedly shot at a security guard in a club after fans tried to pull cash out of his pockets following a performance.

Pooh Shiesty has been behind bars since July as a result of gun charges in two separate incidents. The first dates back to October 2020: an alleged armed robbery in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida in which Shiesty shot someone during an exchange for sneakers and marijuana. He initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, but in October, he filed to change it to a plea deal. The second incident dates back to May of this year, when he was accused of shooting a security guard in the leg at Miami’s King Of Diamonds strip club.

The rapper was denied bail in both cases, and with the May 2021 case still pending, it’s unlikely that Shiesty will be released anytime soon. Despite this, he remains confident that things will change, as per a new post he shared on his Instagram page.

“Ima Be Back In A Minute Won’t Be To Long Til I’m Free I LOVE ALL MY FANS AND THE ONES WHO STILL SUPPORTING ME [hundred and heart emojis]… I Still Remain Untouched And Unf*ckwitable, Still Talkin My Sh*t Like I’m 8feet 3, Still Poppin King Sh*t, Still Having My Way Like King Eatin Like A King And Thinking Like A Winner, Ain’t Sh*t Changed But How My Clothes Get Washed And How The Doors Gettin Locked… They Think It’s Ova Wit For Me That’s Okay, That’s Cool Tho This Just A Brief Message Afta These Few Words Im Back Silent, Im Going Ghost You Gone Feel Me If You Need To Hear Me So Keep Det Same Energy I Still Hear Everything… My Sh*t Public Records Look Me Up NO 5K1s NO RULE 35s RATS DONT RUN IN MY BLOOD WE BULLIES!!…. Lotta Mf’s happy cause I’m put up right now, but Dets what you call p*ssies, I been knew all that love was fake that’s why I won’t let up at all I still got 1 foot on you n****s neck, y’all able to breathe a lil bit now cause I’m away right now… but it’s gone take more than tomatoes too catch up wit me, ya hear me!!! I RAN UP 10ms in 2 years off telling my life story and I got mo power den money but that’s some you can’t buy I’m the youngest in charge I done been threw mo sh*t den a 99 year old… Just taking ts 1 day at a time , I take ova sh*t everywhere i go, N**** IM LOCKED UP BUT MY MIND STILL FREE, YA CANT LOCK THAT UP, I BEEN THROUGH WORSE SITUATIONS, BUT IM AT MY BEST RIGHT NOW, it don’t get no bigger den dis IM DA BIGGEST BLRRRD”

Despite his imprisonment, Shiesty has seen a few accolades come his way. They include appearing on the list of YouTube top-trending videos of 2021.

Pooh Shiesty is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.