Atlanta rapper Young Thug was booked into jail Monday in Georgia and accused of criminal gang activity.
Young Thug is one of 28 people named in a 56-count indictment, which includes violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, Act and participating in criminal street gang activity, according to court documents.
The allegations center around YSL, or “Young Slime Life,” which prosecutors say is a street gang formed in 2012 in Atlanta, according to the indictment filed in Fulton Superior Court.
Young Thug, 30, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is alleged to be one of three founding members of YSL, according to the indictment. The indictment says that YSL claims affiliation with the the national Bloods gang.
Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel, said his client is innocent and will be vindicated.
“Mr. Williams has committed no violation of law, whatsoever. We will fight this case ethically, legally and zealously. Mr. Williams will be cleared,” Steel said.
