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Mafia 4 life records6/21/2023 ![]() Atlanta’s Fulton County grand jury charged some individuals with violent crimes that include attempted armed robbery and murder. The 88-page grand-jury indictment characterizes YSL, “Young Slime Life,” as a “criminal street gang” and alleges 182 instances of the collective’s participating in gang activity and criminal conspiracies, citing lyrics, social-media posts, and clothing or accessories with SLIME emblazoned on them as evidence. ![]() The rapper’s plea arrived on the heels of a sprawling, 56-count RICO case against Thug, Gunna, and 26 members of his Young Stoner Life collective. The document asks both federal and state legislators to adopt bills that limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in a court of law. The Petition to Protect Black Art is a document co-written by 300 Entertainment co-founder and CEO Kevin Liles - who first signed Thug and helped get his label YSL off the ground as a subsidiary company - and Atlanta Records COO Julie Greenwald. Everybody please sign the Protect Black Art petition and keep praying for us. “I always use my music as a form of artistic expression, and I see now that Black artists and rappers don’t have that freedom. ![]() “You know, this isn’t about just me or YSL,” he said in a prerecorded address screened at Hot 97’s Summer Jam. On June 12, Young Thug made a plea from jail. Photo: Prince Williams/Filmmagic/Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for MRC Young Thug (legal name Jeffery Lamar Williams) and Gunna (legal name Sergio Giavanni Kitchens)
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