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Atlanta (AFP) - Young Thug's lyrics describe the violence-plagued and poverty-stricken environment the rapper grew up in but aren't evidence of criminal activity, his lawyer Brian Steel said in court Tuesday. Attorney Brian Steel detailed the artist's rags-to-riches trajectory as part of the defense's opening statements in a sprawling racketeering trial targeting the rapper and others, which began in earnest this week after months of painstaking jury selection, courtroom dramas and myriad delays. The US state of Georgia accuses the Grammy-winning rapper of leading a street gang fronted by his ...
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Atlanta (AFP) - Prosecutors in Atlanta said Monday that rapper Young Thug was the "proclaimed leader" of a gang that "moved like a pack" to commit crimes, as opening statements in a long-delayed racketeering case got underway. Controversy -- notably over the state's presentation of rap lyrics as evidence -- and hiccups have dogged the sprawling trial alleging criminal conspiracy since jury selection began in January. The US state of Georgia holds that Young Thug's record label, YSL, is a front for a crime ring, arguing that the defendants belong to a branch of the Bloods street gang identified...
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New York (AFP) - A rap vanguard essential to the Atlanta scene at the genre's nerve center, Young Thug is one of contemporary hip-hop's most famous and most idiosyncratic figures. The artist's arrest in May 2022 on racketeering charges rattled the community the 32-year-old came up in, as he and 27 other alleged street gang members were swept up in a sprawling indictment that charged some of them with violent crimes. With opening statements in the trial due to begin Monday in Atlanta, state prosecutors allege the chart-topping artist, born Jeffery Williams, is the founder and head of YSL, or Yo...
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New York (AFP) - Opening statements in the long-awaited US gang conspiracy trial targeting rapper Young Thug are due next week -- and the prosecution controversially will be allowed to present rap lyrics as evidence. Critics say the practice that's sparked controversy numerous times over past decades is a constitutional violation of expression that stifles creativity, taking slice-of-life lyrics out of context and criminalizing artists of color. This time around the defense had sought to exclude lyrics from evidence, saying the use of verses could unfairly influence the jury. But Atlanta Judge...
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New York (AFP) - Rap lyrics can be admitted as evidence in the sprawling US gang conspiracy trial targeting rapper Young Thug and several others, a judge ruled Thursday. The defense had sought to exclude lyrics from evidence, saying the use of verses could unfairly influence the jury and was a violation of creative expression. For years, many free speech advocates, civil rights groups, music world figures and legislators have decried using lyrics as evidence as a constitutional violation of expression that criminalizes and punishes artists, most of them of color. But Atlanta Judge Ural Glanvil...
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New York (AFP) - The judge in the sprawling US gang conspiracy trial of rapper Young Thug and several others on Wednesday seated a jury after a glacial selection that lasted nearly 10 months, local media said. Atlanta Judge Ural Glanville swore in 12 jurors and six alternates in the case whose opening arguments are now scheduled to begin November 27. Five men and 13 women were selected, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Three of the men and 11 of the women are Black. The judge moved up the jury seating date by several weeks in order to ensure it met a speedy trial demand filed by ...
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New York (AFP) - Young Thug fans awoke Friday to a new album from the Atlanta rapper, who is embroiled in a sprawling gang conspiracy trial and has been imprisoned since May 2022. The 15-track record entitled "Business is Business" includes features from Drake, Future, 21 Savage and Travis Scott, and is Young Thug's first LP since 2021's chart-topper "Punk." The 31-year-old born Jeffery Williams was one of 28 alleged street gang members swept up in a racketeering indictment accusing defendants of myriad predicate offenses that support an overarching conspiracy charge, including murder, assault...
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New York (AFP) - A potential juror in the sprawling US gang conspiracy trial of rapper Young Thug and several others drew the judge's ire by traveling abroad during proceedings -- so he assigned her homework. Atlanta Judge Ural Glanville mandated the woman write a 30-page essay on the importance of jury service after she traveled to the Dominican Republican on business and missed court, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. The newspaper said the woman told the court she had attempted to alert jury services that she would be traveling. But when she didn't show during the lengthy selec...
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New York (AFP) - Jury selection got underway Monday in Atlanta in the sweeping US gang conspiracy trial of influential rapper Young Thug and several others, criminal proceedings that have rocked the music world in the southern city and beyond. It however could be weeks before any arguments are heard, with the choice of jurors anticipated to be lengthy as the Georgia state court tries to find a crop of impartial people able to sit for a trial expected to last much of 2023. Prosecutors say Young Thug's record label is a front for a crime ring, and have held up song lyrics as evidence of the accu...
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New York (AFP) - The American rapper Young Thug was set to go on trial Monday on charges that his record label is a front for a crime ring. The influential hip-hop star born Jeffery Williams was one of more than two dozen people charged last spring by a Georgia grand jury, which said those named belong to a branch of the Bloods street gang identified as Young Slime Life, or YSL. The indictment shook the rap world in Atlanta -- long a nexus of hip-hop, where Young Thug is considered among the industry's most impactful figures, one who forged contemporary rap's sound. Georgia prosecutors hit all...
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