
Young Thug Breaks Silence: ‘I’m Too Big for Jail’
Young Thug has given his first interview since being released from jail, after pleading guilty to racketeering charges in the YSL trial

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Young Thug has given his first interview since being released from jail, after pleading guilty to racketeering charges in the YSL trial

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YSL trial defendants Deamonte 'Yak Gotti' Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell were acquitted of murder charges at the longest trial in Georgia history

The strict stipulations around the rapper's release, along with the state of social media, add a layer of precarity to an already nonsensical trial

When Young Thug gave a non-negotiated plea in his gang and racketeering conspiracy case in Atlanta, it was a gamble that paid off

Young Thug pleaded "no contest" to his top gang and racketeering charges Thursday without a pre-negotiated sentence after spending more than two years in jail

Young Thug is now on trial with only two other co-defendants

“What I’m trying to do is fix your sloppiness so that everybody won’t have wasted 10, 12 months of their lives in this trial,” Judge Whitaker scolded prosecutors after an evidence mishap Wednesday

Brian Steel was held in contempt during an argument with a judge over an allegedly secret meeting involving a key state witness in the YSL gang trial