Young Thug and the YSL RICO trial
is the biggest thing in hip hop right now.
Thug is facing life in prison
while everyone else is allegedly flipping on him,
and one of the most shocking twists
was when his homie Gunna took a plea deal in the case.
Gunna says he’s not snitching, but not everyone is convinced -
and today we’re breaking down how other rappers
really feel about Gunna and the RICO situation.
Let’s get right into it.
Any time over twenty dudes get wrapped up in the same case,
it’s only a matter of time before someone flips and starts talking.
A lot of people thought YSL would end up having some dudes working with the cops,
but fans were still shocked when the news broke that Gunna had taken a plea deal.
Gunna took an Alford Plea deal before the trial started,
which basically means
he thinks the state could convict him but he’s not actually admitting to a crime.
The court handed down a five year sentence with one year served
and the rest of it suspended,
but Gunna told everyone he didn’t snitch to get the deal.
He said “I have NOT made any statements,
have NOT been interviewed, have NOT cooperated,
have NOT agreed to testify or be a witness for or against any party in the case...”
At first it looked like Gunna just got lucky with his deal,
but then a video came out showing him admitting in court that YSL was a gang
and that he was in a car with Young Thug when the cops found drugs and guns in it.
The prosecutor asked him if they were his and he told them no,
so some people think Gunna basically threw Thug under the bus right there.
Is that true as it pertains to you Mr. Kitchens
Yes ma'am.
YSL is a music label and a gang,
and you have personal knowledge that members or associates of YSL
have committed crimes in furtherance of the gang.
Yes ma'am.
You were present when law enforcement officers stopped the vehicle in which
you were present along with Jeffery William.
where in hydrocodone, methamphetamines, and a firearm were recovered.
These items do not belong to you.
Yes ma'am.
And do you acknowledge the following statement,
I recognize, accept, and deeply regret
that my talent and music indirectly furthered YSL the gang
to the detriment of my community.
YSL as a gang must end.
Is that your statement or acknowledgement?
Yes.
After the video came out,
other artists in the rap game started picking sides.
Gunna posted a pic on IG with the caption
“N****s acting like they switching to a side
But it’s only one side .
#YsltheLabel
#FreeThug&Yak GUNNA BACC!!!!!”
Some people like Kid Cudi, Jacquees,
and DJ Scheme showed love to Gunna on social media,
but there were also a ton of rappers calling him a snitch.
Boosie Badazz posted the clip of Gunna in court and wrote
“Rat THIS WOULD HAVE PUT TEARS N MY EYES MY BROTHER...”
Boosie aired him out for switching on Thug
while he's is fighting for his life in court.
Then he followed it up and said Gunna ruined his legacy over one charge
that he wouldn’t have even done hard time for.
Freddie Gibbs hopped on social media to clown Gunna over the situation.
He tweeted “N****z telling fibs”
after the video leaked,
which was a reference to a diss Gunna sent at Gibbs on the track Poochie Gown.
Gunna’s issues with Gibbs actually started back in 2020
when Gunna and Thug were beefing with a Baton Rouge rapper named Tec.
Tec leaked a video
where Gunna is talking to a reporter about his cousin allegedly killing a girl.
Tec said the clip was from a show called Crime Stoppers,
which was all about tracking down wanted criminals.
Talking to reporters about a murder wasn’t a good look for somebody like Gunna,
but a few months later he went on the Breakfast Club to clear up the situation.
According to him, it wasn’t an episode of Crime Stoppers.
Gunna said that it was just a local news report about his cousin
who was serving a life sentence for allegedly killing a little girl.
Gunna said his cousin was innocent
and he just went on the news to help defend his name,
but Freddie Gibbs tweeted
“If u was on crime stoppers TV u a snitch.
Ain’t no way around it.”
Gunna didn’t respond to the tweet
and it seemed like he was just going to move on,
but then two years later
he was rolling his album out and tweeted
“When my album drop Freddie Gibbs will {have} the biggest moment of his career.”
Gibbs clapped back and said
“I’m the hot topic right now these n**** need me to push the project.
I get it. U can say U sold more records
got more money but I ain’t never been on crime stoppers.”
They sent some more shots back and forth on social media,
then Gunna dropped the track Poochie Gown and said
“Hang above the rim I can’t f*** with Freddie Gibbs
N****s tellin’ fibs
Rich kids try to get next to me, you know your chances slim.”
Gibbs clowned him for the weak line
and started throwing more shots right after the news broke about Gunna’s deal.
He tweeted
“It was n****z that took they verse off my album because wunna ain’t like me.
I wonder how they feel now.”
And “I prayed for this day.”
Gibbs isn’t the only dude in the industry
who’s been clowning Gunna over the situation though.
6ix9ine is known as the biggest rat in the rap game
after he flipped on his crew and worked with the cops,
but that hasn’t stopped him from taking shots at Gunna.
He posted the video of Gunna in court and wrote
“Go ahead and make your 1,000,000 excuses.
I stand on what ever I do or did.
That’s why I’m still walking on this earth
AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS TO ME...”
When Gunna made his first post after getting released
and put “Yslthelabel” in the caption,
6ix9ine clowned him over it and commented
“In court you said it was a gang
here on IG u saying the label.
Lol u can’t make this s*** up.”
6ix9ine’s manager Wack 100
also thinks Gunna flipped.
He said “Listen,
you’re not pleading guilty to a RICO, and they’re freeing you.
He did something.”
Sauce Walka is a Houston rapper known for tracks like
Texas Cyclone and Ghetto Gospel.
He went live and clowned Gunna for taking a deal
and said he felt sorry for Young Thug.
Sauce said he’d take 25 or 30 years without flipping on his homies,
and that he could see his daughter on FaceTime if that’s what it took.
He also said Gunna
would’ve only been hit with one or two years if he took it to trial
instead of taking a deal.
It’s one thing to talk about staying solid with your crew
and spending decades in prison,
but now Sauce Walka might have to really prove what he said.
Just a few days after Gunna took the deal
and Sauce clowned him for it,
14 dudes from his crew The Sauce Factory were booked on RICO charges.
Sauce wasn’t booked during the takedown,
but there’s no telling how the case will go.
And if someone in his crew talks crazy
and Sauce Walka gets brought into the case,
he might end up facing the same kind of situation Gunna was in.
But it’s not just random dudes in the industry that have issues with Gunna now.
Lil Baby and Gunna have been tight for years.
They dropped a collab project back in 2018,
and last year their track Drip Too Hard went certified diamond.
They’ve racked up over a billion streams together,
but now it’s all falling apart over the RICO case.
Baby hasn’t said anything publicly about it,
but fans noticed recently that he unfollowed Gunna on IG.
And he’s not the only homie that Gunna lost.
Gunna and Lil Durk have been working together for a long time
and popped off last year with the track What Happened To Virgil.
Durk obviously isn’t rocking with how Gunna handled the court situation,
and he previewed a new track where he said
“What happened to Virgil? He probably gon’ tell.”
He didn’t call Gunna out by name,
but fans connected the bar to him immediately.
When Gunna got released, he also tweeted a message to Lil Keed
who tragically passed away last year from a blood cell disorder.
Keed was affiliated with YSL,
but his brother Lil Gotit obviously isn’t cool with Gunna right now.
Gunna tweeted “R.I.P KEED
(I love you) & (I miss you) TWIN.”
Then Gotit hopped on IG and wrote
“Don’t Call Me Twin”
and “N****s needa stop that cap.”
Thug’s brother Unfoonk also hopped in
and let everyone know he wasn’t rocking with Gunna anymore either.
On his IG story he wrote
“ALL DAT INTERNET S*** NOT P,
IM BEEN HUMBLE WITH U N****”
A dude named Mondo who co-founded YSL with Thug,
aired out Gunna out for taking a deal on the Ugly Money podcast.
Mondo said Gunna was always a genuine dude
but he panicked when the case got dropped on them.
He said
Know I'm saying the boy's with some good n****
I f*** with the boy but,
once you do certain shit, like.
Look, coach you to be no real n****.
So you can't say 'Oh they tricked me'
or 'Oh I ain't talk I don't know whats going on'
Come on my brother, it ain't no.
Know what I'm saying some s*** you just don’t do.
And hey boy, you crossed the line, my brother
Jim Jones is another rapper
who doesn’t think Gunna should have taken the deal.
In an interview with DJ Univercity he said
If you up against a case by yourself, and s*** like that,
that’s something different and s*** like that.
But when you’re taking a plea it’s a touchy thing,
I don't really want to touch too much on it and s*** like that.
Jones says he’s seen his own homies get snitched on
and have to do serious time,
but none of them ever took a plea deal.
And even though the situation ain't looking great for Young Thug right now,
Jones said
Above all,
he’s a black man that started from nothing
and helped so many black people become successful...
God bless I’ve seen some crazy things man -
you never know, that man could come home,
and that’s what I be praying for.
It seems like most of the rap game ain't rocking with Gunna right now,
but not everyone switched on him.
Gunna and DDG linked up for the track Elon Musk,
and DDG told DJ Akademiks
that he’s not worried about all the street code talk that’s going around right now.
He says Gunna showed him love and helped his career out,
and he doesn’t care about any of the drama.
Gunna taking a deal means he won’t have to risk going to prison,
but it’s already affecting on his career.
There's a lot of rappers who would’ve done the same thing if they were in his shoes,
but the rap game is all about your image -
and even rumors about snitching can end your career.
If Gunna don’t testify against Thug
then most people will probably just move on eventually.
But if he takes the stand,
his career will likely be over
and he’ll need to stay out of Atlanta too.
Being a famous rapper is already dangerous,
but flipping on one of the biggest and most influential artists in the city
would put a massive target on Gunna’s back.
Nobody knows how the situation will play out,
so tap in for updates because there’s no telling what will happen next.