Young Thug‘s lyrics may be used against him in his ongoing YSL RICO trial, and spectators have been given a look into a few of the bars on the table.
On Wednesday (November 8), Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalist Jozsef Papp took to Twitter to share some of the lyrics being used in the courtroom.
The lyrics that could potentially be used are as follows:
“I just beat a murder rap, paid my lawyer 30 for that/ Me and my slimes above the law” from 2018’s “Just How It Is.”
“Honestly truth be told YSL won’t fold/ Pick his ass off from the balcony/ YSL wipe a n-gga nose” from 2014’s “Eww.”
“I shot at his mommy, now he no longer mention me” from “Bad Boy” with the late Juice WRLD in 2021.
“I rep my life for real/For slimes you know I kill!” on 2020’s “Take It to Trial” with Gunna
“Hey, how you doing? I’m Yak Gotti/ I got bodies on bodies!” from 2015’s “Dream.”
Here are among the lyrics prosecutors need to introduce as proof within the #YSL trial in opposition to #YoungThug and different co-defendants (together with Deamonte Kendrick). @ajcpic.twitter.com/ovoZxSLTS0
— Jozsef Papp (@JozsefPapp_) November 8, 2023
The downside is, D.A. Fani Willis, the identical district lawyer who’s prosecuting Donald Trump, might not have gotten all of the lyrics proper.
According to courtroom paperwork obtained by HipHopDX on October 30, among the lyrics listed within the courtroom paperwork have been incorrect, and nonetheless others have been incorrectly attributed. For instance, the paperwork learn “knocking off your big homie bitch” and credit score the lyric to Yak Gotti in Unfoonk’s music “Mob Ties.” But that line doesn’t seem anyplace within the music (although the same line does seem within the music’s hook, spit by 24Heavy), and Yak Gotti doesn’t seem on the monitor in any respect.
Another error within the paperwork includes “Anybody,” which was launched in 2018. While the paperwork claims the lyrics are, “Ready for war like I’m Russia/ I get all types of cash, I’m a general,” the precise lyrics are, “Ready for war like I’m Russia/ Latest Chanel for the luggage.”
While a proposed federal invoice limiting the usage of music lyrics in felony proceedings remains to be pending within the House of Representatives, and comparable payments have been launched in states all through the nation, D.A. Willis has confirmed to NBC News that she is going to proceed to make use of music lyrics as proof in opposition to defendants if she feels they’re related.
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Shortly after the jury — comprised of seven Black ladies, two white ladies, two Black males and one white man, per Yahoo! — was lastly seated final week, Judge Glanville took the prosecutor’s workplace to activity for exponentially increasing their witness record, and for being evasive with offering proof required by discovery.
“I am really annoyed about this,” Judge Glanville mentioned from the bench final week. “This is ridiculous! Your witness list has grown by two-thirds since then! And I don’t know why! You’d better have a dang good explanation on the 16th, because if you don’t, I’m going to exclude it. Right now, I’m telling you: without anything further, it’s gone.”
He continued: “This is ridiculous! There is no plausible explanation I’ve gotten that would suffice, and we just keep — you just keep dribbing and drabbing out evidence. Nuh-uh.”
At the crux of the YSL RICO case is the idea that Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life label is definitely a canopy for a bigger felony enterprise known as Young Slime Life.
The Punk rapper faces eight fees, together with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and participation in felony avenue gang exercise, together with a string of drug and weapons offenses.
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