Sidebar: Is Being a Rapper Evidence of a Crime?
FindLaw's Don't Judge Me · FindLaw
June 23, 202215m 24s
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No, it is not. But in a recent indictment against Jeffery Lamar Williams, a.k.a. Young Thug, Fulton County prosecutors submitted lyrics as evidence indicating Williams' involvement in a criminal organization. He is being prosecuted under RICO.
Is Young Thug the head of an Atlanta street gang? We have no idea. But Laura has a thing or two to say about using rap lyrics as evidence of criminal intent.