Today, we're talking about this absolutely unhinged young thug trial, and you need to watch this even if you are unfamiliar.

It is wild, and the impact it could have is huge and unexpected.

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Starting with, let's talk about Young Thugs criminal trial in this whole situation, because even if you're unfamiliar with him, it is a wild ride.

So if you don't know him, he's 32-year-old Jeffrey Williams, more commonly known as Young Thub. And he is a legendary Atlanta rapper who launched himself

from a life of poverty into one of massive stardom over a decade. Earning three number one albums

on the Billboard chart, collaborating with the likes of Drake, Future Kanye West, and Travis Scott.

But last year, his blossom in career was suddenly cut short, with the grand jury indicting him

and many other defendants on charges of criminal racketeering, gang and several gun charges. And this, because according to prosecutors, young thug spearheaded a violent

street gang known as YSL or Young Slime Life, which they say is a local subset of the blood. And allegedly,

he ordered and oversaw crimes including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, witness intimidation,

and drug deal. A young thug has pled not guilty to all of the charges alongside five other co-defendants.

And this notably, with them being the only holdouts after the initial pool of 27 co-defendants got whittled down by guilty pleas and severed cases.

Now, in his defense, Young Thug claims that YSL is merely his record label, Young Stoner Life Records,

with he using a gangster image and its music and videos because of tough life circumstances and because that's just what sells. His lawyer is also arguing that he was just too busy filming music videos

performing concerts and earning money to actually lead a street gang. But there, even if he

didn't commit the crimes himself, prosecutors argue that the gang members did them in service of

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