Young Thug Judge Reads Explicit Lyrics in Court

The choose within the Young Thug YSL RICO case learn lyrics to one of many Atlanta rapper’s songs in court docket.

Young Thug‘s trial started this week with jury choice. Throughout a listening to on Wednesday (Jan. 4), Choose Ural Glanville went over a macro view of the prosecution’s case for jurors, which included him reciting excerpts from the 2016 Thugger tune “Slime Shit.”

“Hey, this that slime shit, hey/YSL shit, hey/Killin’ 12 shit, hey/Fuck a jail shit, hey,” the choose dryly reads on the 1:04:20 mark of the video supplied by the Law&Crime Network. “Cookin’ white brick, hey, hey/I am not new to this, hey, I am so true to this, hey I carried out put an entire slime on a hunnid licks, hey, hey.”

He additionally reads out sections from Yak Gotti‘s verse in the identical monotone method.

“Slime or get slimed,” he continues. “Within the VIP and I acquired that pistol on my hip/You prayin’ that you simply dwell/I am prayin’ that I hit/Hey, this that slime shit…Fuck, fuck the police (Fuck ’em), in a excessive velocity.”

Young Thug’s attorneys have been looking to suppress lyrics from being used within the case all through the method main as much as the trial. They argued that using lyrics “is racist and discriminatory as a result of the jury might be so poisoned and prejudiced.”

Young Thug and 27 other YSL associates were arrested in Might of 2022 and hit with a prolonged indictment that alleges YSL is definitely a violent avenue gang. Younger Thug has been tabbed because the ringleader of the group and been charged with eight counts of violating the RICO Act. He additionally faces possession of marijuana with intent to distribute; possession of codeine with intent to distribute; possession of cocaine; possession of a firearm; and possession of a machine gun fees.

Whereas a number of of the individuals arrested within the indictment have pleaded out, together with Gunna, Younger Thug is taking his probabilities in trial. The trial has been slated to begin on Jan. 9.