King Slime: The Prosecution of Young Thug and YSL
King Slime: The Prosecution of Young Thug and YSL
On May 9, 2022, Atlanta police raided the mansion of Jeffery Lamar Williams, known across the globe as Young Thug. An 88-page indictment alleges that the rapper and 27 co-defendants participated in organized gang activity, committing crimes ranging from assault and armed robbery to murder. Music journalist Christina Lee and crime and politics reporter George Chidi team up to tell the full story of…Social links:
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Court Report 6: Went Thru It
The trial will go on, but the show's over. In King Slime's final episode, New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli helps recap the proceedings and break down the cultural impact of Hip Hop's longest and wildest court case.
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Court Report 5: The Boilover in Courtroom 1B
Legal affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff joins the King Slime crew to discuss the growing animus between the prosecution, defense and even the judge presiding over the YSL trial, and how it could impact the case.
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Court Report 4: The “Free Willy” Red Nissan Incident
On September 11, 2013, police arrested three men who had committed an armed robbery and exchanged gunfire with police in a stolen red Nissan that they crashed into a laundromat. Young Thug was not one of those three. But now, more than a decade later with the help of Georgia’s RICO laws, prosecutor…
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Court Report 3: In Furtherance of a Gang
“Big Facts” co-host Baby Jade offers an inside perspective on Young Thug’s career. We discuss the prosecution’s use of social media and reveal who leaked Young Thug’s jailhouse video chat with Mariah the Scientist
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Court Report 2: The Defense Won’t Rest
Defense attorney Suri Chadha Jimenez was on the YSL defense team until his client’s charges were dismissed. Now he’s free to offer an inside view of the defense team and weigh in on the prosecution’s tactics. We’ll discuss a big fight over a NPR Tiny Desk Concert, the YFN Lucci deal, and why the de…
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Court Report 1: LeBron James, Serena Williams and a murder caught on video
With the jury seated and the YSL trial well underway, the King Slime team kicks off a bi-weekly discussion breaking down the most important, most interesting and most absurd moments of the craziest trial in hip hop’s history.
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Episode 8: F#@& Rice Street
By the time opening statements began in the YSL trial, the remaining defendants had already spent more than a year and a half behind bars. Nearly all of them are being held at the Fulton County Jail, a facility that has become notorious for a spate of deaths in recent years and has been immortalize…
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Episode 7: Back At It
Last December, YSL defendant Sergio Kitchens, the rapper Gunna, took an Alford plea and walked out of Fulton County Jail with probation. Christina Lee investigates Gunna’s life after court, the impact on his reputation and music, and the evolving legacy of Atlanta as hip-hop’s capital.
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Episode 6: I Came From Nothing
Both Young Thug's rise to stardom and current legal entanglements epitomize Atlanta's complicated legacy as a Black mecca. We explore how the YSL trial has already impacted the city and its music—and discover a secret about the rapper's legal future that could change everything, regardless of what …
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