Rappers Caught Up In Rico Cases: A Rappers' Worst Nightmare

Will TV

On May 9, 2022, Young Thug was indicted on RICO charges in the state of Georgia along with Gunna and 26 other members of YSL. Young Slime Life is accused of being a violent street gang founded by Young Thug in the early 2010s and conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The 56-count indictment also includes charges of murder and armed robbery.

On Feb. 23, 2023, Kay Flock was indicted on federal RICO charges. The Bronx native and seven other reported associates are accused of being the leaders of New York’s Sev Side/DOA Gang.

On Dec. 2, 2020, one day after the Federal Bureau of Investigations publicly announced that he was wanted in connection to an 18-person RICO indictment of New York's Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang, Casanova turned himself in to authorities on racketeering-related charges.

In October of 2021, the FBI arrested Fetty Wop on federal drug charges just prior to his scheduled performance at Rolling Loud New York. The New Jersey native and five other individuals were accused of being part of a large-scale drug distribution ring that moved over 100 kilos of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine into New York and New Jersey.

On May 4, 2021, the AP reported that YFN Lucci was among a dozen other individuals charged in an Atlanta RICO indictment targeting alleged Bloods gang members. The 105-count indictment, put forth by a Fulton County, Ga. grand jury on April 30, 2021, consists of an array of charges including racketeering, aggravated assault, murder, gun, armed robbery, property damage, theft and gang-related charges.

Hoodrich Pablo Juan is a trap rapper who made a name for himself beginning in 2015 for his one-of-one flow at the time and proximity to other Atlanta rap mainstays like Peewee Longway and Young Thug, Gunna and more. However, things took a turn for the worst, as he was arrested in Georgia, due to a RICO Act investigation in late 2020. He was one of 46 people involved.

In early May of 2022, 28 members of Young Thug's Young Stoner Life collective were arrested on RICO charges. The 56-count indictment included charges of armed robbery, participation in criminal street gang activity, murder and more. Among that two dozen-plus individuals were South Atlanta native Gunna, who has been publicly affiliated with the alleged Blood set.

On Oct. 13, 2023, Tsu Surf was arrested and taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on federal charges in violation of the RICO Act as it pertains to an investigation being conducted by the DEA.

In February 2020, OMB Bloodbath, OMB stands for Only My Brothers, was arrested in Houston on charges of leading a street gang to commit murder. Following her arrest, prosecutors laid out her racketeering case to the public.

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