Jury selection alone could take several more weeks in the Atlanta gang case against rapper Young Thug and his 13 co-defendants in Fulton County Superior Court. Young Thug, whose real name is ...

One of the 14 defendants standing trial in the sweeping gang case against rapper Young Thug and his alleged associates wants to represent himself.

Kenneth Copeland was back on the stand for questioning in the YSL trial. During his questioning, Copeland denied that YSL was a gang. During proceedings, the judge rejected another request by ...

However, according to prosecutors, YSL is actually a “criminal street gang”, which started out in the Cleveland Avenue area of Atlanta and claims affiliation to the national Bloods gang.

Trontavious Stephens, a former defendant and a co-founder of YSL, testified Wednesday as part of a plea deal he took in 2022.

Deamonte Kendrick, a defendant in the YSL trial, is seen in court on November 26, 2024. On December 1, 2024, Kendrick's attorney reported that his client was stabbed while in jail.

Channel 2′s Michael Seiden was inside the Fulton County courtroom when Trontavious Stephens identified rapper Young Thug and five of his co-defendants as members of YSL.

YSL Rapper Young Thug appears in court A Fulton County grand jury has re-indicted rapper Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffrey Williams, on additional gang-related charges last week.

Prosecutors say Young Thug and two other people co-founded a violent criminal street gang in 2012 called Young Slime Life, or YSL, which they say is associated with the national Bloods gang.

Prosecutors showed jurors photos of Stephens’ tattoos, which they claim show YSL is a subset of the national Bloods gang. “The first gang I was involved in was R.O.C. crew,” he testified.