Judge denies bond for Grammy-winning US rapper Young Thug

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A Georgia judge denied bond on Thursday evening for Atlanta rapper Young Thug&comma; who’s accused of conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO Act and participation in a criminal street gang&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville handed down the ruling saying he has significant concerns about the entertainer&comma; whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams&comma; being a danger to the community&comma; news outlets reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors argued Williams is the head of a violent street gang called Young Slime Life that he co-founded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The gang committed multiple murders&comma; shootings and carjackings over roughly a decade and promoted its activities in songs and on social media&comma; prosecutors allege in an 88-page indictment that charges him&comma; rapper Gunna — whose real name is Sergio Kitchens — aspiring rapper Christian Eppinger and 24 others with racketeering&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eppinger was already in jail&comma; accused of shooting an Atlanta police officer six times in February&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Young Thug&comma; prosecutors said on Thursday&comma; is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the top dog&comma; the most dangerous man here&comma; because he doesn’t have to get his hands dirty&comma; he has others to do his business&comma;” Atlanta station WXIA-TV reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Williams has been in custody since his arrest last month at his home in an upscale neighbourhood north of downtown Atlanta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His attorneys presented several witnesses to counter the image prosecutors painted&comma; pointing to the musician’s community involvement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Music executive Kevin Liles testified that Williams was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;like a son” and he was willing to put up his own wealth and business behind a bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rapper&comma; he said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is not just an artist – he’s an influencer&comma; a person I think was put here to change the people around him” and a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;contributing citizen to this world&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Young Thug co-wrote the hit This is America with Childish Gambino&comma; making history when it became the first hip-hop track to win the song of the year Grammy in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An expected trial date&comma; the judge said&comma; would be January 9 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0830bf265">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0830bf265'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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