I'm hooked on Young Thug's racketeering trial in Atlanta. Here's how you can follow my coverage.
The rapper is accused of leading a criminal street gang in violation of Georgia's anti-organized crime law. Donald Trump faces the same charge in the same county.
I’ve spent the last two weeks watching rapper Young Thug’s racketeering conspiracy trial, and I’ve amassed a collection of videos on my YouTube and TikTok pages that explain the testimony in detailed descriptions.
I’m also working on an in-depth article explaining some of the novel issues in the case as well as its remarkable size. The case is the largest criminal case ever tried in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Georgia, and it’s rife with fascinating issues related to co-conspirator theories as well as the use of rap lyrics as evidence. My article will publish early next week.
Meanwhile, you can learn a lot about the trial and the people involved by cruising my YouTube channel, which I’ve organized into playlists such as Rap lyrics on trial, Lil Wayne tour bus shooting, YSL trial tattoo testimony, YSL legal arguments and Keith Adams’ cross-examinations. I explain a lot in the video descriptions so be sure to read those.
Also, TikTok. I’ve gained 45,000 followers in the last month as I share clips from the trial with informative descriptions. The majority of viewers are between the ages of 18 to 24, followed by 24 to 35. There are Meghann Thee Reporter fan videos on there that date back to the Tory Lanez trial, and I’m happy so many people who got to know my work through that case are now enjoying my reporting about this important trial.
The highlight of the trial so far has been Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel’s cross-examination of confessed Young Slime Life co-founder Trontavious “Tick” Stephens. Here’s a particularly memorable line of questioning:
My article next will break down the trial so far. It will include comments from my interview with lawyer Bruce Harvey, who represents Young Thug’s co-defendant Quamarvious Nichols and is one of the most experienced criminal defense attorneys in Georgia. I’ll also compare the case to another racketeering trial I covered, the federal racketeering case against the Mongols Motorcycle Club. I watched every day of the trial in Orange County, California, in late 2018 and early 2019, and the differences between it and Thug’s trial are massive.
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