A little more than a month after rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, pleaded guilty, his attorneys now want one of the significant conditions of his sentence changed.
On Halloween night, Young Thug made the bold decision to give up his right to a jury trial midway through the proceedings and changed his plea to guilty. The Grammy-winning rapper admitted to charges involving guns, drugs, and street gang activity. “I take full responsibility for my crimes,” he said in court.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker sentenced Young Thug to 15 years of probation and banned him from the Atlanta area for 10 years. Last week, after the final two YSL defendants were found not guilty of the most serious charges they faced, Young Thug’s father said his son’s guilty plea was his own choice. “No regrets, know what I’m saying,” Jeffery Williams Sr. said. …