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Following a long first day of opening statements made by Fulton County prosecutors, the defense will now be able to make its statements Tuesday on behalf of those roped into the RICO case - including rapper Young Thug.
The second day of the trial will continue with opening arguments for the defendants. Monday's arguments by prosecutors already threw the Atlanta rapper's lyrics front and center.
It is a trial that's been in the making for over a year. About 18 months after Young Thug and 27 others were indicted as part of a sweeping RICO case alleging that the Atlanta rapper is the kingpin of a street gang called "Young Slime Life," prosecutors will now lay out their case in an effort to prove that Jeffery Williams "King Slime" of a violent Atlanta gang or whether, as the rapper's attorneys have steadfastly maintained, the artistic force behind a record label and lifestyle brand miscast by an overly aggressive district attorney's office.
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Day 2: Young Slime Life, Young Thug Georgia RICO trial
10 a.m. | Court is set to convene. Catch up with Day 1 events here.
The charges against Young Thug include:
- Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
- Unlawful for person who occupies criminal street gang position of organizer/supervisory/management
- Unlawful for person employed/associated with criminal street gang to conduct/participate in criminal activity (2 counts)
- Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (3 counts)
- Possession of firearm or knife during the commission of, or attempt to commit, certain felonies
- Use of machine gun, sawed-off rifle, sawed-off shotgun, or silencer during commission of a crime
A number of music industry and cultural figures have testified on Young Thug's behalf at previous proceedings and could again testify at trial. Prosecutors, meanwhile, have a witness list with hundreds of people on it.
The jury consists of seven Black women, two white women, two Black men and one white man.