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YFN Lucci Is Allegedly Not Involved With YSL Case

YFN Lucci YSL Case Involvement Is Lacking
YFN Lucci finally has a court date. Image source: Fulton County Sheriff's Office.

The “Everyday We Lit” rapper, YFN Lucci, and his attorney entail that he is not testifying in the YSL’s RICO case.

The case involves Young Thug in the alleged criminal gang, “Young Slime Life,” or YSL. In an all-exclusive interview with TMZ, Lucci’s attorney, Drew Findling, assures that in no way has the rapper’s involvement. 

The Fulton County District Attorney’s office or any affiliation with the case has never made an attempt to subpoena law enforcement nor interviewed Lucci. 

“So, to be 100% clear, Rayshawn Bennett (Lucci) will not be a witness in the YSL case,” Findling says.

Although the rappers are known to have their differences over the years can give fans, via social media, to suspect differently. Some may believe he is working with YT’s prosecutors to cut a plea deal.

Although a seventh man linked to the YSL case has recently decided to take a plea deal in the Young Thug’s RICO case. 

The Case

The YSL case, also known as “Young Slime Life,” associates an alleged criminal gang with a 56-count indictment. Gunna and Young Thug, among others, involvement are currently being charged. The charge is a conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO ACT).

Gunna holds one count of conspiring to violate RICO, five counts of RICO indictment, theft, and intent to distribute a controlled substance. 

As for Young Thug, he faces conspiracy to violate the RICO Act with participation in a criminal street gang activity. Another serious offense he faces involvement in is he was using a rented car that was used in the commission of a rival gang member. 

The charges occurred between January 24, 2013- May 08, 2022, and include the following listed below.

  • Conspiracy to violate RICO Act
  • Murder
  • Armed Robbery
  • Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon
  • Possession of a firearm
  • Theft
  • Violation of Georgia Controlled Substances Act
  • Participation in a street gang activity

YFN Lucci Awaiting His YSL Trial

Rayshawn Bennett, also known as Lucci, is currently behind bars awaiting trial. The 29-year-old is facing multiple charges in a shooting involving the following. 

  • Felony murder 
  • Aggravated Assault 
  • Participation in criminal street gang activity
  • Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony

His suspected involvement in the southwest Atlanta shooting leaves one man injured and one dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

There have since been 2 arrests for the felony murder involving 23-year-old Ra’von Boyd and 17-year-old Leroy Pitts.

Unfortunately, Atlanta authorities cannot locate the whereabouts of Luccia but do ask the public for their help. There is also an award of $5,000 for any information.

Written by Abbi-Rae De La Rosa

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YFN Lucci Gets Court Date

YFN Lucci has been waiting for a trial date since this May; yesterday, he received an answer. The 30-year-old-rapper will have to wait to see his day in court until May 12, 2022.

Lucci is currently jailed on charges of murder and racketeering. He turned himself in after police issued a warrant for his arrest in connection to the shooting death of 28-year-old James Adams.  Lucci was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, participation in criminal street gang activity, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Lucci swiftly posted bail. However, shortly afterward, he landed back in jail when his name popped up in a racketeering indictment. After surrendering to authorities, Lucci was not allowed to post bail again.

75 pages in length, the full indictment includes  105 counts of racketeering going all the way back to 2010. However, Lucci’s name does not pop up until February 2020. Around that same time, the music video for “Shine On,” Lucci’s track alongside Bloody Jay and Check PFK, came to life.

Authorities also said that the video for the track “includes lyrics promoting criminal gang activity” and displays “common Blood gang identifiers including hand signs, language, clothing, and colors.”

Shine On Analysis

According to a gang intelligence report, traditional Blood gang colors are red and black. However, gang subsets have also used green, brown, pink, beige, and orange as well. Black, orange, and yellow are the main colors for the video; two out of three are gang colors. Blood gang signs appear all over “Shine On.” Throughout the video, the crew almost constantly throws them out. The lyrics include references to 0, 3, and 1. These numbers are “very significant to East Coast affiliated Bloods and will appear in their graffiti and tattoos. Zero represents Bloods, three stands for the 31 rules they have to follow, and one represents the love for all Bloods under one umbrella.” While there are no flags within the video, the artists wear jewelry associated with the Bloods. The lyrics to “Shine On” describe partaking in gang-related activities at night.

However, none of that means anything. After all, hip-hop has featured songs praising the gang lifestyle since the beginning.

“He’s not a gang member,” Lucci’s lawyer said. “What he is is an internationally recognized musical artist that is a triple platinum winner, that has performed all over the United States and all over the world.”

Written by Justin Acosta

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