YG is no longer a suspect in the 2020 robbery case. The LA District Attorney Office declined to file charges against the Compton artist. It turns out that not enough evidence was present to prosecute him.
“Not enough evidence of what defendant did to aid and abet the crime. Presence during the crime alone is not sufficient,” the Office’s statement declares.
The Robbery Investigation
The robbery investigation took almost two years. Law enforcement arrested YG back in January 2020. The authorities raided the artist’s house in the early morning.
Shot from YG’s “FTP” music video. Image source: YouTube.
“They come through like four in the morning. We asleep, the helicopter had come around and all that,” YG then explained to The Morning Hustle. “So boom, I bounced up like, ‘What’s going on?’ Boom! They bang the door in, trying to get in the door, so I go downstairs. I open the door – boom! They draw down on me. That’s normal, but my kids at the time were 4 years old and 6 years old.”
“This arrest is one that caught YG completely off guard because there is no truth to them,” YG’s lawyer Joe Tacopina said regarding the robbery arrest. “YG has no idea what investigators are talking about, and we have not been provided with any details … we are learning about this case through the media.” Tacopina also promised to prove his client’s innocence.
One thing Tacopina also pointed is the arrest’s timing. “YG has a performance scheduled at The Grammy’s Sunday where he will honor Nipsey Hussle … so the timing is suspect, to put it mildly,” Tacopina claimed.
Another Compton artist, The Game, also commented on the YG’s arrest.
Funny how @YG gets arrested the weekend of the Grammy’s when he’s supposed to hit the stage in Nip’s honor. #LAPDtheBiggestGangHere
Later in the year, YG spoke about the arrest. The artist then talked about raids and police pointing guns at his kids.
“They go up in the room, and they got the big AKs all in my little kids’ face like, ‘Don’t move!'” YG shared in the interview. “I’m like, bro, what the fuck is y’all doing? Y’all got me fucked up! They doing this to my little kids! And these are little girls!”
The artist also mentioned his previous experiences with law enforcement. YG claimed his background played a role in the robbery arrest harshness.
“I been through a lot of other stuff with the police, but I’m from the streets though, you feel me?” he said. “So it’s like I got a target on my back already from that, and I know that, so it ain’t really nothing to talk about. Because it’s like when you’re from a certain area, the police gon’ fuck with you.”