Young Thug’s lawyers are attempting to keep his lyrics from the RICO trial against his YSL collective. Court documents show that the rapper’s legal team filed a motion asking to exclude songs, lyrics, music videos, and social media posts from the evidence in the trial.
The motion reads, “The admission and use of these lyrics/poetry/artistry against [Young Thug] in his upcoming trial would be a Constitutional violation and an abuse of discretion, too prejudicial and unconstitutional, Moreover, using these lyrics/poetry/artistry/speech against [Young Thug] is racist and discriminatory because the jury will be so poisoned and prejudiced by these lyrics/poetry/artistry/speech.”
The trial against Thug, Gunna and multiple other members of their YSL collective is starting on january 9th, 2023 and may last for more than half a year. The names in the 56 count indictment have been behind bars since May and Thug and Gunna have both been denied their bond requests multiple times.
Earlier on this month, new pictures of the artists were released as they appeared in court via video for a pre-trial hearing where both were seen wearing jumpsuits with noticeably longer hair. Judge Ural Glanville set the January trial date after denying the prosecution’s motion to delay the proceedings until March. The judge stated, “The biggest driver that I see is that I’ve no-bonded most all the people in this trial, and they deserve to have a right to go to trial.”
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