What you need to know about the Young Thug trial

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Jury selection is underway for the massive Atlanta gang trial targeting Grammy award-winning Atlanta rapper Jeffery Williams known as Young Thug — and 13 others.

Lawyers and the judge have estimated the massive trial could take six to twelve months. Jury selection could take weeks.Another high-profile defendant, Sergio Kitchens, also known as Gunna, pled guilty to one charge last month and was released.

But in a statementHe defended YSL as "a group of people from metro Atlanta who had common interests and artistic aspirations…I love and cherish my association with YSL music, and always will."The trial has spurred a debate over the use of music lyrics as evidence against artists and whether it violates first amendment rights.

 

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Gangs and rappers - they go hand and hand apparently.

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