I have a couple of questions.
- Does Michael Phelps know Young Thug is in jail?
- How is Young Thug tweeting from jail?
- Does Young Thug know all his social media is being monitored?
- Do we call “cellmates” “roommates now?
While you think about those, let me set the scene about what is going on. Randomly, Young Thug, who is in jail (more on that later), tweeted Michael Phelps asking him if he thought he could swim 100 miles in the ocean to shore. Phelps amazingly answered that he could. Thug then asked how long it would take, but Phelps didn’t answer that, probably because by that time, 1000s of replies had come in that Phelps was about to be added to Thug’s RICO case.
Atlanta rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s criminal racketeering law and participation in a criminal street gang, is facing six new felony charges along with four others linked to the case.
A new indictment was filed in Fulton County Superior Court last week against the artist, whose real name is Jeffery Williams. He now faces additional charges of criminal street gang activity, violation of the Georgia controlled substances act, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a machine gun and drug charges, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The new charges stem from what investigators found during Williams’ arrest on the original May 9 indictment at his home in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood, authorities said.
The initial indictment contained 56 counts against 28 people for alleged involvement in crimes committed on behalf of the Young Slime Life street gang. The updated indictment now includes 65 counts, six of which apply to Williams.
At the time of Williams’ arrest, there was a question of whether the new charges would be folded into the RICO case. Court records now indicate that is what has been done.
“Mr. Williams has committed absolutely no crimes,” Steel told the newspaper Wednesday. “We cannot wait for a trial date.”
They are going to have Phelps locked up if he keeps tweeting.
Flip the page for the back and forth on Twitter.