Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug is painted as the leader of a criminal street gang that murdered and committed slew of violent crimes in Atlanta area over the past decade as he stands trial for racketeering

Rap prima Young Thug sat atop a murderous criminal web that 'sucked in' and destroyed young group astir him, a tribunal heard today, arsenic his long-awaited racketeering proceedings yet sewage underway.

Georgia authorities charismatic Adraine Love said nan Grammy grant victor accumulated drugs, cars, and guns arsenic his followers competed to triumph favour by murdering, stealing and hijacking successful a decade-long spree.

His grounds explanation Young Stoner Life was conscionable a beforehand for 'Young Slime Life', a thoroughfare pack affiliated pinch nan LA-based Bloods gang, while nan rapper was known to his followers arsenic 'King Slime', she claimed.

Young Thug, existent sanction Jeffrey Williams, faces up to 20 years successful jailhouse successful beforehand of nan aforesaid Fulton County squad that is besides prosecuting ex-president Donald Trump nether nan aforesaid racketeering laws.

'They created a crater successful nan mediate of Fulton County's Cleveland Avenue organization that sucked successful nan youth, nan innocence and moreover nan lives of immoderate of its youngest members,' Love said.

And she warned Williams that his ain convulsive rap lyrics would beryllium utilized successful grounds against him.

'Law enforcement didn't pursuit nan lyrics to lick nan murders, rule enforcement chased nan murders and recovered nan lyrics,' she said.

Stars including rappers Lil Wayne and Killer Mike are expected to springiness grounds successful 1 of nan astir eagerly anticipated tests of nan decade.

The 32-year-old rapper was arrested and charged successful May past twelvemonth but assemblage action unsocial took astir 10 months amid farcical pre-trial scenes that saw 1 lawyer led retired successful handcuffs and Williams accused of buying narcotics as he sat successful nan dock.

The bizarre taxable continued successful tribunal connected Monday arsenic judge Ural Glanville ordered nan tribunal not to propulsion nutrient to his work canine seated down nan bench.

Wearing a achromatic necktie and spectacles, Williams listened intently arsenic Love described really he became nan 'proclaimed leader' of YSL aft it divided from nan Cleveland-based ROC Crew successful 2012.

'The grounds will show that these defendants, that nan members and associates of YSL, they knew who their leader was and they knew nan repercussions of not obeying their leader,' she said.

'You will perceive grounds that erstwhile members and associates of YSL sewage successful trouble, sewage locked up, nan first personification they called was either Williams aliases 1 of his family members.'

She produced schematic photos of men allegedly killed by YSL members, arsenic good arsenic lyrics that 'bore a very eerie significance' to crimes that took place.

And she said it was Williams who hired nan getaway car utilized erstwhile rival pack personnel Donovan Thomas was gunned down successful 2015.

'You'll perceive grounds that aft nan execution of Donovan Thomas, nary little than 50 shootings occurred complete nan people of nan adjacent respective months,' she added.

'You'll perceive grounds that hundreds, hundreds of bullets were fired into cars, into homes and into group arsenic a consequence of nan rift Young Slime Life had pinch different group successful nan community.'

She said a whistleblower will attest that Williams paid them to 'go to Miami and laic debased successful nan aftermath of Donovan Thomas' murder,' but she admitted that nan move which sustained nan pack was mostly 'unspoken'.

'The authorities is alleging that these defendants had an agreement, unspoken but nary little an agreement, to get property, things of value, compartment phones, cars, stolen guns, done a shape of forbidden activity,' she explained.

And she said that Williams 'knew he needed to person region betwixt himself and nan crimes members and associates of YSL were committing connected behalf of nan gang.'

Williams was 1 of 28 alleged pack members originally arrested past twelvemonth and charged nether Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Some person since accepted plea deals but Marquavius Huey, Deamonte Kendrick, Quamarvious Nichols, Rodalius Ryan and Shannon Stillwell are facing proceedings alongside their alleged leader.

Williams, who has collaborated pinch stars including Camila Cabello, Travis Scott, Drake, and Childish Gambino has continued producing euphony behind bars since his apprehension and released his chart-topping 'Business is Business' medium this summer.

His prosecution is taking spot successful nan aforesaid Fulton County courthouse wherever Trump appeared this summertime to reply charges of predetermination interference, and is being led by nan aforesaid territory attorney, Fani Willis.

Williams proceedings is expected to put rap civilization nether an unprecedented spotlight, but Judge Glanville's determination to let Williams' lyrics to beryllium admitted arsenic grounds has been slammed by critics.

Williams' erstwhile explanation leader Kevin Liles claimed that: 'If this were state music, stone music, we wouldn't beryllium here.'

His defense attorneys person based on that 'rap is nan only fictional creation shape treated this way', while Professor Erik Nielson of nan University of Richmond claimed that prosecuting rap lyrics 'resides successful a overmuch longer contented of punishing Black expression'.