Rapper Gunna Pleads Guilty In RICO Case, Freed From Jail

ATLANTA- Rapper Gunna has plead guilty to a charge in the RICO Act case filed against him and was released from the Fulton County Jail Wednesday.

Attorneys for Gunna said in exchange for his guilty plea, he will not serve any time in prison.

The plea deal sentenced him to 5 years with one year to serve in prison. That time was commuted to time served and the balance was suspended.

Gunna has been ordered to complete 500 hours of community service, and 350 of those hours will be speaking to young men and women in the community about gangs and the danger of gang violence, according to local reports.

His entire sentence will be terminated after he completes his 500 hours.

The judge ordered Gunna to not have any contact with his co-defendants. If he is called by any party in the case, he has to testify truthfully but he has the right to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights.

In a statement to the judge, Gunna didn’t say he was guilty, reports Fox Atlanta.

When I became affiliated with YSL in 2016, I did not consider it a “gang”; more like a group of people from metro Atlanta who had common interests and artistic aspirations.

“My focus of YSL was entertainment – rap artists who wrote and performed music that exaggerated and “glorified” urban life in the Black community.

“While I have agreed to always be truthful, I want to make it perfectly clear that I have NOT made any statements, have NOT been interviewed, have NOT cooperated, have NOT agreed to testify or be a witness for or against any party in the case and have absolutely NO intention of being involved in the trial process in any way.

“I have chosen to end my own RICO case with an Alford plea and end my personal ordeal by publicly acknowledging my association with YSL. An Alford plea in my case is the entry of a guilty plea to the one charge against me, which is in my best interest, while at the same time maintaining my innocence toward the same charge. I love and cherish my association with YSL music, and always will. I look at this as an opportunity to give back to my community and educate young men and women that “gangs” and violence only lead to destruction.

Rapper Young Thug is still behind bars. Prosecutors are accusing him of being the leader of the alleged street gang YSL and Gunna as the co-founder.

Over a dozen people have been indicted in this RICO case.