"Last October, Young Thug's criminal racketeering trial concluded with the rapper striking a plea deal that got him released from prison. It brought a close to a contentious, high-profile case that could have seen him spend the rest of his life behind bars. Since then, Thug has been observing his probation terms while working on his hotly anticipated next album. A happy ending to a modern rap tragedy, right? Well, it certainly doesn't seem to feel that way for Thug,"
"According to Thug himself, the main feeling he's left with after the whole ordeal is one of betrayal. A number of his former YSL artists positioned themselves against him during the criminal proceedings, most prominently Gunna, Thug's closest friend and the diamond of the label, who was the first to strike an Alford plea deal for himself, which made it so he did no have to testify against Thug directly but he did have to assert that YSL was indeed a criminal enterprise at heart."
"Gunna was quickly labeled a snitch and was openly ostracized by Thug collaborators like Lil Durk and Lil Baby. But in spite of the backlash against him for his violation of street code, being branded a snitch did not actually hurt Gunna's career. He's released three albums since his plea, all of which have sold well, and even netted his biggest solo hit single with "FukUMean.""
Last October Young Thug accepted a plea deal in a criminal racketeering case and was released from prison. He has been observing probation while working on a new album. Thug feels betrayed after former YSL artists positioned themselves against him during the proceedings. Gunna, Thug's closest friend and a YSL star, took an Alford plea and thereby avoided testifying against Thug while asserting that YSL was a criminal enterprise. Gunna was labeled a snitch and ostracized by collaborators like Lil Durk and Lil Baby, yet his career thrived: three post-plea albums sold well and he scored his biggest solo hit, "FukUMean."
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