*Simply six months after his launch from federal jail, Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty is dealing with new authorized allegations. The Division of Justice introduced Thursday that Shiesty and fellow rapper Big30 allegedly kidnapped and robbed a number of people at gunpoint inside a Dallas recording studio, with Gucci Mane among the many alleged victims, in line with TMZ.
Federal officers say the incident passed off on January 10, when Shiesty allegedly invited three music business professionals to the studio underneath the premise of discussing a contract. In response to the criticism, one of many alleged victims was compelled at gunpoint to signal paperwork releasing him from a recording settlement. Authorities additionally declare the group took high-value objects from these current, together with Rolex watches, jewellery, and money.
Gucci Mane was not publicly recognized by authorities as one of many victims, although the connection to him is notable. Shiesty was previously signed to Gucci Mane’s 1017 label, and one of many chains stolen in the course of the alleged theft bore the quantity “1017.”
Eight of the 9 suspects named within the federal criticism have been taken into custody Wednesday, together with Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams Jr. Arrests have been carried out throughout Memphis, Nashville, and Dallas.
Shiesty’s arrest represents a pointy reversal of fortune for the artist, who walked free in October 2025 after finishing a federal firearms sentence. That conviction traced again to a 2020 lodge taking pictures in Florida, with Shiesty getting into a responsible plea in January 2022. Sentencing adopted in April of that yr, with a federal decide handing down a 63-month time period. Prosecutors agreed to withdraw three different pending prices, one in every of which carried the opportunity of a life sentence, as a part of the plea association.
Shiesty was 22 and confronted a most of 20 years when he was sentenced. With new federal prices now looming, one other prolonged jail time period is as soon as once more a really actual chance.
Pooh Shiesty and Big30 reportedly robbed and kidnapped Gucci Mane in Dallas, in line with the DOJ
Pooh Shiesty allegedly held an AK-47 towards Gucci Mane and compelled him to signal a contract launch, whereas BIG3O blocked the door to stop him from leaving. 9 individuals from Memphis… pic.twitter.com/sNvnKjIizg
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