Young Thug, Gunna charged with conspiracy to violate RICO in sweeping Georgia indictment

Y oung Thug co-founded a violent street gang that committed multiple murders, shootings and carjackings over roughly a decade and promoted its activities in songs and on social media, prosecutors allege in a sprawling indictment that charges him, rapper Gunna and 26 others with racketeering.

The 88-page indictment filed Monday in Georgia's Fulton County quotes lyrics from multiple music videos as evidence and accuses alleged gang members of committing violent crimes to collect money for the gang, promote its reputation and enhance its power and territory.

The Atlanta-based rapper, 30, whose real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, was one of 28 defendants named in the indictment along with fellow rapper Gunna, 28, real name Sergio Giavanni Kitchens. Both are charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).