Rapper Pooh Shiesty, legal name Lontrell Williams, Jr., was one of eight people arrested in Dallas, Memphis, and Nashville for allegedly kidnapping and robbing rapper Gucci Mane.
Prosecutors say Pooh Shiesty (Williams, Jr.) and eight co-conspirators “executed a coordinated armed takeover.” The other individuals arrested were identified as Lontrell Williams, Sr.; Rodney Wright, Jr. (aka “Big30”); Kedarius Waters; Terrance Rodgers; Damarian Gipson; Demarcus Glover; Kordae Johnson; and Darrion McDaniel.
The DOJ said a complaint on Jan. 10, three music industry professionals traveled to Dallas for a meeting. Pooh Shiesty, arranged the meeting, reportedly to “discuss the terms of his recording contract with one of the victims.” Pooh Shiesty was signed to Gucci Mane’s 1017 label before run-ins with the law. When the three men were in the music studio, Pooh Shiesty and his eight co-conspirators, “executed an armed takeover,”. Pooh Shiesty pulled out an AK-style pistol and “forced one of the victims to sign a release from the recording contract at gunpoint.”
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