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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has used Georgia\u2019s RICO statute against everyone from public school teachers to environmental protesters to a former President of the United States. This week we examine Willis's massive 88-page RICO indictment of rapper Young Thug and 27 other associates of YSL, the Atlanta record label which her office alleges is also operating as a violent street gang. Matt shakes his geriatric millennial first at the scourge of mumble rap before breaking down what has already become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history and the injustice of prosecutors using an artist\u2019s lyrics against them in court.

Finally, we break down this month\u2019s most listener-requested story: judge Ural Glanville\u2019s inexplicable decision not only to secretly meet with a prosecutor and one of the state\u2019s most important witnesses without defense counsel present, but to sentence Young Thug\u2019s attorney to 20 days in jail simply for noticing that he wasn\u2019t supposed to. What is going on here, and could there possibly be a good explanation for it?

• Georgia\u2019s RICO statute

• RICO Indictment of \u201cCop City\u201d opponents (8/29/2023)

• YSL Indictment (5/9/22)

• Young Thug\u2019s NPR Tiny Desk Concert\xa0(7/27/2021)

• GA Code Rule 2.9 - Assuring Fair Hearings and Averting Ex Parte Communications

• Breaking Down the Origins of Mumble Rap (video), Genius.com

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