JAIL bosses will be hoping Young Thug does not run into YFN Lucci behind bars – as the two Atlanta rappers have a beef stretching back five years.
Thug was one of 28 suspects rounded up in a gang crackdown, a year after his rival Lucci was locked up on a murder charge.
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Both men are being held in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail while awaiting court hearings.
Lucci has claimed he was stabbed in the prison and fears he will die there unless he is freed.
Now fellow inmates include Thug, his rapper pal Gunna and two dozen other alleged members of their YSL crew.
The feud between Thug and Lucci is said to have begun in 2017.
It stems from Thug proclaiming himself the “new Tupac Shakur”, reports Hip Hop DX.
Lucci took exception to the outlandish boast and went on to slam his rival on social media.
He called out Thug for wearing dresses, insisting Pac would never have done that.
And he once claimed to have slept with Thug’s longtime girlfriend Jerrika Karlae, which she denied.
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The beef has festered ever since, and drawn in members of their entourages.
In 2020 Yak Gotti, another rapper signed to Thug’s YSL Records, posted a provocative Instagram selfie standing on Lucci’s Mercedes Maybach.
He captioned it: “Tag dat lil b***h.”
Lucci responded furiously in an online video, ranting: “Man I’m mad as hell.”
Also in 2020, Lucci was filmed accidentally blasting a hole in a studio floor with an assault rifle while filming a music video.
Thug taunted his rival on Twitter, saying: “Put that gun down son.”
At one point, Houston rapper Sauce Walka waded into the feud to defend his friend Lucci.
The result was a new beef between Walka and Thug, according to Hip Hop DX.
However, Young Thug appeared to bury the hatchet last January after fugitive Lucci handed himself into cops.
He posted an Instagram story captioned: “Don’t wanna see nobody in jail.”
It was unclear if he was trolling Lucci or genuinely wished him well.
Murder rap
YFN Lucci – real name Rayshawn Bennett – was charged with murder and street gang activity after a double shooting left one man dead and another wounded in December 2020.
It emerged he had threatened to kill a rival and “put him in the ground” in his rap lyrics.
His song Back & Forth also included the chilling lines: “How you got beef but ain’t nobody died yet?
“Put that weed down, bring them Glocks out, we gon’ drive by, we gon’ hop out.”
Lucci, 31, was freed on $500,000 bond but locked up again last April for an alleged probation breach.
Lucci was also among 12 suspects charged in a 105-count indictment under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Alleged gang members were accused of racketeering, violating Georgia’s anti-gang law and possessing a firearm while committing a felony.
Lucci is now awaiting trial for murder but claims he fears for his life in Fulton County Jail.
In March this year, legal papers claimed he had been stabbed in the back by a fellow inmate with “a homemade shank” on February 9.
He said he had been told there was a bounty on his head among the prisoners, and begged to be allowed home curfew instead.
Slime ‘gang’ roundup
Now he has been joined in the prison by Young Thug, Gunna and other suspected members of YSL – which stands for Young Slime Life.
Thug – real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, 30 – was arrested at a rented mansion in Buckhead and booked into jail yesterday.
He was charged as part of a sweeping 56-count RICO indictment focusing on YSL.
Prosecutors claim it is an illegal street gang that sprang up in Atlanta in 2012 and is allied with the national Bloods.
Thug, who won a songwriting Grammy for Childish Gambino’s hit This Is America in 2019, is alleged to be one of three founding members of YSL.
The other founders were named in the indictment as Walter Murphy, also known as DK, and Trontavious Stephens known as Tick or Slug.
Alleged gang members are charged with a raft of crimes including murder, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted robbery.
Thug himself is charged with participating in criminal street gang activity and conspiracy to violate the RICO Act.
The indictment accuses Thug of renting a 2014 Infiniti Q50 from Hertz that was used to murder rival gangster Donovan Thomas, 26.
A man and a 14-year-old boy were also wounded in the drive-by shooting outside a barber’s shop in January 2015.
Prosecutors also allege two YSL associates – Christian Eppinger and Antonio Sumlin – worked to get Young Thug’s permission to try to kill the intended target a second time.
At that time the would-be victim was in jail.
Thug, known for his album Punk and appearing in two Fast and Furious movies, is due in court today but could waive his appearance.
His lawyer Brian Steel said: “Mr Williams has committed no violation of law, whatsoever.
“We will fight this case ethically, legally and zealously. Mr Williams will be cleared.”
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