Rapper YFN Lucci pleaded guilty Tuesday to a gang-connected charge soon after reaching a offer with prosecutors nearly a few several years soon after he was indicted on murder, gang and racketeering charges in Atlanta.
The rapper, whose provided name is Rayshawn Bennett, was one particular of a dozen folks billed in a huge-ranging indictment concentrating on alleged users of the Bloods gang in April 2021. He was charged with murder in January of that calendar year immediately after police stated he was the driver in a gang-similar travel-by capturing that killed a guy.
As section of the plea offer, prosecutors dropped 12 of 13 counts against Bennett and he pleaded guilty to a solitary depend of violating the Avenue Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, his attorneys said.
“After 3 many years of pretrial litigation, much more than two months of jury collection and 3 many years of incarceration waiting for his jury trial, right now, the prosecution ultimately relented and dismissed the murder and RICO charges from Rayshawn Bennett,” protection attorneys Drew Findling, Gabe Banking companies and Marissa Goldberg explained in an emailed assertion. “As he has maintained for a few decades now, Mr. Bennett will NOT cooperate in any other case.”
The plea offer will let the rapper to be eligible for parole as shortly as 4 months from now, and prosecutors agreed that he should really be produced early on parole, which “will permit him to get again to his youngsters, relatives and job,” his legal professionals mentioned.
Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis’ office environment did not quickly have a comment about the plea deal.
Among the Bennett’s major hits is the 2016 tune “Key to the Streets,” featuring the Atlanta rap group Migos.
