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Newly Freed Gunna To Give Away $100,000 Amongst A Thousand Families In Atlanta For Fifth Annual ‘Great Giveaway’

<p>Fresh off of his release from Georgia&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Fulton&plus;county&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Fulton County<&sol;strong><&sol;a> jail&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;gunna&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Gunna<&sol;strong><&sol;a> is planning to give back to the community before he even drops his next track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; the Atlanta rapper entered a plea deal in the YSL RICO case leading to his immediate release&period; Within a day of getting out of jail&comma; Gunna took to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CmJzWIDLBCp&sol;&quest;hl&equals;en" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Instagram Stories<&sol;strong><&sol;a> to reveal his annual Gunna&&num;8217&semi;s Great Giveaway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Gunna Announces His &&num;8220&semi;Great Giveaway&&num;8221&semi; A Day After His Release From Fulton County Jail<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>For a fifth year&comma; Gunna will be hosting the charity event where he gives away &dollar;100&comma;000&period; This year&comma; he teamed with with Goodr to provide &dollar;100 gift cards and a &&num;8220&semi;special gift&&num;8221&semi; to a thousand local families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event is scheduled for Sunday &lpar;Dec&period; 18&rpar; at a Walmart in College Park&comma; Georgia &lpar;Gunna&&num;8217&semi;s hometown&rpar; from 1 p&period;m&period; to 4 p&period;m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goodr&comma; a hunger relief company&comma; praised the &&num;8220&semi;Drip Too Hard&&num;8221&semi; rapper for his generosity&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear whether the event will count towards Gunna&&num;8217&semi;s 500 hours of community service&comma; which a judge assigned to him as a condition of his release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmJzWIDLBCp" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Much respect to Gunna who&comma; no matter what&comma; still finds a way to contribute to the community that raised him&comma;” said Goodr Founder and CEO Jasmine Crowe-Houston&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We know that people will struggle unlike any other year this holiday season and it is our honor to maintain Gunna’s legacy of giving back&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Gunna had been caught up in a sweeping gang indictment against him&comma; fellow rapper Young Thug and several other alleged members of the alleged criminal street gang Young Slime Life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Rapper Had Been Sentenced To Five Years In Prison&comma; But Was Released After A Year On Time Served<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"default&lowbar;&lowbar;StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph">Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne reports that Gunna&comma; whose real name is Sergio Kitchens&comma; faced a judge and entered a negotiated plea&comma; known as an Alford plea&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He pleaded guilty on one charge due to it being in his best interest&comma; while still maintaining his innocence on the same charge&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charge was one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Act&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;89578" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-89578" style&equals;"width&colon; 748px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-89578" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;IMG&lowbar;3609&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gunna has surrendered to authorities Wednesday morning after being among the 28 people indicted on 56 counts&period;" width&equals;"748" height&equals;"748" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-89578" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Gunna surrendered to authorities after being among the 28 people indicted on 56 counts&period; &lpar;Fulton County Sheriffs Office&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The 29-year-old had been sentenced to five years with one year to be served in prison&comma; which was ultimately commuted to time served&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Gunna Offers Brief Statement After Receiving News Of His Sentencing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The remaining four years on his sentence is now suspended&comma; and will be subject to special conditions including 500 hours of community service&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CmKYANWr54b&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>WSB-TV<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rapper offered a brief statement after receiving the news of his sentencing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While I have agreed to always be truthful&comma; I want to make it perfectly clear that I have NOT made any statements&comma; have NOT been interviewed&comma; have NOT cooperated&comma; have NOT agreed to testify or be a witness for or against any party in the case and have absolutely NO intention of being involved in the trial process in any way&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine; 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