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Young Thug’s Brother Unfoonk Denies Snitching After Becoming Fifth Co-Defendant To Accept Plea Deal In Rapper’s Ongoing RICO Case

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;young&plus;thug&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;s brother is denying that he snitched after taking a plea deal in the ongoing RICO case against the rapper and his <strong>Young Slime Life<&sol;strong> &lpar;YSL&rpar; street gang&comma; after his released from custody this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday&comma; <strong>Quantavious Grier<&sol;strong>&comma; known by his stage name as <strong>Unfoonk<&sol;strong>&comma; pleaded guilty to one county of violating the RICO Act as well as one count of theft by receiving stolen property&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsbtv&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;young-thugs-brother-accepts-plea-deal-ysl-case-cant-have-any-contact-with-atlanta-rapper&sol;V3WJZA2GL5DMRC42GRIE5G7M6A&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>WSB-TV<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Young Thug&&num;8217&semi;s Brother Accepts Plea Deal For Immediate Prison Release&comma; Denies Accusations Of Snitching<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Unfoonk had been sentenced to 12 years in prison&comma; but now has two years commuted to time served alongside 10 years of probation&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shortly after his release Tuesday&comma; Unfoonk posted a statement to his Instagram Stories where he denied accusations of snitching on his brother&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unfoonk took to his Instagram Stories shortly after his release to respond to those accusing him of snitching on Young Thug&comma; asking anyone to &&num;8220&semi;show me in the paperwork &lpar;that&rpar; I told on anybody&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmamX3VMx-a" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Damn people really think I told on my own brother smh&comma;” he wrote&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;show me in the paper work I told on anybody lol&comma; I’m not even fenna entertain any of it&comma; peace and blessings&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Unfoonk&&num;8217&semi;s Release Depends On A Number Of Conditions&comma; Including Community Service&comma; Curfew<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>While Unfoonk is indeed a free man as of Tuesday&comma; there are a number of conditions he must meet as a part of the plea deal&comma; including 750 hours of community service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also cannot possess any guns or commit any criminal acts&comma; and has a 10 p&period;m&period; to 6 a&period;m&period; curfew&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s not allowed to contact his brother or any other of his co-defendants in the indictment until the case has over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another part of the terms of his release is he must testify if called upon&comma; however he maintains his right to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605366954545520650" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of Tuesday&comma; Unfoonk is the fifth defendant to take a plea deal in the YSL Rico case thus far&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; fellow YSL associate&comma; defendant and rapper Gunna pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy last week&comma; and was similarly released from custody after being handed down a four-year sentence with one year already served&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gunna&&num;8217&semi;s terms of release also include 500 hours of community service&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605342540315729921" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Gunna &amp&semi; Three Other YSL Co-Defendants Similarly Accept Plea Deals Ahead Of Upcoming Jan&period; 9 Trial<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>He accepted an Alford plea&comma; meaning he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t admit to committing any crimes but acknowledges there&&num;8217&semi;s enough evidence against him to plead guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gunna was similarly accused of snitching on his co-defendants and also issued a statement denying the claims following his release&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;breaking-gunna-to-be-released-from-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-racketeering-charges-sentence-commuted-to-time-served&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> previously reported&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&comma;” he wrote&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;105828" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-105828" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-105828" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;GettyImages-1362112916-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"778" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-105828" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Gunna and Young Thug attend 2021 Revolt Summit at 787 Windsor on November 13&comma; 2021 in Atlanta&comma; Georgia&period;&lpar;Photo by Prince Williams&sol;FilmMagic&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Gunna went on to say that his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;focus of YSL was entertainment — rap artists who wrote and performed music that exaggerated and &OpenCurlyQuote;glorified’ urban life in the Black community&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>YSL co-founder Walter Murphy&comma; Slimelife Shawty &lpar;Winnie Lee&rpar; and Lil Duke &lpar;Martinez Arnold&rpar; took plea deals as well&comma; leaving 23 defendants left as the January 9 trial draws near&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; it’s unlikely that Young Thug will be offered a plea deal&comma; with prosecutors viewing him as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the target of this case” and will likely seek a conviction that will lead to a prison sentence&comma; according to Atlanta-based reporter <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;neonflag&sol;status&sol;1605279209810808836" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">George Chidi<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"105801" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;young-thugs-brother-unfoonk-denies-snitching-after-becoming-fifth-co-defendant-to-accept-plea-deal-in-rappers-ongoing-rico-case&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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