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Yak Gotti was stabbed in jail on Sunday (Dec. 1) whereas awaiting a verdict in YSL’s RICO case. The “Rock Stable” rapper, née Deamonte Kendrick, who was indicted alongside Younger Thug and 26 others, sustained “minor accidents from a pointy object” however remains to be anticipated to seem in court docket on Monday (Dec. 2).
“Deamonte Kendrick, also referred to as rapper Yak Gotti, and one other jail resident have been in a bodily altercation,” the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed to WSB-TV/Channel 2. “The incident occurred on the South Annex in Union Metropolis, the place each males have been being housed. Kendrick can be in court docket right now. That is an energetic investigation to find out the aggressor on this incident and if expenses can be pending.”
Yak Gotti is considered one of two co-defendants left within the racketeering trial. He and Shannon Stillwell — who was coincidentally stabbed across the holidays in December 2023 — refused plea offers again in October. They’re each being accused of the 2015 homicide of Donovan “Nut” Thomas Jr.
Douglas Weinstein, the Atlanta rapper’s lawyer, famous that he “totally intends to take this to the jury and get our not responsible verdicts and go residence” on the time. Younger Thug, however, pleaded no contest to RICO and gang chief expenses. Superior Court docket Decide Paige Whitaker sentenced him to time served on a number of counts and 15 years of probation.
Whitaker urged Younger Thug to make use of his second likelihood to set a greater instance for the youth. “I do know you’re gifted, and if you happen to select to proceed to rap, you should attempt to use your affect to let children know that’s not the best way to go and that there are methods out of poverty apart from hooking up with the highly effective man on the finish of the road promoting medicine,” she stated.
Since his launch from jail, followers nonetheless haven’t gotten any new music from the “Test” artist. His sister, Dora Williams, urged everybody to “simply give him time” to heal mentally.