by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
After many interruptions and miscues during the Young Thug RICO trial in Atlanta, the recording artist has entered a guilty plea to several charges, ending the longest criminal trial in Georgia history.
The freed rapper made a statement to the court after agreeing to the terms the judge handed him.
Thug took “full responsibility” and apologized to his family and immediate circle.
“I am a smart guy, I am a good guy, and I really got a good heart. I found myself in a lot of stuff because I was just nice and cool, and I understand you can’t be that way when you reach a certain height because it could end bad.”
Thug promised Judge Whitaker that she would not see him again unless they happened to be at the same bar in the future. He told the judge that he had learned from his mistakes.
Although his freedom was on the line and he was incarcerated for the past two years, Thug expressed to the judge that her taking over the trial was “the best thing” that had happened to him because she had been fairer than the previous judge and the prosecutors involved in the case. After acknowledging that the court staff had put in extra time to work the trial, he asked the judge to allow him to go home to his family.
The “Go Crazy” rapper then told the judge that he understood his rise in the hip-hop game comes with the responsibility of being a positive role model for his community.
“I know what I bring to the table and I know what I am,” he stated. “I know the heights I’ve reached and I know the impact I’ve got on people in the community.”
In his final plea, he tried to make her understand the environment he was raised in. He also assured her that he had grown up and would do better, even in his music, to showcase the positive aspects of life instead of the negative ones he rapped about previously.
Before handing Thug his sentence, Judge Whitaker stated, “I want you to be more of the solution and less of the problem.”
Her last statement to him included a warning and a wish for luck in his latest opportunity to keep his nose clean.
“Good luck to you. There better be no violations, but if there are any, you’re coming back to see me.”
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Source: Black Enterprise
