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Rapper Young Thug's lawyer Wednesday, thanks to the Georgia Supreme Court, after he was by a Georgia judge in the high-profile RICO case against his famous client. Prosecutors have accused the rapper of leading an Atlanta-based street gang to commit acts of murder and robbery, among others. The charge against Brian Steel, who has been representing the Grammy-award-winning artist in Georgia’s high-profile case, is the latest development in a case that has been marred with setbacks, adding another layer to what is said to be the in state history.

Here’s what to know about Young Thug’s complex criminal trial. On June 7, Judge Ural Glanville after he accused Glanville and prosecutors of having an closed-door meeting with Kenneth “Lil Woody” Copeland — the prosecution’s star witness — and refused to tell the judge who told him about the meeting. Copeland is accused of being an associate of YSL, Young Thug's record label.



Copeland says that YSL stands for Young Stoner Life, but prosecutors say YSL also stands for Young Slime Life, a violent street gang. That same day, Copeland, who had been granted immunity, did not take the stand after asserting his Fifth Amendment privilege, and was taken to jail. However, Copeland came back and testified on June 10 about his connections to Young Thug and YSL.

Steel told Glanville in court that if a closed-door meeting happened, “what this is is coercion, witness intimidation, ex parte communications that we have a constitutiona.

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