Young Thug is officially returning home after pleading guilty in a criminal case accusing him of leading a violent Atlanta street gang. The rapper was sentenced to 15 years of probation and no jail time on Thursday, October 31.

Thug (real name Jeffery Williams) pleaded guilty in Georgia to several charges, including drug and gun possession, and pleaded no contest to others, including racketeering charges that he was the leader of a criminal gang, Young Slime Life. Thug has been in custody for two years after being arrested along with 27 others. arrested in May 2022 as part of a sprawling project 56-count indictment for violations of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

Before his sentencing, Young Thug told the court that he took “full responsibility for my crimes and my accusations,” adding, “I know what I bring and I know what I am.” I know the heights I have reached and I know the impact I have on people in the community.

Following the news, Travis Scott took his Instagram Stories to write that its “bruddda otw home” with a series of brown hearts. Likewise, Metro Boomin shared a series of photos of Thug with his Stories.

“Welcome home little bruddah, it’s been too long… It’s time to go back!!!” TI wrote on Instagram next to the photos of the duo. On X, Sexyy Red wrote“THEY LEAVE TWIN OUT!!!”, in reference to the duo’s physical resemblance.

Kevin Liles, CEO of 300 Entertainment which houses Thug’s YSL Records, wrote on Instagram, “Words cannot express the incredible happiness and relief I feel upon learning of Jeffery’s freedom. There will be a time to discuss the criminalization of hip-hop lyrics and the use of bail jumping as a weapon against the accused, but right now everyone should feel nothing but joy that this incredible artist and this even better man can kiss his children, his parents. , brothers and sisters and other loved ones this evening.