[2][3] The trial began on November 27, 2023, following the May 9, 2022 indictment that charged 28 individuals associated with YSL under Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

[5] Fulton County Chief Judge Ural D. Glanville presided over the case until he was recused after complaints were registered about a secret meeting he held with prosecutors and a key witness.

[6][7] While numerous affiliates were removed from the case through actions such as taking probation and plea deals,[8] Young Thug and five other individuals remained as defendants in the trial and have been denied bond numerous times,[9] with all of them facing multiple charges of racketeering, drug possession, and participation in criminal street gang activity, among other charges.

[11][12][13][14] Many fellow artists, such as Travis Scott, Drake, Future, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla Sign, Post Malone and others have shown support for Thug and others during the case through songs and social media posts.

[27] He was charged alongside 27 others in a 56-count RICO indictment that was filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

[30] The case was presided over by Fulton County Chief Judge Ural D. Glanville, who denied bond for everybody who was charged and scheduled the trial to begin on January 9, 2023.

[34] On December 14, Gunna was released from jail after he took an Alford plea, pleading guilty to a single charge of racketeering.

[35] Following his release, some fellow rappers and many people on social media felt that he "snitched" on Thug by taking the plea deal to get out of jail.

[40] On June 16, Gunna released his fourth studio album, A Gift & a Curse, in which he maintains his innocence and denies the snitching allegations.

[51] On January 3, 2024, YSL co-defendant Trontavious Stephens identified himself, Thug, and Walter Murphy as the founders of the record label and claimed that it was only music-related and not a criminal street gang.

[52][53] On February 16, YSL defense attorney Nicole Fegan, who represented former co-defendant Tenquarius Mender in the case, was arrested on charges of participating in criminal street gang activity and evidence tampering.

[55][56] On April 4, Steel filed a motion for lead prosecutor Adriane Love to be removed from the trial as he felt that she was essentially acting as an unsworn witness in order to coerce defendants into admitting to wrongdoing.

[23] Williams' release and probation stipulations include him being banned from the Metro Atlanta area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, for 10 years, he can't make gang-related music, and he has to do four annual anti-gang presentations/concerts for Atlanta, alongside having no contact with known gang members or co-defendants (other than Gunna and his biological brother, both of whom were among the indicted co-defendants).

[73][74] He may return to Atlanta only briefly and under strict conditions: to deliver the mandatory anti-gun and anti-gang presentations to local youth four times a year, or to attend the weddings, funerals, graduations, or medical emergencies of his immediate family members.