Young Thug and Gunna’s RICO arrests have dominated the news cycle in recent days. Several members of the rap community have weighed in on their situation, including 50 Cent, T.I., Post Malone, Meek Mill, Metro Boomin and even 6ix9ine (although he had nothing positive to say).
On Wednesday (May 11), Ice-T provided some words of wisdom for his Twitter (and Instagram) followers that alluded to the case, writing, “It’s easy to make the streets thing you’re a gangster. it’s HARD to convince the Feds you’re not.”
At 64 years old and an early pioneer of gangsta rap, Ice-T has learned some valuable lessons during the course of his life he’s often willing to share with the younger generation. It’s a practice The D.O.C. encourages, something he explained to HipHopDX in a recent interview. The West Coast gangsta rap legend and Death Row Records co-founder is currently working with the youth in his hometown of Dallas in an attempt to guide them to a more fruitful path.
“I’m trying to build a machine that these kids can use to build hope, that they can use that for an avenue in two lanes they are interested in, a school of sorts,” he said. “The education can get accredited and they can use these tools to go to college, and go to business and get instruction from people at a really high level. You know what I mean? Use their natural God-given talents to build themselves into the person they want to be.
Every Update About Young Thug & Gunna's 56-Count Fulton County RICO Case
“I want to build that machine here in my city and build it in such a way that it becomes a destination space for the people all over the country. I think my city deserves something like that, I think the kids deserve something like that, so that’s where a lot of my energy is right now.”
Meanwhile, Young Thug and Gunna remain in custody after a judge denied their bond. Thugger was arrested by Fulton County authorities on Monday (May 9), while Gunna turned himself in two days later.
Somebody tell ice t sit down. This way bigger the what he saying. White supremacy always gonna be the bigger issues, young thug is a legit career man. If he was white it wouldn’t be an issue. Or if he acted on a hit serious as a cop it wouldn’t be an issue. As mlk jr said “the white man wants us to lift our selves up by our boot straps, but we were never had or were given boots to use” until that problem gets addressed black folk always gonna struggle. Bc the Declaration of Independence and constitution and all that ish don’t apply to use. Clearly we gotta move different to b successful. And then even still the odds are slim to none. Ice t your married to a white woman stfu
You are the weakest link. Goodbye
T telling the truth! Making money leave the street shit alone! No color or race ! Just got changed when you making legal legit money ?!
Yes if he was white, murder and selling drugs would be totally fine. (sarcasm)
Yeah it would be bro. Look at record labels they do it all the time to artist. Genius
You’re dumb as the day is long.
Young dumb and full of shit. Broken homes and acting a fool for your friends is probably the real reason that population is so high.
Victim Hood is strong with you bro.. Good lord. People with that mentality get nowhere in life. Pointing fingers at everyone.
You r Fucking funny bro, idk y race even got mentioned wen it had nothing to do wit it. I never respond to these retarded ignorant comments but i just had to this time, and of course since I disagree and I am white then im gonna sum how b labeled racist by sum1 like you who wrote this comment. But just explain to me how race has anything to do wit this. Ur gonna try to tell me that if I was involved in a RICO case that it wouldn’t b a issue for me bc im white? If thats the case then any1 got a good food n girl connect bc ima start selling bricks all day n im bout to come home blood rite now n shoot at tour buses and extort people n wateva else illegal i can do bc now I officially know ill get away wit it n it wont b a issue at all. Thanks for informing me bout that tho 5, i owe u 1 blood. I feel so bad for u that ur not able to get away wit RICO bc u r not white, that shit fucking grimey slime. We gotta all get together n protest n get this issue fixed bc regardless wat race u r, especially black, we should all b able to get away wit gang banging, selling crack n dope, shootings and murder equally. This day forward my voice will b heard n i will not rest until black people can get a RICO case overlooked just like white people
The Feds are making Hip Hop great again. Keep it up. It’s been dead since 2010.
100% agree with Ice T. Gangsta rap is so full of actors now. Sometimes they pull off the act too good for their own good.
There’s a reason why America has the biggest jail population in the world. RACISM. These charges are lame asf…It’s not rocket science. We have over 2 million humans incarcerated across the country. 70 percent are black grown men. But that’s jus coincidence right? Lol man y’all need wake up
Of course all these brothers just trip on the kerb. Suddenly wake up in prison. Its about time some of us looked in the mirror. Saying everything is racism only takes away your responsibility. How about trying to live a better life. Nobody makes anyone commit a murder etc. That’s a personal choice. My family didn’t have a lot. Did I commit a crime? No. I worked my butt off to get what iv got.
Racism my ass. Black Incarceration Rates have been falling for 22 years so racism ain’t got a damn right to do with it. You choose to go out and break the LAW and commit crimes, you’ll suffer the consequences. It’s that simple. You make your ? bed hard in LIFE, you alone gotta sleep in it.
I think you have replied to the wrong person lol. You should have replied to rapper who got etc. If you read my reply I agree with everything you said. Too many using racism as an excuse now. You make a lousy decision then that’s on you.
Livin’ a lie but die for your images…
I don’t see racism. I see a bunch of guy that couldn’t stay outta the streets. When we get a little money you can do right or wrong. You can buy real estate, stock and companies. Or you can put it on the streets and pump drugs and Gun in your neighborhood.. They gonna be pushin D
yeah….nevermind how none of the boogaloo boys or proud boys got smacked with any rico charges when they raided the capitol on 1-6
And CBLM (Certain) didn’t get hit with a RICO for burning down half the country in 2020. Causing billions of dollars in damages. Dozens of deaths. Not to mention all the money they founders got that went to mansions for their own use.
I like your opinion but they say if you don’t ask then you want to know that’s to be incompetent if u don’t ask, what are the initials well what do they stand for CBLM?
They chose not to stay out of the streets. Nobody forced them to do nothing. Everybody got choices. LIFE is all about choices. It’s not on the streets, it’s on them. We are all responsible for our own actions.
70% of the prisoners are not black in America. Black Incarceration Rates have actually falling since 2000. That’s a well kept secret, but it’s FACT. These guys Young Thug and the other 2 are criminals involved in criminal activity because it’s what they have chosen for themselves. You can’t blame it on racism when your the one who broke the law. The FEDS don’t bother you for making GANGSTA rap, they come after you for whatcha do. And if they catch you in the act of doing wrong, ya going down hard, that hard. Here’s how you avoid that. Don’t break the LAW, don’t hang out nobody’s who breaking the LAW and you’ll be fine. It’s that simple.
dude u trippin. 90 percent of convicts are black dude wtf are you talking about. Look at the crime rates in the black city’s like chi town, atl, or detroit. stop it dude u make me waste my time
Look at the rest of the country, especially middle America. All white. Sure the three cities you names have more black and Hispanic inmates but not the rest of the country, no way. Look it up, blacks are the least incarcerated race.
Nobody said anything about race about this case it’s like u were saving ur data 2 make a point these dudes were making money legally so race has nothing 2 do with it so u just wasting ur words
Ice-T dropping that knowledge ese. Too bad these young vatos won’t listen, till it’s too late
That’s some wise-azz words. That RICO like a giant fish net, and you a rapper name dropping some gang then they got a big fish caught in that net.
Everybody have their own points and opinion the thing to it and what boy down trip to my standards we all have choices as being human it depends on what you choose in life. we have our opinions about them but what about our own sales and things we have did in life I don’t blame them nor fought them but they knew they own Rights and wrongs now they have to live with certain things with that moves that they made that’s really what got them caught us about your move sometimes you can think you more slicker and become more on Flickr
N the first place the names they pic 4 themselves may not b shit but it does something to them and they try to b shit