King Slime: The Prosecution of Young Thug and YSL

Episode 6: I Came From Nothing

King Slime: The Prosecution of Young Thug and YSL

Show Notes

Both Young Thug's rise to stardom and current legal entanglements epitomize Atlanta's complicated legacy as a Black mecca. We explore how the YSL trial has already impacted the city and its music—and discover a secret about the rapper's legal future that could change everything, regardless of what the jury rules. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Apr 17, 2024

The trial will go on, but the show's over. In King Slime's final episode, New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli helps recap the proceedings and break down the cultural impact of Hip Hop's longest and wildest court case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 2, 2024

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Mar 20, 2024

Legal affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff joins the King Slime crew to discuss the growing animus between the prosecution, defense and even the judge presiding over the YSL trial, and how it could impact the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 6, 2024

On September 11, 2013, police arrested three men who had committed an armed robbery and exchanged gunfire with police in a stolen red Nissan that they crashed into a laundromat. Young Thug was not one of those three. But now, more than a decade later with the help of Georgia’s RICO laws, prosecutors are trying to put him in the car. Journalist Jewel Wicker joins the King Slime team to discuss this incident and what it says about the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 21, 2024

“Big Facts” co-host Baby Jade offers an inside perspective on Young Thug’s career. We discuss the prosecution’s use of social media and reveal who leaked Young Thug’s jailhouse video chat with Mariah the Scientist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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