Regardless of rumors of beef between Younger Thug and Gunna, Thug’s father, Jeffery Williams Sr., continues to publicly help Gunna whereas his son is embroiled in a RICO trial.
Throughout Gunna’s Bittersweet Tour cease at Atlanta’s State Farm Enviornment on Tuesday (June 11), Thug’s dad could possibly be seen within the VIP pit in entrance of the stage having fun with the Atlanta rapper’s efficiency of his and Thugger’s track “Ski” from the YSL compilation album Slime Language 2.
With a giant smile on his face, Thug Sr. raps together with the track’s refrain whereas doing the #SkiChallenge as the gang round him goes loopy.
Again in December 2022, Gunna agreed to a so-called Alford plea, which permits a defendant in a trial to enter a proper act of contrition whereas nonetheless sustaining their innocence. He was launched from jail with time served and probation situations that embody 500 hours of neighborhood service.
“Whereas I’ve agreed to at all times be truthful, I wish to make it completely clear that I’ve NOT made any statements, have NOT been interviewed, have NOT cooperated, have NOT agreed to testify or be a witness for or towards any occasion within the case and have completely NO intention of being concerned within the trial course of in any method,” the rapper stated in a press release the day of his launch in 2022.
Thug’s father has confirmed on a number of events that he nonetheless helps Gunna. Final December, throughout an interview with Notorious Sylvia, Williams Sr. adamantly defended the rapper, saying, “I like Gunna… Let me attempt to assist the legal professional make clear that a little bit easier. Gunna hasn’t achieved something in any way that may harm us on this case, interval.”
When requested about Lil Child telling a DJ to cease taking part in his “Drip Too Exhausting” collab with Gunna throughout a live performance and saying, “F—okay the rats, flip this s—t off,” he reiterated his place on the matter. “He have to shut the f—okay up ’trigger he don’t know what’s happening,” he advised Notorious Sylvia in one other interview. “Ask Lil Child has he ever got here to a court docket date?”
Just lately, considered one of Thug’s legal professionals within the ongoing RICO trial was held in contempt and sentenced to twenty days in jail. Nevertheless, the Georgia Supreme Courtroom granted an emergency movement, pausing the jail sentence till they evaluation the controversial choice. Previous to that, a witness referred to as by the prosecution went viral for referring to Younger Thug’s track “Way of life” as a “banger.”
Watch the clip of Younger Thug’s father dancing at Gunna’s Atlanta present beneath: