Early this 12 months, rapper and recording government Gucci Mane was reportedly held at gunpoint and robbed at a music studio in Dallas, Texas. Now, a motive for the crime (and the alleged culprits) have been revealed: A rapper signed to Gucci Mane’s label wished out of his contract.
Rapper Pooh Shiesty, whose actual title is Lontrell Williams Jr., has been signed to Gucci Mane’s file label 1017 Data since 2020. In keeping with a criminal affidavit written by FBI agent Brittany Garcia, Williams was sad together with his file deal and invited Gucci Mane, authorized title Radric Davis, to a gathering to debate the phrases of his contract.
The not-so-perfect crime
In keeping with the affidavit, Williams arrived on the assembly location, a recording studio in Dallas, with eight accomplices, together with his father Lontrell Williams Sr. and fellow rapper Rodney Wright Jr., aka Big30. There, he introduced Davis with paperwork that may launch him from his contract. When Davis refused to signal it, Williams produced “a black AK-style pistol” from his bag and pointed it at Davis, demanding that he signal the discharge paperwork. Davis did so, whereas Wright filmed him with a cellphone.
As soon as the paperwork was signed, Williams took Davis’ marriage ceremony ring, watch, earrings, and money. Two of Davis’ associates have been reportedly additionally held at gunpoint and robbed by Williams’ accomplices, with one particular person, recognized within the affidavit as “M.M.”, being “choked from behind to the purpose of practically dropping consciousness.”
The affidavit claims Wright then blocked the door to the studio foyer, stopping Davis and the opposite victims from leaving. They have been then compelled to depart the constructing by way of a facet entrance and escorted to their car.
Williams and the eight different suspects are actually dealing with federal fees in relation to kidnapping and theft at gunpoint. They face life in jail if convicted.
The long run for Pooh Shiesty’s contract with Gucci Mane’s label
Williams’ scheme to get out of his recording contract apparently didn’t go based on plan, with the victims’ studies, safety digicam footage, and the truth that he was carrying an ankle monitor in the course of the crime resulting in his arrest. However whether or not or not Williams lands in jail, what is going to occur to his recording contract?
Underneath contract regulation, paperwork signed underneath duress, together with underneath risk of violence, are usually rendered invalid. Which means the paperwork Williams compelled Davis to signal doubtless wouldn’t maintain as much as authorized scrutiny, maintaining Williams signed to 1017 Data in the intervening time.
Whether or not Davis would nonetheless need Williams working underneath his label is one other story. Loads of artists have discovered success throughout and after incarceration, with Davis himself having served time in jail from 2014 to 2016 after being charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Different rappers have seen huge business success after dealing with authorized bother, like A$AP Rocky: Don’t Be Dumb, his first album since being convicted of assault in Sweden and dealing with trial on potential assault fees in Los Angeles, topped the Billboard 200 chart and noticed the biggest streaming debut of 2026 to date, with 35.4 million first-day streams on Spotify.
In Williams’ case, whether or not the elevated media consideration from his kidnapping and theft fees might drive listeners to stream his music stays to be seen. Provided that Williams continues to be underneath Davis’ label, any further earnings will go, partly, to him.
As one social media user put it, Williams might have been higher off recruiting an leisure lawyer to assist get out of his file deal, however as an alternative, he’s studying the onerous method that contract regulation and threats of violence at gunpoint usually don’t combine.
