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Young Thug has entered into a guilty plea deal in a deal that will end the Grammy-winning rapper’s racketeering trial — the longest trial in Georgia history.

Young Thug, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, entered a non-negotiated guilty plea deal with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday to several charges – including firearms possession and participation in criminal street gang activity – while pleading no contest to racketeering and the leading a criminal street gang – a sudden conclusion to a dramatic and tumultuous trial involving three different judges, the jailhouse stabbing of a co-defendant and an alleged drug transaction in court.

In 2022, Williams was charged along with more than two dozen others under Georgia’s Racketeer and Corrupt Organizations Act – known as RICO.

Defense attorneys have accused Williams of abusing the racketeering statute.

Prosecutors accused the rapper of leading a criminal street gang that committed murders and a slew of violent crimes in Atlanta.

The case had dragged on for months, including multiple motions for a mistrial, the most recent of which was last week. The jury selection process alone took more than a year.

Three co-defendants in the YSL racketeering trial accepted plea deals from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office this week.

Rodalius Ryan, known as “Lil Rod,” and co-defendant Marquavious Huey, known as “Qua,” entered guilty pleas Wednesday on charges of violating the state’s RICO law.

As part of the terms, Ryan accepted a ten-year prison sentence, which was commuted to time served. Other charges in the indictment, including armed robbery, were dropped as part of the agreement.

Ryan is currently serving a life sentence for a separate murder case. The prison sentences will run concurrently, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker said.

As part of his plea deal, Huey pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the indictment, including armed robbery. He was sentenced to a total of 25 years, including nine years in custody, nine years of probation and five years of probation as part of the agreement.

Quamarvious Nichols, also known as “Qua,” accepted a plea deal Tuesday for Count 1 of the indictment, conspiracy to violate the RICO Act. He received a negotiated sentence of 20 years, with seven years in custody and the remaining years on probation. In return, several charges, including murder, were dismissed.

None of the three individuals who entered guilty pleas will have to testify against the remaining co-defendants, including the case’s main target, Young Thug.

This is a developing story and will be updated.