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So late last night, rappers Young Thug and Gunna were arrested on RICO charges in a 56-count indictment as members of YSL, Young Thug’s music label, now characterized as a criminal street gang by Atlanta police.

Here’s the meat of the charges thanks to WSBTV:

Rappers Young Thug and his Young Slime Life syndicate were arrested early Monday afternoon.

Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, is accused of conspiring to associate together and with others for the common purposes of illegally obtaining money and property through a pattern of racketeering activity and conducting and participating in the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.

  • Preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, power and territory of the enterprise through acts of racketeering activity including murder, assault and threats of violence;
  • Preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, power and territory of the enterprise by the posting of messages, images, videos and songs, demonstrating allegiance to the enterprise and a willingness to engage in violence on its behalf;
  • Maintaining armed individuals ready and willing to preserve, protect and enhance the reputation, power and territory of the enterprise through the use of violence;
  • Obtaining money, weapons and other property through acts of racketeering activity, including robbery, theft and the unlawful sale and distribution of drugs;
  • Obstructing law enforcement investigations and court proceedings through witness intimidation and attacks upon law enforcement officers.

James Harden has been friends with Young Thug and Gunna for awhile now. They’ve been in Adidas Commercials together, Thug sat courtside for some of his games, and Harden was at his album release party in October:

Heat fans are so nervous that vintage James Harden is back after his Game 4 performance that they found this tweet from 2011 and are tagging the FBI because they think this makes him an accessory.

These are the fans of the #1 seed? –

https://twitter.com/MeanMrMitchell/status/1523860001915170817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1523860001915170817%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fblacksportsonline.com%2F2022%2F05%2Fsocial-media-snitches-on-james-harden-for-being-part-of-ysl-gang-who-have-been-hit-with-rico-case%2F3%2F

Did Heat fans ever stop and think maybe James Harden just got a nice bottle of some Yves Saint Laurent cologne and wanted to let the people know? YSL cologne was the shit back in 2011. Get out of the shower. Throw some of that on the wrist and neck and head out the door to my Comms 101 class feeling like a million bucks.

P.S. If you have the means you better bet your life savings on the Sixers in Game 5. Joel Embiid loses the MVP and James Harden loses one of his best friends? Pray for the Heat.