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Rap has been associated with gang stereotypes for decades.
It was the first time that Findling represented a rap artist accused of being a gang member.
It really came out of left field, Findling said.
But Offsets case, which was eventually dropped after the rapper took anAlfordplea deal, was just the beginning.
But the scene is actually from SahBabiisPull Up Wit Ah Stick video.
The YSL indictment isnt even the first time a music video was submitted as evidence against Young Thug.
Police alleged that Durk was involved as a gang associate.
Durkwas released on bond less than a month later, specifically because he didnt dodge the arrest.
Durk says that he moved to Atlanta to turn over a new leaf.
I had a rough past.
But me moving to Atlanta, I just thought that changed my whole identity or thinking.
So I guess its having an impact.
Durk cant be blamed.
Before becoming Gunnas lead attorney in the YSL indictment, Steve Sadow had previously represented Atlanta native T.I.
and Miami transplant Rick Ross.
Theres no talk in the Atlanta metro area about racially motivated, white-nationalist gangs, Sadow says.
Its all Black gangs, and I think theyre playing to some cultural stereotype of young Black males.
