Who is Pooh Shiesty? Rapper Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison
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After pleading guilty to a single firearms conspiracy charge, Lontrell Donell Williams Jr, popularly known by his stage moniker Pooh Shiesty, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Wednesday.
In June 2021, the 22-year-old Memphis rapper was charged with four counts in connection with a shooting at the Landon Hotel in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, in October 2020. Prosecutors claim that Williams and two others shot and killed a couple of people they were going to buy marijuana and sneakers from. Both victims of the shooting were unharmed.
When was Pooh Shiesty arrested?
Pooh Shiesty was detained in connection with the incident for the first time in October 2020. But he was quickly freed. In June 2021, the rapper was arrested for the second time. This time in connection with a Memorial Day weekend shooting at a strip club in Miami-Dade County. The present status of that distinct case is uncertain.
The illegal sale took a severe turn, according to prosecutors, when Pooh Shiesty and his friends removed the things without paying. Pooh Shiesty and his team were accused of shooting Cooper in the buttocks before fleeing in a leased McLaren. A suitcase holding more than $40,000 in cash fell from the vehicle as they sped away.
Despite Cooper’s survival, Pooh Shiesty was charged with four counts in connection with the shooting. However, prosecutors agreed to remove three of the initial counts. It included one that carried a possible sentence of life in prison, as part of the 2022 plea agreement. After pleading guilty to a single weapons conspiracy charge, he was facing an eight-year jail sentence.
Who is Pooh Shiesty?
Pooh Shiesty is a rapper from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. He was born on November 8, 1999, and grew up in the Cane Creek Apartments in South Memphis. His father, a second-generation rapper, created the Bluff City label Mob Ties Records and rapped under the name Mob Boss, immersing him from a young age in the family industry.
He’s signed to Gucci Mane’s 1017 Records and Atlantic Records. In 2020, his collaborations with the rapper and other label musicians catapulted him to fame.
Pooh Shiesty has collaborated with a number of famous personalities in the rap world since his commercial debut in 2019, including Lil Baby, Big30, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, and G Herbo. His 2020 single “Back in Blood,” which features Lil Durk, has surpassed 209 million Spotify streams.
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