Nine people, including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big 30, have been arrested in connection with a robbery and kidnapping plot of award-winning rapper Gucci Mane.
The Department of Justice said Thursday that the gang of nine kidnapped and robbed various victims at gunpoint in a music studio in Dallas in early January.
Eight of the nine suspects were arrested Wednesday in Dallas, Memphis and Nashville, the agency said.
The DoJ said in the complaint on January 10 that three music industry professionals including Pooh Shiesty, real name Lontrell Denell Williams Jr, organized a meeting to ‘discuss the terms of his recording contract with one of the victims.’
The ‘Back in Blood’ rapper, 26, and his eight co-conspirators then ‘executed an armed takeover.’ According to the DoJ document, Shiesty reportedly pulled out AK-style gun to force ‘one of the victims to sign a release from the recording contract at gunpoint.’
The remaining members of the group then proceeded to rob the other meeting victims of their Rolex watches, jewelry, cash and other high-value items.
Shiesty has been signed to Gucci Mane’s 1017 label since April 2020.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was robbed and kidnapped by fellow musicians Pooh Shiesty and Big 30 in January 2026
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