- Just months after being acquitted in the high-profile YSL gang trial, Atlanta rapper Yak Gotti — whose real name is Deamonte Kendrick — was released from jail on probation after resolving ...

Defendant Deamonte Kendrick appears during the rapper Young Thug trial at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) Defendant ...

Defendant Deamonte Kendrick appears for the YSL trial at the Fulton County Courthouse with a notorious head injury after a fight in the jail on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Deamonte Kendrick remains in jail due to an outstanding warrant despite being acquitted in the YSL trial earlier this month. Kendrick, also known as rapper Yak Gotti, was denied bond on Wednesday ...

Two YSL defendants -- Deamonte Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell -- appeared in Fulton County courtrooms on Tuesdays morning. They were both seeking release from jail. Stillwell should be released soon.

In a significant development in the YSL RICO case, the jury has reached verdicts for the two remaining defendants, Deamonte Kendrick, known as Yak Gotti, and Shannon Stillwell.

In the wide-ranging racketeering case, Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti and Shannon Stillwell were found not guilty on a bevy of charges ranging from murder to gun possession.

Defendants Deamonte Kendrick, a rapper known as Yak Gotti, and Shannon Stillwell were acquitted on Tuesday after a jury of 12 found them not guilty of charges related to Georgia’s Racketeer ...

Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti, was acquitted on all nine counts he faced. Shannon Stillwell was cleared on seven of eight counts.

Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti, was acquitted on murder, racketeering and gang-related charges Tuesday in a sweeping trial that saw Young Thug go free in October.

The jury found Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, not guilty on all charges. The jury found Shannon Stillwell guilty on only one charge for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.