Rapper Gunna maintains innocence in open letter on social media
ATLANTA — Rapper Gunna, who was arrested very last thirty day period on a racketeering demand, said in a concept posted on social media that 2022 has been 1 of the most effective decades of his daily life, “despite this complicated situation.”
The rapper, whose provided title is Sergio Kitchens, proclaimed his innocence and explained the photo that is remaining painted of him is “unsightly and untrue.”
“For now, I don’t have my flexibility. But I am harmless. I am becoming falsely accused and will under no circumstances quit preventing to crystal clear my name!” the message states.
Attorney Kristen Novay — who’s symbolizing Kitchens together with Steve Sadow, Don Samuel and John Garland — verified that the information was posted on his behalf Tuesday, his birthday.
“It is really critical for him to have a voice,” Novay said, incorporating that her customer does not have accessibility to a cellphone in jail.
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Kitchens was among the much more than two dozen individuals charged last month in an 88-webpage indictment in Georgia’s Fulton County. Also indicted was rapper Youthful Thug — genuine identify Jeffery Williams — who’s accused of founding Youthful Slime Life, which prosecutors allege is a violent street gang which is typically recognised as YSL and is affiliated with the countrywide Bloods gang.
Kitchens, who is signed to Williams’ Young Stoner Daily life report label, scored his next No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with “DS4At any time” this calendar year.
Kitchens’ message claims he comes from a “marginalized neighborhood” and in no way dreamed his artwork would transform his existence and the life of his cherished kinds.
“I employed my art variety, my reward from God, to transform my circumstances,” the assertion claims.
He extra: “Almost nothing will prevent me from chasing my goals, I will not likely end being a good man or woman, even if some unnamed and not known accusers want the earth to see me as a lousy person.”
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