- Rapper Pooh Shiesty, real name Lontrell D. Williams Jr., is among nine people accused of kidnapping and robbing multiple victims at gunpoint at a Dallas music studio on January 10, including rapper Gucci Mane.
- Pooh Shiesty was arrested this week after allegedly master-minding the robbery plot targeting his record label.
- “On January 10th of this year, three musical industry professionals traveled to Dallas for a scheduled business meeting,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould said at a news conference Thursday. “Lontrell Williams Jr. arranged this meeting, purportedly to discuss the terms of his recording contract with one of his victims.”
- Raybould continued, “Once these three men were inside the recording studio, Williams Jr. and eight co-conspirators, several of whom traveled from Memphis, Tennessee, executed a coordinated armed takeover. As alleged, Williams Jr. produced an AK-style pistol and forced one of the victims to sign a release from the recording contract at gunpoint.”
- Prosecutors say Pooh Shiesty’s co-conspirators stole Rolex watches, jewelry, cash and other high-value items during the robbery. Pooh Shiesty was released from federal prison in October 2025 after serving three years for firearms and drug charges, having been originally sentenced to 63 months.
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