{"id":561049,"date":"2026-04-02T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/561049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:13:08","slug":"gucci-mane-allegedly-kidnapped-held-at-gunpoint-by-pooh-shiesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/561049\/","title":{"rendered":"Gucci Mane Allegedly Kidnapped, Held at Gunpoint By Pooh Shiesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGucci Mane<\/a> was allegedly kidnapped and held at gunpoint by Pooh Shiesty, who forced the rap mogul to sign a document releasing him from his recording contract, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\n\tPooh was of nine people charged on Thursday for executing a \u201ccoordinated armed takeover\u201d of a Texas music studio, prosecutors said. They face sentences of up to life in prison.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the complaint, Pooh arranged a meeting in January with Gucci to discuss the terms of his recording contract. Once he was inside the studio, others in his group stormed the room, with one of the defendants barricading the door to prevent people from escaping. Pooh proceeded to brandish a pistol and demanded that Gucci release him from his contract.<\/p>\n

\n\tFederal prosecutors said that victims were robbed of cash and jewelry, among other valuable items. One victim was choked until he was almost unconscious, the complaint alleged.<\/p>\n

\n\tHours after the operation, several of the defendants posted pictures on social media showing the allegedly stolen items, which include Rolex watches.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Northern District of Texas, published<\/a> the above photos and alleged \u201cthe defendants added posts on social media, displaying what appeared to be some of the stolen jewelry, depicted in the photographs from the complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tU.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Northern District of Texas<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNine defendants travelled to Dallas, Texas, to kidnap and rob victims who thought they were coming into town for a business meeting,\u201d said Ryan Raybould, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, in a statement.\u00a0\u201cInstead of discussing business in a civil matter, the defendants resorted to violence and intimidation to achieve their purported business objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEvidence incriminating the defendants include electronic monitoring data placing Pooh in the area of the alleged crime in violation of his house arrest, cell phone records and license plate reader data, rental car information, surveillance footage and fingerprints recovered from the studio. Pooh\u2019s father, Lontrell Williams Sr., is accused of helping plan and execute the operation.<\/p>\n

\n\tEight of the nine defendants were arrested on Wednesday in Dallas and Memphis. They include rapper Big30. <\/p>\n

\n\tMane, whose real name is Radric Davis, wasn\u2019t named by federal prosecutors, who identified one of the victims as R.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped and held at gunpoint by Pooh Shiesty, who forced the rap mogul to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,67167],"class_list":{"0":"post-561049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gucci-mane"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}