{"id":562002,"date":"2026-04-03T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562002\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:41:09","slug":"pooh-shiesty-arrested-on-robbery-kidnapping-charges-over-alleged-gucci-mane-label-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562002\/","title":{"rendered":"Pooh Shiesty Arrested on Robbery, Kidnapping Charges Over Alleged Gucci Mane Label Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rappers Pooh Shiesty<\/a> and Big30<\/a> have been arrested alongside multiple other suspects on federal robbery and kidnapping charges in Texas, the Department of Justice announced<\/a> today, April 2. The charges stem from an \u201carmed takeover\u201d of a Dallas recording studio in January, allegedly in response to a dispute over Pooh Shiesty\u2019s contract with Gucci Mane<\/a>\u2019s label, 1017.<\/p>\n

The complaint alleges that three \u201cmusic industry professionals\u201d traveled to Dallas on January 10, for a meeting arranged by Pooh Shiesty\u2014real name Lontrell Williams, Jr.\u2014to discuss the terms of a record deal. Inside the studio, nine people, including the aforementioned suspects, orchestrated an \u201carmed takeover.\u201d One of the nine held a victim at gunpoint with an AK pistol, forcing them to sign a release from the recording contract, the DOJ claims. Pitchfork has reached out to lawyers for Pooh Sheisty and Gucci Mane for comment.<\/p>\n

Big30 reportedly barricaded the door with his body as the defendants produced more firearms, proceeding to rob the plaintiffs of Rolex watches, jewelry, cash, and other items. One individual was allegedly choked to near unconsciousness. The DOJ claims that after the defendants left the studio, several of them displayed the stolen goods on social media. On April 2, eight out of nine suspects were arrested across three cities: Memphis, Nashville, and Dallas. The ninth individual, Terrance Rodgers, has not been taken into custody.<\/p>\n

After gaining recognition with singles like \u201cTwerksum<\/a>\u201d and \u201cBack In Blood<\/a>,\u201d Pooh Sheisty signed to 1017 in 2021. In 2022, he was sentenced to five years in prison<\/a> for a Florida gun conspiracy conviction in Miami. According to court records, Pooh Sheisty was still in home detention, which required that he did not commit another federal crime or possess a firearm. In 2024, Gucci Mane announced that he was releasing all of his artists from the imprint except for Pooh Sheisty and Foogiano. By October 2025, Pooh Sheisty was released from prison; he put out a single, \u201cFDO,\u201d two months later.<\/p>\n

If convicted on the new charges, Pooh Sheisty and the other suspects face life imprisonment. Ryan Raybould, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said in a press hearing, \u201cThis case should serve as a warning to others who believe that using violence and intimidation tactics to rob others in our community is a viable way to conduct business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30 have been arrested alongside multiple other suspects on federal robbery and kidnapping charges…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,6655,216],"class_list":["post-562002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-legal","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562002","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=562002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}