Rapper Pooh Shiesty and his father were reportedly arrested by the FBI on federal kidnapping and robbery charges involving music executive Gucci Mane.
The rapper — whose real name is Lontrell D. Williams Jr. — was arrested in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, and booked in connection to a federal criminal case, law enforcement sources told TMZ.
While that was happening, the “Federal Contraband” singer’s father, Lontrell Williams Sr., was also arrested in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Gucci Mane was the victim of a kidnapping and robbery plot by Pooh Shiesty, according to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas obtained by NBC News.
Pooh Shiesty — who was signed to Gucci Mane’s label, 1017 Records, earlier this year — allegedly asked to meet with the “Lemonade” rapper because he was “upset with the terms of his contract” and wanted to be released, according to the criminal
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