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Rapper Pooh Shiesty has been arrested after robbing and kidnapping Gucci Mane amid a contract dispute.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced that they had arrested Shiesty and eight others who kidnapped Gucci Mane at a recording studio and forced him to sign Shiesty’s record label contract release. e. His crew then took expensive jewelry, cash, and other items from Guccia Mane and later showed them off on social media.
Via WFAA
The DOJ said a complaint on Jan. 10, three music industry professionals traveled to Dallas for a meeting. Pooh Shiesty, whose real name Lontrell Denell Williams Jr., arranged the meeting, the DOJ said, reportedly to “discuss the terms of his recording contract with one of the victims.” Pooh Shiesty first rose to fame with songs like Back in Blood and was signed to Gucci Mane’s 1017 label before run-ins with the law.
When the three men were in the music studio, Williams Jr. and his eight co-conspirators, several of whom traveled from Memphis, “executed an armed takeover,” according to the DOJ complaint. The DOJ said Williams Jr. pulled out an AK-style pistol and “forced one of the victims to sign a release from the recording contract at gunpoint.”
Pooh Shiesty and Big30 reportedly robbed and kidnapped Gucci Mane in Dallas, according to the DOJ
Pooh Shiesty allegedly held an AK-47 toward Gucci Mane and forced him to sign a contract release, while BIG3O blocked the door to prevent him from leaving. 9 people from Memphis… pic.twitter.com/sNvnKjIizg
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) April 2, 2026
Pooh Shiesty was recently released from prison in October 2025 after serving three years for a gun charge in Miami, after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess firearms.
Here’s how social media reacted t Shiesty robbing Gucci Mane.
Pooh shiesty sure do loves staying in prison https://t.co/k6qeEB0sUY
— Oshoke (@OshokeAgain) April 2, 2026
Bro served five years in the feds on a gun charge. Gets out a bit early and put on house arrest. And still, even with a second chance, robs Gucci Mane (his label boss) with an AK-47 to get out of his contract. The extent to which Pooh Shiesty doesn’t give af is *astonishing* https://t.co/kMLBZ8qMGO
— andre 6k (@Pellz_) April 2, 2026