The Department of Justice has charged nine people in connection with an alleged kidnapping that took place in January, and one of the alleged victims is said to be Gucci Mane.
Authorities say that on January 10, 2026, three individuals went to Dallas, Texas, expecting to attend a business meeting at a music studio.
According to an affidavit, Gucci Mane — known for tracks including ‘Wake Up in the Sky’ and ‘I Get the Bag’ – was among those targeted. The other two people have not been publicly identified and are listed as M.M. and B.P. in law-enforcement paperwork, CNN reports.
Investigators allege that when Gucci Mane and the two others arrived at the studio, Pooh Shiesty (real name Lontrell Williams Jr.) organized an armed takeover with eight other people. Prosecutors have described him as the ‘ringleader’ of the scheme.
Pooh Shiesty, 26, is accused of brandishing an AK-style pistol during the purported meeting and forcing fellow rapper Gucci Mane to sign documents that would release him from his contract at gunpoint. Pooh Shiesty is signed to 1017 Records, the label founded nearly two decades ago by 46-year-old Gucci Mane (real name Radric Delantic Davis).
Prosecutors also claim those at the studio were robbed. CBS News reports that one victim was allegedly choked from behind to the point of near unconsciousness and had a Rolex watch, a Louis Vuitton bag, and other items taken.
Officials say the victims believed they could be killed.
Pooh Shiesty has since been arrested and was taken into custody yesterday. Seven alleged co-defendants have also been arrested, including fellow rapper Big30 (Rodney Lamont Wright Jr.) and Pooh Shiesty’s father. A ninth suspect, identified as Terrance Rogers, had not yet been taken into custody at the time of yesterday’s news conference but was expected to be arrested ‘soon’, according to Ryan Raybould, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
Raybould said at the press conference, via WWNY-TV, that Pooh Shiesty was on home confinement stemming from a prior firearms conspiracy conviction in Florida at the time of the January incident, and that he was wearing an ankle monitor.
Investigators say data from that monitoring device places him at the location of the alleged offenses at the Dallas studio. Authorities also cited surveillance footage, cell phone records, and photos posted to social media as part of the evidence referenced publicly.