Rapper Pooh Shiesty, legal name Lontrell D. Williams, pleaded guilty to a firearms conspiracy charge after allegedly shooting two men at a Florida hotel in October 2020, according to a report from the Department of Justice in Miami and Rolling Stone. Federal prosecutors have also dropped three other charges due to the guilty plea; if the charges were kept, Williams could’ve faced a life sentence in prison. The prosecutors recommended a sentence of just over eight years for the Memphis rapper in a non-binding deal that may change in a future sentence hearing. Magistrate Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis explained that if Chief Judge K. Michael Moore decided on a harsher sentence in the forthcoming hearing, it “will not be grounds to withdraw [Williams’s guilty] plea.†The guilty plea does help William’s standing as it takes three points off his total when determining his sentencing.
Williams was allegedly involved in a shooting of two men “during a street purchase of marijuana and high-end sneakers,†according to a Miami federal court judge in July 2021. He was held without bond following his arrest and has been in custody for seven months. Williams released a single in December titled “Federal Contraband (Freestyle)†and encourages fans to write to him in jail on Instagram. “Ain’t too long till shiestman home …†wrote the rapper two days before Christmas.