The trial will go on, but the show's over. In King Slime's final episode, New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli helps recap the proceedings and break down the cultural impact of Hip Hop's longest and wildest court case.See omnystudio.com/liste

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Apr 2nd, 2024 1m 16s

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Court Report 5: The Boilover in Courtroom 1B

Mar 20th, 2024 50m 58s

Legal affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff joins the King Slime crew to discuss the growing animus between the prosecution, defense and even the judge presiding over the YSL trial, and how it could impact the case.See omnystudio.com/listener for pri

Court Report 4: The “Free Willy” Red Nissan Incident

Mar 6th, 2024 1h 6m

On September 11, 2013, police arrested three men who had committed an armed robbery and exchanged gunfire with police in a stolen red Nissan that they crashed into a laundromat. Young Thug was not one of those three. But now, more than a decade

Court Report 3: In Furtherance of a Gang

Feb 21st, 2024 59m 33s

“Big Facts” co-host Baby Jade offers an inside perspective on Young Thug’s career. We discuss the prosecution’s use of social media and reveal who leaked Young Thug’s jailhouse video chat with Mariah the ScientistSee omnystudio.com/listener for

Court Report 2: The Defense Won’t Rest

Feb 7th, 2024 59m 45s

Defense attorney Suri Chadha Jimenez was on the YSL defense team until his client’s charges were dismissed. Now he’s free to offer an inside view of the defense team and weigh in on the prosecution’s tactics. We’ll discuss a big fight over a NP

Court Report 1: LeBron James, Serena Williams and a murder caught on video

Jan 24th, 2024 38m 1s

With the jury seated and the YSL trial well underway, the King Slime team kicks off a bi-weekly discussion breaking down the most important, most interesting and most absurd moments of the craziest trial in hip hop’s history.See omnystudio.com/

Episode 8: F#@& Rice Street

Dec 13th, 2023 52m 20s

By the time opening statements began in the YSL trial, the remaining defendants had already spent more than a year and a half behind bars. Nearly all of them are being held at the Fulton County Jail, a facility that has become notorious for a s

Episode 7: Back At It

Dec 5th, 2023 46m 56s

Last December, YSL defendant Sergio Kitchens, the rapper Gunna, took an Alford plea and walked out of Fulton County Jail with probation. Christina Lee investigates Gunna’s life after court, the impact on his reputation and music, and the evolvi

Episode 6: I Came From Nothing

Sep 20th, 2023 1h 11m

Both Young Thug's rise to stardom and current legal entanglements epitomize Atlanta's complicated legacy as a Black mecca. We explore how the YSL trial has already impacted the city and its music—and discover a secret about the rapper's legal f

Episode 5: Drop Bars

Sep 12th, 2023 55m 13s

Prosecutors in the YSL trial cite lyrics from a dozen songs to help underscore the accusation that Young Thug is a dangerous kingpin running a criminal enterprise. We examine the controversial use of lyrics in court, potential changes in the la

Episode 4: Take It To Trial Pt. 2

Sep 5th, 2023 43m 14s

While prosecutors claim that YSL is a dangerous criminal organization, defense attorneys in the YSL trial argue RICO and gang laws are being used too aggressively to target neighborhood problems and young people, turning the justice system upsi

Episode 3: Take It To Trial Pt. 1

Aug 29th, 2023 59m 27s

A haunting scream echoes through the courtroom in the YSL trial, causing chaos and the arrest of several defendants. It’s just another day in the craziest trial in Atlanta’s history—and we meet the district attorney prosecuting it, Fani Willis,

Episode 2: Bleveland Avenue

Aug 22nd, 2023 49m 24s

Young Thug was raised off one of south Atlanta's most notorious streets, Cleveland Avenue. But when the national Bloods gang infiltrated that part of the city in the early 2000s, that street became known as Bleveland Avenue. We meet a reformed

Episode 1: Stoner or Slime

Aug 15th, 2023 47m 38s

Over the past decade, rapper Young Thug has become an international superstar thanks to five No. 1 hip hop albums and his own record label, YSL. But police allege that over that same period, Jeffrey Lamar Williams was running a criminal enterpr