Cops Were Bummed When Young Thug's Lawyer Brian Steel Showed Up To Atlanta Raid

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Cops Bummed Young Thug Lawyer Brian Steel Atlanta Raid
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Newly released body cam footage of Young Thug's 2022 Atlanta arrest in the YSL RICO case features officers reacting to Brian Steel's arrival.

Newly released police body cam footage related to Young Thug has hit the Internet. Various videos on the YouTube page Kalvisheni show various stages of his May 2022 arrest in Atlanta over the YSL RICO case. In one of them, a police officer expressed his annoyance when Thugger's lawyer Brian Steel showed up to the Atlanta raid.

In the video, shared by THUGGERDAILY on Twitter, the police officer greeted Steel outside the premises, and the lawyer gave him his card. The officer then walked over to his colleagues and said, "Great... His f***ing lawyer is here." He spoke with another officer about where to direct the attorney to wait, and then returned to where Steel was standing in the street.

The officer told him the active process of warrant service meant Steel had to wait behind the fire vehicle and clarified nobody was under questioning. "Once the warrant has been served, I'll make sure that someone comes and talks to you directly. Brian Steel asked if his client Thugger was still there. He later went to the vehicle where the officer directed him after the officer said he couldn't say for sure where Thug was.

Then, the officer told one of his colleagues that Steel was there, saying he was being "real persistent." This footage immediately went viral online, along with other moments from the Atlanta raid.

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Kalavisheni also took to their YouTube page to post footage of Young Thug's arrest, the raid, his transfer to prison, and his booking. No reactions have emerged from his camp or from Brian Steel, but that could come soon.

Elsewhere, Young Thug's YSL RICO trial is hitting Netflix soon. The streaming service announced the 90-minute-long Young Thug On Trial documentary on the controversial legal process. For those unaware, the trial ended with Jeffery walking free after agreeing to a probation term via a no-contest plea.

Meanwhile, Brian Steel made other hip-hop headlines this year for his defense of Lil Durk amid his legal trouble. Durk received a not guilty verdict in his murder-for-hire case, and has a racketeering-related trial on the way as well.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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