Rappers Young Thug, Gunna hit with gang-related charges in sweeping indictment

Rapper Young Thug was arrested in Atlanta on alleged gang-related charges after being named among 28 people, including rapper Gunna, in a 56-count grand jury indictment.

Prominent Atlanta rapper Young Thug was arrested on Monday on gang-related charges after being named in a sweeping 56-count grand jury indictment in Georgia.

The rapper was among 28 people allegedly associated with the Atlanta-based Young Slime Life (YSL) gang, which authorities say he founded in 2012, who were charged with conspiring to violate the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act, according to charging documents obtained by ABC News. YSL is also the name of his record imprint, Young Stoner Life, and a number of those charged are associated with the label.

RICO cases have been used to take down the Mafia among other criminal enterprises.

Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, is charged with two alleged counts -- conspiring to violate the RICO act and participating in street gang activity.