Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick, a co-defendant in the ongoing YSL gang trial in Atlanta, was stabbed while behind bars and awaiting a jury’s verdict, his attorney said Monday.
The rapper, who’s facing charges in a criminal street gang case involving fellow rapper Young Thug, is expected to make a full recovery after suffering minor injuries at the Fulton County Jail on Sunday, his attorney Douglas Weinstein said on social media.
“I did get to speak with him briefly last night. He sounded tired. He was alert,” Weinstein said in a TikTok video.
Kendrick was seen in court on Monday with staples in his forehead, local station WSB-TV reported.
A Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said the incident followed a physical altercation with another inmate.
“Kendrick received treatment for minor injuries from a sharp object at the Fulton County Jail,” confirmed Natalie Ammons in an email to HuffPost Monday. “This is an active investigation to determine the aggressor in this incident and if charges will be pending.”
Kendrick is awaiting a jury’s verdict along with co-defendant Shannon Stillwell on gang, murder, drug and gun charges. Stillwell was also stabbed last year in the same jail.
The pair were among 28 people charged in 2022 on charges that include participating in criminal street gang activity and conspiring to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
Prosecutors said the two men were part of a criminal street gang called Young Slime Life, or YSL, which was formed by Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, in 2012.
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Williams was released on probation in October after pleading guilty to drug- and gun-related charges and no contest to charges of conspiracy and participating in a street gang. The conditions of his release included a ban on him returning to Atlanta for 10 years, with a few exceptions given.