Rapper YFN Lucci has been released one year after he was sentenced to prison.
YFN Lucci, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Street Gang and Terrorism Prevention Act in Jan. 2024. He was sentenced to 20 years with 10 to serve.
The Georgia Department of Corrections confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the rapper was released Friday morning.
Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis sent a letter to State Board of Pardons and Paroles that supported his early release.
“The District Attorney of Fulton County did the unorthodox,” attorney Drew Findling told Seiden back in July. “That letter from the district attorney is a powerful punch and is really at the heart of the letter and supporting documents and the memorandum that we have shared with the parole board.” S: Atlanta 2
The backstory: The rapper was arrested in 2021 as part of a wide-ranging indictment of 12 people officials claim are associated with subgroups of the Bloods gang.
In the 105-count indictment, which stemmed from a six-month investigation, investigators say Lucci and others committed a wide variety of crimes to protect and enhance the gang’s reputation and to gain and maintain control of territory. Bennett has been charged with murder after police said he was the driver in a gang-related drive-by shooting that killed a man.
In January 2024, Bennett pleaded guilty to one count of violation of Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. As part of his plea deal, prosecutors dropped the remaining 12 of 13 counts.
