Did he kidnap his boss to terminate a contract? | Pooh Shiesty’s alleged kidnapping of Gucci Mane – TCN Sidebar

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
A word of warning, this podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some strong language. It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who may find it disturbing.

**William Updyke** (0:12)
Hello and welcome to a special episode of The Sidebar presented by True Crime News. As you can see, I'm not your regular host, Joshua Ritter, who's unable to join this week. Make sure to catch his coverage of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing over on Fox. I'm William Updyke, in case you didn't know, the producer here for Sidebar and True Crime News coming to you with a case that I think is very interesting and you should know about. We're recording this on Thursday, July 9th, 2026 In this week's episode, a father and son duo allegedly ambush a hip hop legend to violently terminate a contract. While the alleged kidnappers thought they were slick, a recording of the events may have given prosecutors everything they need to wrap up the case. It's a story of greed, jealousy and quite frankly, stupidity. So let's get right into it. If you haven't been following this case, prosecutors allege that rapper Pooh Shiesty, legal name Lontrell Williams Jr, recruited the help of his dad, Lontrell Williams Sr, and seven additional co-conspirators to end his contract with 1017 Records, the record label owned by rapper Gucci Mane. Gucci, legal name Radric Davis, was allegedly lured to a recording studio in Dallas for a business meeting that quickly took a turn for the worse.
Now, Pooh Shiesty has been behind bars since this most recent arrest, but he's trying to get pretrial release ahead of the federal trial. Prosecutors have opposed that notion, revealing much of their evidence in the upcoming case in a 26-page document that could spell the end for Shiesty's defense. According to the filing, Pooh Shiesty not only committed this crime while on parole, but instructed one of his co-conspirators to film the encounter.
For posterity, the reason behind filming yourself doing a crime on parole is unfathomable. Let's go ahead and take a look.

**Neama Rahmani** (2:07)
Let them know you dropping me.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:08)
I'll drop you. No, I said. Who should I say dropped from 10-17?

**Neama Rahmani** (2:13)
Real n****.

**William Updyke** (2:14)
I ain't never did no pooh this shit or none of that, bro.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:16)
Tell them what's going on. Bro, we just did it.

**Neama Rahmani** (2:18)
That's done.

**William Updyke** (2:18)
What you do? You drop.

**Neama Rahmani** (2:22)
You said you wanted me to drop, you dropped.

**William Updyke** (2:27)
So, as you can see in the video, there's a blurred figure identified by prosecutors as RD or Radric Davis, and there's someone wearing a balaclava, but still with full view of his face that appears to be Pooh Shiesty instructing his label boss to release him from his contract. Now, a little background on this relationship, Radric Davis, Gucci Mane is the owner of 1017 Records. Since Gucci's own release from jail, he's had not only success as a rapper, but as a music executive, eventually partnering with Atlantic Records. Gucci Mane took notice of Pooh Shiesty, an up-and-coming rapper from Memphis with a few minor local hits to his name, and signed him to a deal sometime around 2020 or 2021
Initially, the partnership flourished, with Gucci helping Pooh Shiesty gain placements, and collaborations that launched his career into fame and recognition. Pooh's single, Back in Blood, featuring Chicago rapper Lil Durk, enjoyed Billboard chart success, and currently has more than half a billion streams on Spotify. However, despite his achievements, Pooh's extracurricular activities would eventually land him in jail just as his career was on the rise. According to prosecutors, Pooh Shiesty didn't just rap about the braggadocious gang-affiliated lifestyle, he actually lived it. They allege that Pooh was one of the founding members of the Chapa Gang, a Memphis-based subset of the Grape Street Crips allegedly involved in narcotics trafficking, robberies, even homicides. Eventually, this lifestyle caught up with Pooh and he would spend years in a federal penitentiary instead of in the recording booth. In 2022, the rapper pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of violent crimes and drug trafficking. Quite a mouthful there, some serious charges. But as part of this plea, Pooh admitted to conspiracy on three different occasions. The first was a shooting at a Memphis gas station, allegedly carried out by an associate. The second was a robbery where two of Pooh's conspirators brandish weapons to rob victims of their marijuana, codeine, and sneakers, and finally an assault he perpetrated on a victim at a Miami strip club. Now, these charges could have carried a sentence of up to 20 years, according to prosecutors, which would have effectively ended Pooh's rap career. However, he received a more lenient deal of only 63 months in prison.