Rapper Pooh Shiesty and his father have been arrested by the FBI after agents raided the family’s Memphis home Wednesday morning.
The 26-year-old artist, whose actual title is Lontrell D. Williams Jr., was arrested in Dallas, Texas, and booked in reference to a federal prison case. His father, additionally Lontrell Williams, was arrested in Memphis.
In a press convention Thursday, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould mentioned that Williams Jr. and his father have been two of 9 people accused of kidnapping and robbing “at gunpoint numerous victims at a music studio in Dallas,” together with fellow rapper Gucci Mane.
“Eight of the nine were arrested yesterday in Dallas, Memphis and Nashville,” Raybould mentioned, noting that the ninth particular person “has not been arrested yet but will be soon.”
“The complaint alleges that on January 10th of this year, three musical industry professionals traveled to Dallas for a scheduled business meeting. Lontrell Williams Jr. arranged this meeting, purportedly to discuss the terms of his recording contract with one of his victims,” he continued.
“As alleged, once these three men were inside the recording studio, Williams Jr. and eight co-conspirators, several of whom traveled from Memphis, Tennessee, executed a coordinated armed takeover. As alleged, Williams Jr. produced an AK-style pistol and forced one of the victims to sign a release from the recording contract at gunpoint,” Raybould mentioned, calling Williams Jr. the “ringleader of the conspiracy.”
“The remaining conspirators displayed firearms and robbed the other victims of Rolex watches, jewelry, cash, and other high-value items.”
The Independent has contacted Williams Jr.’s consultant and the FBI for remark.
The newest growth comes after reports that the FBI executed a “search and arrest warrant” on the property in Cordova, Tennessee.
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Records on the Shelby County Assessor’s web site listing the house owner as Lontrell Williams, the shared name of Williams Jr. and his father.
The rapper beforehand spent three years in federal jail after pleading responsible to firearms and drug prices in April 2022. He was initially sentenced to 63 months, however was launched in October 2025 on good conduct.
Williams Jr. was arrested in June 2021 for his involvement in three firearm and drug conspiracies, together with an incident in May 2021 when he allegedly assaulted a sufferer with a firearm at a Miami strip membership.
As a part of his plea deal, three different prices have been dropped, and he was given a lesser jail sentence.
Upon his launch, he was moved to a residential reentry facility in Dallas, the place he’s anticipated to stay till April 11, a spokesperson from the Federal Bureau of Prisons advised MassLive in January.
Born and raised in Memphis, Williams Jr. first rose to fame in 2020 when he was signed to fellow rapper Gucci Mane’s file label, 1017 Records, an imprint of Atlantic Records. That similar yr, he launched “Back in Blood,” his first main single, which reached No. 13 on the Billboard charts.
Following his 2025 launch, Williams Jr. dropped a number of new songs, together with “FDO” — an acronym for “first day out” in reference to his return home.
He has since continued selling the monitor, with his most up-to-date Instagram submit from March 11 that includes a sequence of photographs and a video clip from a current go to to a Mercedes-Benz dealership to buy a brand new automotive in celebration of the track’s success.
“FDO Went #1 So It’s Only Right I Pop It @mrbenzness showed real love,” he wrote within the caption. “I appreciate it x10 tap in with em asap if you tryna get right.”
