Young Thug’s Brother Unfoonk Released on Parole After YSL RICO Sentence

Young Thug’s brother Unfoonk is back home after being released on parole, more than three years after a judge revoked his probation and ordered him to serve the balance of his YSL RICO sentence.

Unfoonk, the rapper and older brother of Young Thug, has been released from prison on parole. Social media posts reporting his return home say the Atlanta artist, whose legal name is Quantavious Grier, was released on August 11, 2026, following his incarceration over a probation violation tied to his plea in the sprawling YSL RICO case.

Grier originally pleaded guilty in December 2022 to one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act and one count of theft by receiving stolen property. Under that deal, he received a 12-year sentence, with two years commuted to time served and the remaining 10 years to be served on probation, allowing him to leave custody at the time.

That probation was revoked in June 2023 after authorities alleged Grier violated multiple conditions of his release. According to Billboard, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville ordered him to serve nine years and six months in prison after prosecutors presented evidence stemming from a May 2023 traffic stop.

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During that stop, Atlanta police said they found a firearm inside the vehicle and alleged that Grier had been around people prohibited under the terms of his probation. His original plea conditions included restrictions involving firearms and contact with certain defendants in the YSL case, and the judge concluded that the encounter amounted to a violation.

Unfoonk’s release comes nearly two years after Young Thug himself left custody. Thug, born Jeffery Williams, was released on October 31, 2024 after entering a non-negotiated plea in the YSL case and receiving a sentence that included 15 years of probation, with the court specifically allowing him to maintain contact with his biological brother Grier.

Before the legal setbacks, Unfoonk had released music through the wider YSL orbit, including his 2021 project My Struggle. His parole release now marks another major turn in a legal saga that has followed the brothers since the sweeping Fulton County indictment brought YSL and its associates under intense scrutiny in 2022.