A federal judge on Friday accepted a guilty plea from Chicago rap star G Herbo, who admitted to using information from stolen credit cards to pay for private jets, expensive meals, luxury cars and a stay at a Jamaican villa.
In another case, Wright allegedly sent a direct message to Strong over Instagram around July 7, 2019, requesting a reservation for a private villa in Jamaica, the indictment stated. Strong allegedly made the reservation using stolen payment information, and Wright allegedly stayed at the villa with his associates from July 7 to July 11.
Herbo, a South Side native, grew into something of a hometown hero as a teenager in the early 2010s, helping lead Chicago’s drill music to international prominence alongside fellow rappers and collaborators Chief Keef and Lil Durk. His music has been lauded for its no-frills, penetrative approach to the violent realities he faced growing up in the city, and, in more recent years, the toll that they took on his mental health.
Earlier this month, he was found with a loaded handgun during a traffic stop in the River North neighborhood, according to police records.
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