"Thug, did you have an issue with Rich Homie?" — Lil Woody tries asking Young Thug a question from the witness stand making him laugh

Rapper Lil Woody tried to ask Young Thug a question about Rich Homie Quan from the witness stand during the September 3 hearing of the ongoing YSL Rico trial.

In a viral courtroom video circulating online, the prosecutor asked Kenneth Copeland aka YSL Woody, if rapper Young Thug had any problems with Rich Homie Quan bringing his gang members to his apartment. This was in context of Quan's feud with Young Thug.

In response, Woody directly asked Young Thug, who was present at court, to answer the question. He said from the witness stand:

“Thug, did you have an issue with Rich Homie?”

In the video, Young Thug was spotted laughing after Woody directed the question at him. However, the prosecutor directed the question back at Woody soon after.

For the unversed, Lil Woody has been serving as a key witness for a while in the YSL Rico trial for allegedly having information about a number of crimes committed by Young Thug. Back in 2021, Woody reportedly gave out information to the police about an alleged murder plot involving Thug after being arrested.

However, the rapper has since then claimed that he lied to the police multiple times. YSL Woody has also given multiple bizarre statements in court during the Rico trial hearings, but the court continues to keep him as a key witness.

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Lil Woody claimed he lied to the authorities during ongoing YSL Rico trial

Lil Woody has been a key witness for Young Thug's ongoing YSL Rico trial. The trial, which was set to begin in December 2023, finally started in January 2024. The rapper has reportedly been considered a witness due to his YSL affiliation.

In a court hearing in August 2024, Lil Woody lost his cool in the middle after the prosecution asked him questions. As per Complex, the rapper went on a rant in court, claiming he lied to the police.

“Like I told you before y'all called me to trial, I have lied, I made things up. I told y'all this before y'all brought me in this courtroom and I'm telling you now. You asked me about 2015, I had got my life together. Y'all are trying to put this on my conscience, y'all are trying to put people's lives in my hands," he said.

Further, he accused Detective Thorpe, one of the officers involved in the case, of believing everything one said. The rapper continued:

"Detective Thorpe, his brain was the size of a squirrel brain. You could tell him anything and he'd go for it.”

Lil Woody also claimed that he would only testify in court when he feels like it. Judge Whitaker asked the rapper whether he would like to plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying at court and prevent self-incrimination, the rapper said it would “depend on how he wakes up.”

Earlier on one of his trial dates on June 7, 2024, Woody pleaded the Fifth Amendment once to avoid testifying. He then refused to answer questions in court, giving short, vague replies, per the court videos available.

The presiding judge Ural Glanville warned Lil Woody to cooperate with the court. He also told Woody that several measures could be implemented if he refused to testify.

“If you don’t testify, then I as the judge in this case have several remedies. One of those is that I can hold you in contempt and jail you because the way that you get out of that contempt is to just testify." Glanville had explained.

When Lil Woody refused to testify despite multiple warnings, he was arrested for contempt of court. The rapper has since then appeared on multiple dates to testify but provided vague and bizarre answers to his questions.