POOH Shiesty is a "gangster rapper" from Memphis, Tennesee, who has blown up online for his music.
On June 8, it was reported that Shiesty was arrested after he surrendered himself to Miami authorities.
What is rapper Pooh Shiesty's age, net worth, and real name?
Pooh, born Lontrell Williams, is signed to Gucci Mane's record label 1017.
The Memphis native, who is just 20-years-old, has been making ripples through the rap world since his debut.
His track "Back in Blood" featuring Lil Durk has peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
He dropped his mixtape Sheisty Season in February 2021.
The young rapper has amassed 1.6million followers on Instagram and draws in around 2million monthly listening streams on Spotify.
As of 2021, he is estimated to be worth around $1.5million reports ExactNetWorth.
Why was Pooh Shiesty arrested?
On June 8, DJ Akademiks tweeted that Shiesty had been arrested by Miami Police.
He confirmed that he had been charged with "aggravated assault/battery" for allegedly "discharging a firearm in a club where at least one person was hit with a bullet."
The Gucci Mane signee handed himself in to cops on to reportedly face charges for a shooting in a Miami-Dade strip club over Memorial Day weekend.
The incident happened at the King of Diamonds strip club in Northwest Miami-Dade on May 30, the Miami Herald reports.
BREAKING: Pooh Shiesty Arrested after he surrenders himself to Miami Police. He's charged with Aggravated Assault/Battery for allegedly discharging a firearm in a club where at least one person was hit with a bullet.
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) June 8, 2021Video posted to social media after the shooting appeared to show the rapper walking out of the club with a weapon.
During the footage, the man behind the camera reportedly says Shiesty is at the venue and claims someone stole the musician's money.
The crowd then appears to scatter as shots are reportedly fired.
According to Hot 97, he had $40,000 stolen from him while he was on stage.
Does Pooh Shiesty have previous charges?
Shiesty has faced previous gun charges.
He was arrrested in October 2020 for a shootng in Harbor Bay Islands in which two people were injured.
The rapper was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and armed battery in that incident.
Dramatic footage from the shooting allegedly showed the gunfight happened after one of the victims tried to sell high-end sneakers and marijuana.
The surveillance video shows a McLaren sports car, a Mercedes-Benz Maybach and another Mercedes pulling into a parking lot of a Bay Harbor Islands condo.
The drivers and passengers then get out of the cars and, just minutes later, a man in a white shirt and another in a black sweatshirt begin firing.
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They then run back to the Maybach, which speeds away, with the McLaren following.
Another man can be seen hobbling back to other Mercedes.
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