Brooklyn drill rap star Sheff G, born Michael Williams, reported to Brooklyn Criminal Court at this time to start serving a five-year jail sentence tied to a gang conspiracy case that has shadowed him for practically two years.

Williams was first indicted in May 2023 alongside 31 others, together with fellow rapper Sleepy Hallow, in what prosecutors described as a sweeping organized crime investigation. At the time, prosecutors sought heavy penalties, and in court docket once more this morning, they renewed their name for Williams to serve 20 years in jail.

The decide in the end rejected that push. Instead, Judge Chun upheld the plea deal Williams entered in March 2025, which sentenced him to 5 years for tried homicide and conspiracy fees. Because of time already served and the opportunity of good conduct, the ruling leaves open the prospect that Williams may stroll free in simply two and a half years.

That potential early launch was made attainable partially by neighborhood service work Williams carried out whereas out on bail. Entertainment lawyer and advocate Allen DeWane, who has labored with the rapper although not as his authorized consultant, stated he offered these efforts on to the court docket.

Sheff G’s Service May Cut Sentence Short

“Moments ago, I just left Brooklyn, NY Criminal Court where Brooklyn Drill Rap music star Sheff G turned himself in to begin serving time in prison,” DeWane informed HOT97. “This morning the Prosecutors were asking that Sheff G serve twenty (20) years in prison! … But since March 2025 I have been doing community service projects with Sheff G. The judge took into consideration the wonderful community service work that I have been doing with Sheff G while he has been out on bail.”

Among these tasks have been visits to Boys and Girls Clubs in Albany and appearances in New York City, together with the United Nations’ Barbados Consulate, the place Williams spoke out towards gun violence each regionally and within the Caribbean.

In a personality letter submitted to Judge Chun, DeWane highlighted these contributions, writing: “Michael is a platinum-selling recording artist who uses his fame as a music star to help inspire at-risk youth to not repeat the mistakes that led to his current legal troubles… Of particular note was Michael speaking at the United Nations’ Barbados consulate during an event to address gun violence both in the Caribbean and here in the USA.”

For DeWane, the result represents a essential turning level. “With good behavior Sheff G may be out in just two and a half years,” he stated—a risk that may reduce the rapper’s sentence in half and permit certainly one of Brooklyn’s most outstanding drill voices to return to the neighborhood a lot earlier than prosecutors meant.