Rapper Pooh Shiesty, whose real name is Lontrell Williams Jr, had his Cordova home in Memphis, Tennessee, raided by the FBI on April 1. A public information officer for the bureau told The Commercial Appeal that agents served “court-authorized” search and arrest warrants for individuals at that address.
It remains unclear whether Pooh Shiesty was specifically named in the warrants. However, the residence is in his and his dad’s name and was purchased in April 2023, according to property records.
The Shiesty Season rapper is the son of Lontrell Williams Sr and Gladys Baines. Whether they are part of the warrants remains unconfirmed.
Mike Dunavant, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, told The Commercial Appeal:
“This office generally will not confirm the existence of or otherwise comment about ongoing investigations, until and unless formal charges are publicly filed.”
Here’s what we know about Pooh Shiesty’s parents
According to the New 1017 Records website, Pooh Shiesty’s father is a former recording artist who rapped under the stage name of Mob Boss, before founding the Memphis-based Mob Ties Records.
In fact, it was his musical influence that got Pooh interested in hip-hop from a young age and he spent “countless hours watching his dad in the studio.” On his official website, the rapper was quoted as saying:
“My dad didn’t expect me to rap, but when I did, he helped me. He taught me how to put my pain into what I’m doing.”
Pooh Shiesty’s mother is an online content creator who goes by Mama Shiesty. During his teenage years, he left his hometown with Gladys Baines for two years and stayed in Pflugerville, Texas.
Upon his return, Shiesty forgot his ties to the ChoppaGang crew and finished high school, only to return to music at 18. He adds on his website:
“You never know what I’m going to say next. Everybody has their own path. I just made the best of what I had. I’m unpredictable and unexpected.”
Neither Pooh Shiesty nor his parents have addressed the recent FBI raid.
Exploring Pooh Shiesty’s legal history
In June 2021, Lontrell Jr was apprehended on a federal firearms conspiracy charge in Florida, after he shot at a man inside a hotel the year before. The following January, he pleaded guilty and took a deal, with a decreased sentence.
Additionally, the rapper was a witness to one of his crew members pulling out a weapon and assaulting two individuals while attempting to buy marijuana, codeine, and sneakers from a convenience store in Bay Harbor Islands. That same year was also present inside the vehicle when another one of his associates discharged a loaded firearm at a gas station in Memphis, TN.
Pooh Shiesty was never convicted for these two charges. In April 2022, he was sentenced to 63 months in the federal correctional institution USP Canaan, Pennsylvania, but was released early in October 2025.
Immediately after, Pooh returned to music and dropped his single, FDO, which reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also earned him the Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month title in January 2026.
At the time, Shiesty told Billboard:
“I was just getting started when I got locked up. I was only rapping for like a year in total. Before I even got signed, I ain’t learn everything that I needed to learn. I look at me when I got locked up versus when I got out — it’s totally different ways of rap. It’s only gonna get better and better.”
The bureau didn’t reveal whether the rapper or any of his family members were taken into custody.
Edited by Pallavi K