Last year, everything was lining up for Puerto Rican rapper YOVNGCHIMI . After releasing a string of catchy trap tracks, Bad Bunny recruited him as a guest on his album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana , drawn by the strength of CHIMI’s hits , fan acclaim, and genuine street cred. YOVNGCHIMI was also part of Rolling Stone’s 2024’s Future 25 , continuing his meteoric rise as part of Latin trap’s second wave. As he put it in an interview that year, “[I was] just too good to ignore.”

But CHIMI’s career hit a potentially life-altering roadblock. In December, he was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of firearms violations and subsequently arrested and held without bail in Puerto Rico. This July, a third charge accused him of conspiracy to traffic weapons. As recentl

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