Overview
- The sentence was handed down on Thursday after Longway pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
- Prosecutors said a September 2024 raid on Longway’s Atlanta studio uncovered about 3,000 fentanyl pills and six firearms, and searches later turned up additional guns at his home.
- Court filings referenced text messages and an alleged roughly 4-kilogram methamphetamine transaction routed through the studio, which federal authorities used to build their case.
- Federal prosecutors had urged a 10-to-14-year term while the defense sought the 10-year minimum; the judge imposed the low end of that recommended range.
- The 10-year federal term is likely to remove Longway from the Atlanta music scene for most of the decade, pause promotion of his late-May album INDO, and underscore federal focus on fentanyl and gun-possession prosecutions.