Who Are Pooh Shiesty's Parents? Meet Gladys and Lontrell

Fans of recording artist Pooh Shiesty are curious about his parents, Gladys Baines and Lontrell Williams Sr. The FBI raided a home belonging to Pooh and his dad on April 1, 2026, near Memphis, Tenn., according to ABC24 News, and the raid has folks wondering who the target of the search warrant was.

Pooh's real name is Lontrell Williams Jr., and the home that was raided by the feds reportedly belongs to the "Shiesty Summer" artist and his dad.

Pooh served three years of a five-year sentence for conspiracy to possess firearms, crimes of violence, and drug trafficking, according to E! News, before he was released in October 2025. The feds had a warrant to search his family's home, but the FBI did not provide details about the warrant or whether there were any arrests. Lontrell also goes by the name Mob Boss, and folks wonder if it was him or his son that the FBI was after.

Pooh's parent's are Gladys Baines and Lontrell Williams, Sr. Gladys is a digital creator who goes by the nickname Mama Shiesty. His dad, Lontrell, also has a nickname, Mob Boss. According to The New 1017, Lontrell rapped under the name Mob Boss and founded the label Mob Ties Records in Memphis. Pooh was often in the studio with his dad at a very young age, and Lontrell was a big influence in his son's life.

“My dad didn't expect me to rap, but when I did, he helped me,” recalled Pooh on his website, PoohShiestyMusic. “He taught me how to put my pain into what I'm doing.”

It's unclear who the target of the FBI warrant was, but it was served at approximately 9 a.m. on April 1. According to Fox13 News, the home is listed under the names Lontrell Williams Sr. and Lontrell Williams Jr. The FBI did not confirm whether anyone had been arrested.

Pooh had served three years in a Pennsylvania federal prison for several incidents that included shooting a man at a Florida hotel in 2020. He was also inside a vehicle in Memphis when another occupant “discharged a firearm at a gas station," and a member of Pooh's group pulled out a weapon and assaulted two victims after trying to purchase "marijuana, codeine, and sneakers" in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla. He agreed to a plea deal and served three years of his five-year sentence.

After leaving prison, Pooh became the first Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month for Billboard magazine, and his track “FDO" peaked at No. 12 on the Hot 100 charts in January 2026.

“I was just getting started when I got locked up,” he told the outlet. “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.”