Why Was Pooh Shiesty's House Raided By the FBI? Here's What We Know

Fans of Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty want to know why his home was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The "Shiesty Summer" artist's home in Cordova, Tenn., was raided by the FBI on April 1, 2026, per ABC24 News.

The recording artist's real name is Lontrell D. Williams, and the home reportedly belongs to the rapper and his father. Pooh was an independent artist who had just signed with 1017 Records when he went to prison over conspiracy to possess firearms, crimes of violence, and drug trafficking, per E! News. Pooh served three years of a five-year sentence. before being released in 2025. So, why did the FBI raid his home?

The FBI executed a search warrant at approximately 9 a.m. on April 1. The home is listed under the name Lontrell Williams Sr., Pooh's father, and Lontrell Williams, Jr., per the Shelby County Assessor's website. The FBI did not say whether anyone had been taken into custody, nor did they offer more details about the search warrant, per Fox13 News.

Pooh had been serving time in a federal prison in Pennsylvania for several incidents, including shooting a man at a Florida hotel in July 2020. Pooh was reportedly inside a vehicle when another occupant “discharged a firearm at a gas station” in Memphis. In October of the same year, a member of Pooh's entourage pulled out a weapon and assaulted two victims after they'd gone to “acquire marijuana, codeine, and sneakers" in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.

Pooh also “assaulted a victim with a firearm at a Miami strip club" back in 2021, and he pleaded guilty to the firearms conspiracy charge to avoid a more severe sentence. The rapper shared a post on X a few months before he was released from prison, and the post included several pictures of the artist.

"Aye mane say mane that’s how you walk that lil t down. S/O to all the ones who counted me down and not out, the support and love I received on this roller-coaster is unmatched. S/O to all the good men I stomped the yard with like Chris Brown," he wrote. "Ain never went! I stamp it! I'm rich as I ever been. lit as I ever been! IF YOUN FEEL ME k1ll ME ! #TheBiggestGetBack."

Pooh's lawyer, Bradford Cohen, confirmed that Pooh was released from prison with an Instagram post.

"@poohshiesty is ready .... wait until you see his comeback," he wrote. "He will be bigger than ever. I am always glad to see a client start the climb back up to elite status. Always kept it 100. The government wanted 10 ... he got 3. I always think there is a plan for people and his story isn't over, it's just starting. #pooh #poohshiesty @xxl @breakfastclubam @nypost @worldstar."

The attorney also said that Pooh was let out of prison early for good behavior.

Pooh told Billboard that when leaving prison "felt good."

"Knowing I came back without a scratch on me, got my freedom back and walking out to see the sky with nothing blocked around me — no wall, cage or locked doors — felt good," he recalled. "I had the fantasy experience that motherf--kers wished for. I felt that way."