Soulja Boy is dealing with extra authorized points after being arrested in Los Angeles early Sunday morning, August 3. Police say the rapper, whose actual identify is DeAndre Cortez Way, was a passenger in a automobile that was pulled over by officers simply after 2:30 a.m. close to Melrose Avenue and Genesee Avenue. During the cease, officers reportedly seen a firearm contained in the automobile. After investigating, they arrested Soulja Boy on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a gun.

According to Billboard, police haven’t shared why the automobile was initially pulled over or some other particulars concerning the firearm. It can be unknown if anybody else within the automobile can be charged.

Before the arrest, the 35-year-old artist was actively posting on social media. His Instagram Story featured movies taken outdoors his SODMG retailer in Los Angeles, within the recording studio, and clips from his birthday evening out at Poppy nightclub.

This newest arrest provides to an extended record of authorized troubles for Soulja Boy. Earlier this yr, a civil court docket in Los Angeles dominated towards him in a lawsuit filed by a former private assistant. She accused him of rape, and the court docket ordered him to pay $4 million in damages. In a separate case from 2023, he was advised to pay $471,900 to his ex-girlfriend Kayla Myers after she accused him of assault and kidnapping in a 2020 incident.

Back in 2019, he was additionally taken into custody for violating his probation from a earlier weapons case. That resulted in a jail sentence and required neighborhood service. Authorities haven’t launched additional updates on the present case, and the rapper has but to reply publicly.