Boosie Badazz revealed over the weekend that he’s accepted a federal plea deal associated to a gun cost. The Louisiana native—whose actual identify is Torrence Hatch Jr.—first confronted weapons costs in 2023, just for the case to be dismissed. However, a brand new indictment adopted the following yr, reviving federal scrutiny.

“JUST ACCEPTED A PLEA FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON MY GUN CASE,” Boosie wrote on Twitter on August 4, as reported by The Shade Room. “I THOUGHT THIS CASE WAS OVER N I WAS GOING TO GET ON WITH MY LIFE BUT ‘GOD DONT MAKE MISTAKES’ N IM TIRED OF FIGHTING.”

In his publish, Boosie underscored the emotional toll of the case and the way household factored into his choice to cease contesting the fees. “TALKED TO MY FAMILY N THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION,” he stated, later including, “TO ALL MY FANS ACROSS THE WORLD SAY A PRAYER FOR YA BOY N GO GET THE NEW ALBUM #wordsofarealone.” While the complete phrases of the plea stay sealed, the announcement leaves open questions on what lies forward for the outspoken artist.

Boosie backs Arenas, fuels hip-hop bias debate

Boosie’s authorized points have been each persistent and public. After the preliminary 2023 cost, prosecutors introduced contemporary allegations in July 2024, together with a drug-related depend. The artist has additionally inserted himself into different high-profile controversies, most lately weighing in on the federal arrest of former NBA participant Gilbert Arenas.

Arenas was briefly detained and later launched on a $50,000 bond in connection to an alleged unlawful playing ring. Boosie responded on-line, not solely questioning the fees however defending Arenas’s actions. “HE SET A POKER GAME AT HIS SPOT N WON OFF THE HANDS PLAYED. WTF. THATS THE SAME AS A GETTING A CUT OFF A DICE GAME THATS AT YOUR HOME N TO MILLIONAIRES THATS A CLEANING FEE,” he wrote. “YOU KNOW HOW MANY SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES, RAPPERS, COACHES, BUISNESS MEN N WOMEN CALL THEY FRIENDS OVER TO F*CKING GAMBLE. THESE R X PROFESSIONALS WHO ENJOY GAMBLIN.”

His feedback replicate an ongoing frustration with what some artists see as double requirements in how superstar habits—significantly in hip-hop—is policed. Boosie’s case, whereas distinctive in its particulars, echoes a broader sample in hip-hop the place authorized entanglements typically intersect with questions of profiling, cultural expression, and status. For some, these battles function cautionary tales. For others, they gasoline conversations round systemic disparity.