Boosie Badazz faces a essential second in his authorized battle as federal prosecutors push for a two-year jail sentence forward of his January 9 sentencing listening to for gun possession expenses.

The Baton Rouge rapper stays defiant regardless of federal authorities recommending 24 months behind bars plus three years of supervised launch for his firearm conviction. Federal prosecutors filed their sentencing memorandum final week, arguing that Boosie ought to serve the advisable jail time for violating federal gun legal guidelines as a convicted felon.

The case stems from a June 2023 arrest in San Diego, the place police found a firearm in Boosie’s possession throughout a site visitors cease. Boosie’s authorized staff, led by legal professional Meghan Blanco, is requesting zero jail time and asking the courtroom to impose probation as an alternative of incarceration.

The rapper accepted a plea deal in August 2025 that eradicated a second firearm cost in trade for his responsible plea to the remaining rely. State charges related to the same incident were dismissed in 2024, however federal prosecutors selected to pursue the case beneath federal jurisdiction as a result of Boosie is a convicted felon.

Boosie appeared on The Breakfast Club radio, expressing unwavering confidence about his probabilities of avoiding jail time regardless of the federal advice.

“I’m confident like a muthafucka,” Boosie stated throughout the interview. “I ain’t going to jail. I don’t speak that out my mouth. I’m from down South. Your word, your mouth, is a powerful source.”

The 42-year-old artist acknowledged that the ultimate determination rests with the federal choose however maintained his optimistic outlook concerning the final result.

“It’s still up to the judge,” he stated. “It’s up to God, but it’s up to the judge. You know, people saying, ‘He gotta do two years.’ That’s not a fact of this case. It’s up to what the judge wanna do.”

Boosie isn’t taking any probabilities, although. He additionally employed Washington, D.C. lobbying agency J.M. Burkman & Associates to petition Donald Trump for a presidential pardon. The lobbying agency’s representatives, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, described their mission as “seeking a presidential pardon” for the rapper, whom they characterised as a “rapper and world-class musician.”

Boosie made direct appeals to Trump on X (previously Twitter), posting about his case and claiming he faces distinctive circumstances.

“Trump CHECK MY CASE OUT MY CASE WAS DISMISSED BUT BIDENS DOJ RECHARGED ME WITH THE SAME GUN CHARGE BIDEN PARDON HIS SON OF,” Boosie wrote in his social media publish.

Boosie’s pardon request comes as Trump has beforehand proven a willingness to grant clemency to Hip-Hop artists throughout his presidency.

In January 2021, throughout his remaining hours in workplace, Trump granted a full pardon to rapper Lil Wayne for federal gun expenses and commuted the sentence of rappers Kodak Black and NBA YoungBoy.

All of the rappers confronted related violations as convicted felons, making Boosie’s case doubtlessly similar to these earlier clemency choices.

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