New Orleans rapper Boosie Badazz has accepted a plea deal in his federal gun possession case, telling followers by way of social media that he’s “bored with preventing.”
Boosie (Torence Hatch) introduced the plea settlement on Monday (Aug. 4), greater than two years after he was first charged with unlawful gun possession in San Diego. The case was briefly dismissed in 2024, however federal prosecutors later refiled the charges.
“JUST ACCEPTED A PLEA FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON MY GUN CASE,” Boosie posted on X. “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!!”
“TALKED TO MY FAMILY N THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION,” continued Boosie, including the “100” emoji. “TO ALL MY FANS ACROSS THE WORLD SAY A PRAYER FOR YA BOY N GO GET THE NEW ALBUM.”
The rapper ended his X submit with the prayer emoji and the hashtag “#wordsofarealone,” referring to his 13-song album Phrases of a Actual One that dropped on Friday (Aug. 1).
A Monday entry on Boosie’s courtroom docket confirmed {that a} plea settlement has, in truth, been reached within the case, with a listening to scheduled for Aug. 26. Phrases of the deal, together with what precisely Boosie will plead responsible to, haven’t but been made public.
Boosie was first charged in June 2023 with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities noticed the rapper with a handgun tucked into his waistband in an Instagram video — against the law, prosecutors alleged, as a result of Boosie was beforehand convicted on drug prices again in 2011.
A federal decide dismissed the case in July 2024 as a result of evolving Second Modification precedent round whether or not nonviolent felons might be charged with any such gun possession. However prosecutors refiled the case with some adjustments later that very same month, and it was continuing apace earlier than the plea settlement was reached.
Boosie is at the moment out on a $100,000 bond.