Soulja Boy has been launched from custody two nights after his arrest throughout a visitors cease in Los Angeles, with prosecutors figuring out that there’s not sufficient proof to cost the rapper with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The 35-year-old “Crank That” rapper (DeAndre Cortez Method) was arrested within the early hours of Sunday morning (Aug. 3) whereas using within the passenger seat of a car that was pulled over in West Hollywood, Calif. Police stated they noticed a gun within the automotive and booked Soulja Boy on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm (the rapper has a felony report for previous weapons violations).
However Soulja Boy was launched from custody simply earlier than 2 p.m. PT on Tuesday (Aug. 5) after prosecutors opted to not convey costs in opposition to him, in response to metropolis jail information. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace tells Billboard, “A case was declined resulting from inadequate proof.”
The rapper tacitly celebrated his launch with an Instagram story, writing, “First time out” in opposition to a plain black backdrop. Soulja Boy’s legal reps didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
Soulja Boy was convicted in 2014 for carrying a loaded firearm in public. Whereas he was initially sentenced to probation, the rapper was later arrested for violating the phrases of that probation and served 240 days behind bars in 2019.
He’s additionally confronted a sequence of civil lawsuits for alleged sexual assault and home abuse within the years because the success of “Crank That,” which spawned a viral dance craze and spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Scorching 100 in 2007.
Soulja Boy has already misplaced two trials over these abuse allegations, and he’s going through down jury verdicts totaling more than $4 million in instances introduced by his ex-girlfriend Kayla Myers and an nameless former private assistant. One other nameless ex-girlfriend has a pending civil lawsuit claiming Soulja Boy beat her whereas she was pregnant with their little one.