Federal prosecutors in San Diego are recommending that rapper Boosie Badazz, born Torrence Hatch Jr., serve a two-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge tied to a 2023 arrest. The sentencing recommendation comes as part of a plea deal that also resolved additional gun-related charges.
The case stems from a May 2023 incident in San Diego, when law enforcement found firearms in a vehicle Boosie was associated with while he was in town for a music video shoot and performance. Surveillance tied the rapper to the weapon after a social media video showed him with a gun in his waistband, leading to his arrest on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Because Boosie has prior felony convictions, federal law bars him from possessing firearms.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop a second firearms charge in exchange for Boosie’s guilty plea to the primary count. In recommending a two-year sentence, federal attorneys also proposed three years of supervised release to follow his prison term…