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 costs.
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 beneficial 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 change for his responsible plea to the remaining depend. State costs associated to the identical incident have been dismissed in 2024, however federal prosecutors selected to pursue the case below federal jurisdiction as a result of Boosie is a convicted felon.
Boosie appeared on The Breakfast Membership radio, expressing unwavering confidence about his possibilities of avoiding jail time regardless of the federal advice.
“I’m assured like a muthafucka,” Boosie stated through the interview. “I ain’t going to jail. I don’t communicate that out my mouth. I’m from down South. Your phrase, your mouth, is a strong supply.”
The 42-year-old artist acknowledged that the ultimate resolution rests with the federal decide however maintained his optimistic outlook concerning the end result.
“It’s nonetheless as much as the decide,” he stated. “It’s as much as God, but it surely’s as much as the decide. You recognize, folks saying, ‘He gotta do two years.’ That’s not a reality of this case. It’s as much as what the decide 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 “searching for 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 closing hours in workplace, Trump granted a full pardon to rapper Lil Wayne for federal gun costs and commuted the sentence of rappers Kodak Black and NBA YoungBoy.
The entire rappers confronted comparable violations as convicted felons, making Boosie’s case doubtlessly similar to these earlier clemency selections.
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