Rapper Boosie Badazz pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, authorities said.

The charge stemmed from an arrest while he was in San Diego to shoot a music video and perform at a Gaslamp Quarter nightclub.

The rapper, 42, whose real name is Torence Ivy Hatch Jr., was arrested in Chollas View in May 2023 after police searched a vehicle he was riding in and found two guns.

San Diego police said at the time that Hatch was spotted in a social media video with a gun in his waistband. Police then used a helicopter to track down his vehicle, after which officers conducted a traffic stop and discovered the firearms.

Hatch posted on X earlier this month about pleading guilty, writing, “just accepted a plea from the federal government on my gun case

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