Rapper Boosie Badazz pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, which stemmed from a 2023 arrest while he was in San Diego to shoot a music video and perform at a Gaslamp Quarter nightclub.

The 42-year-old rapper, whose real name is Torence Ivy Hatch Jr., was arrested in the Chollas View neighborhood in May of 2023 after police found two guns inside a vehicle he was riding in.

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 his intention to plead guilty.

"Just accepted a plea from the federal government on my

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