UNDER ARREST

Popular Rapper Busted for Gun Charge During Traffic Stop

Rapper Soulja Boy was reportedly riding around Los Angeles as a passenger when police spotted a gun in the car.

Rapper Soulja Boy was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm Sunday morning in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. The rapper and producer was reportedly riding as a passenger when police pulled the car over for a traffic stop and spotted a gun. Police provided no further details about the gun, what prompted the traffic stop, or who else was in the vehicle. Known for his hit 2007 song Crank That (Soulja Boy), the rapper went on to score more hits with songs Turn My Swag On (2008) and Kiss Me Thru the Phone (2008) but has lately been known more for his legal trouble. In April, he was ordered to pay $4 million in a sexual battery case after he was found liable for assaulting a woman who said she was his assistant for two years, The New York Times reported. Soulja Boy, real name DeAndre Cortez Way, criticized the verdict in a statement outside the Superior Court in Los Angeles County. “I believe this entire process has been tainted by a system that is not designed to protect the rights of the accused,” he said. “I want to make it clear that I am innocent.” The Daily Beast has contacted the rapper’s reps for comment.