Rapper Soulja Boy arrested on weapons cost throughout site visitors cease in California, LAPD says

LOS ANGELES, California — The rapper Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday within the Fairfax District of Los Angeles on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, authorities stated.

Few particulars have been instantly obtainable in regards to the arrest, which an LAPD spokesperson stated occurred about 2:30 a.m. throughout a site visitors cease close to the intersection of Genesee and Melrose avenues.

Soulja Boy, 35, whose actual identify is Deandre Cortez Manner, was booked into jail within the Los Angeles Police Division’s Wilshire Division on suspicion of a felony, the company stated.

A jury has ordered Soulja Boy to pay $235,900 in punitive damages to a lady who alleged the rapper yelled profanities, kicked her, stomped on her abdomen and bashed her head with a big gun throughout a celebration she attended at his Malibu house in 2019.

In April 2023, a jury ordered the “Crank That” singer to pay $235,900 in punitive damages to a lady who alleged that the rapper yelled profanities, kicked her, stomped on her abdomen and bashed her head with a big gun throughout a celebration she attended at his Malibu house in 2019. The quantity was the identical that the panel had given the lady every week earlier in compensatory damages.

In December 2016, Soulja Boy was arrested at his Hollywood Hills house, the place a gun was discovered by officers, the LAPD stated. The rapper was on probation on the time.