Lil Boosie Joins Long List of Imprisoned Rappers After 4 Year Sentence

At this rate DJ Drama will be launching a "Live From Prison" mixtape series in a matter of weeks (and when he does I want 10%). After being sentenced to house arrest on drug and gun charges in September, perpetually raspy Southern fried rapper Lil Boosie (born Torrence Hatch) was sentenced to four years in prison by Louisiana judge Chip Moore for repeatedly violating the terms of his probation and leaving his home before and after approved hours.



I don't like seeing anyone go to prison, but sweet baby jesus Boosie, how hard was it to stay at home? I mean he was wearing an ankle monitor that tracked his location at all times - how could he have possibly thought he could violate his parole and get away with it? Especially when you're famous, you got to know they'll be looking at you extra hard.

Now I wish Boosie's inability to remain a free man was an isolated incident, but there seems to be an explosion of rappers running into serious legal trouble lately. (And that's saying something, because hip-hop and law enforcement don't exactly have a smooth history). On a financial level, both Nas and Method man are facing government charges that they owe millions in taxes, Soulja Boy's been arrested twice in the past few weeks and is allegedly being evicted from his apartment, the best rapper alive Weezy is looking at several months behind bars, T.I.'s doing hard time now after being caught with more illegal weapons than an African militia and even Shyne just got deported to Belize.

I don't have a bar graph or anything, but it certainly seems like rapper arrests are at an all-time high, and while each one of these cases are unique, they all share something in common: a misplaced sense of invincibility. If you're a rap superstar it has to feel like you're bigger than the world, but the United States government is more powerful than anyone in the game (yes, even Hova), and they will gladly f**k your life if you're not careful. So for any rappers reading this, please remember that you're not invincible. Be careful - damn, at least get someone else to carry your weed and gun. Is that really too much to ask? Is it?