Boosie Badazz
Hatch grew up in a poor neighborhood of Baton Rouge, and his father was absent from his childhood. He
playedbasketballwhileattendinghighschool but was expelled for drugs, so Hatch decided to become a rapper. He worked with
rapper C-LocandhisgroupConcentrationCamp andmade his debut on C-Loc's fifth album, It's a Gamble in 2000. Shortly
afterwards, Hatchreleasedhis debutalbum ForMy Thugzas Lil Boosie in2003.[1] Boosie joined growing record label Trill
Entertainment which wasbackedby the late Pimp C ofUGK. Soonafter,Trill independentlyreleased the album For My Thugz.
Later, Boosie team ...read more
Hatch grew up in a poor neighborhood of Baton Rouge, and his father was absent from his childhood. He
playedbasketballwhileattendinghighschool but was expelled for drugs, so Hatch decided to become a rapper. He worked with
rapper C-LocandhisgroupConcentrationCamp andmade his debut on C-Loc's fifth album, It's a Gamble in 2000. Shortly
afterwards, Hatchreleasedhis debutalbum ForMy Thugzas Lil Boosie in2003.[1] Boosie joined growing record label Trill
Entertainment which wasbackedby the late Pimp C ofUGK. Soonafter,Trill independentlyreleased the album For My Thugz.
Later, Boosie teamed with labelmateWebbie, on the albums GhettoStoriesandGangsta Musik. Boosie'smajor label debut, Bad
Azz, was released in 2006.[1] Itcontained the single "Zoom" featuring Yung Joc.In2007,Boosie and Webbie performedon the
remix of "Wipe Me Down"byrapper Foxx. Streetz Iz Mine, a mixtape with DJ Drama, wasreleasedin2008, and in the same year
Boosieappeared onsingles"Independent" by Webbie and was among several rappers featured on"OutHereGrindin" by DJ Khaled.
andSuperbad:TheReturn of Boosie Bad Azz was released in 2009. "Better Believe It", featuring WebbieandYoungJeezy, is the
firstsingle off ofSuperbad.
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Lil Boosie has six children.[2] Shortly after Bad Azz was released, Boosie announced that he had diabetes.[1]
OnOctober22,2008,Boosiewasarrested after East Baton Rouge sheriff's deputies found marijuana, another unidentified drug,
and a guninBoosie'scar. Boosiepledguilty tothird-degree possession of marijuana on September 22, 2009 and was sentenced
to two yearsinprison the next day.[3]JudgeJames Mooredoubled the sentence on November 10 after finding Boosie to have
violatedprobationwhile awaiting sentencing.Betweenhisplea andsentencing, Boosie was electronically monitored and placed
under housearrest.[4]
On June 17th, 2010 Lil Boosie was indicted on federal first degree murder charges of one Terry Boyd.[5] He
alsofaceschargesforthreecountsposession with intent to distribute Narcotics (Schedule II-Codeine, Schedule I-Ecstacy and
Schedule I-Marijuana),threecountsConspiracy tocommit Possession With Intent to Distribute Narcotics, and two counts
Conspiracy toIntroduceContrabandinto aPenalInstitution.[5] DistrictAttorney Hillary Moore has asserted that Boosie may be
facing the deathpenalty,and it was confirmed thatheisindeed on death row inFebruary 2011.
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