The rapper was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department early on Sunday, Aug. 3.
Soulja Boy was arrested in Los Angeles following a traffic stop.
The “Pretty Boy Swag” musician, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) at 2:50 a.m. local time on Sunday, Aug. 3, per online inmate information.
He was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to initial reports from TMZ, Variety and NBC Los Angeles. Per Variety, the 35-year-old rapper was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over during a Sunday morning traffic stop at Melrose and Genesee. Officers then discovered a firearm in the vehicle, both Variety and TMZ reported, citing the LAPD.
Online records indicate that Soulja was later booked at 6:18 a.m. on a felony charge. It is not immediately clear why the traffic stop was conducted.
The LAPD and a recent legal representative for Soulja did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for further information and comment on Sunday.
Soulja’s arrest comes nearly four months after he was ordered to pay his former assistant nearly $4 million when a California jury found him liable in connection with a 2021 lawsuit, in which the assistant alleged he sexually assaulted her and held her captive.
