Lil Boosie: "I Need Rehab Not Jail Time"
Posted by Media Outrage on November 25th, 2009
Lil Boosie is starting to regret the fact that he violated his probation and will spend 2 years behind bars.
Via AHH:
After initially stating his forthcoming prison sentence would be beneficial to his career, Louisiana emcee Lil’ Boosie is now remorseful and saddened about the term that will keep him behind bars for an estimated two years.
Boosie, real name Torrence Hatch, was originally convicted of a third offense for marijuana possession.
The jail term was then exacerbated when Boosie violated his house arrest order to complete two concert dates.
According to Boosie, his sentencing was based on his rap persona over his actual behavior, which was simply to provide support for his 7 children and another still to be born.
Also, the rapper had been sued before for not fulfilling show dates, and wanted to prevent any further legal complications before going to prison.
“They’re treating me on who they think I am. They judging me on Boosie Bad Azz, not Torrence Hatch,” Boosie stated to Louisiana’s WAFB channel 9. “I had to do these two shows these last two days to feed my family.”
Aside from the marijuana convictions, Boosie has previous arrests on battery, weapons charges, and attempted bribery of a police officer.
This contentious history with the law is something Boosie admits is the result of his own reckless decisions.
“I blame it on myself, because things I did I wanted to. Trouble is easy to get into, but it’s hard to get out. I won’t be able to see my child born, yeah that hurts,” he stated.
Although the marijuana conviction is his third, the 26 year old struggles to understand why his sentencing was so harsh after revealing he has an addiction.
“If I made a mistake with marijuana, why am I not eligible for rehab?” Boosie questioned. “I’ve been on marijuana since a teenager. I need some rehab. Jail is not rehab.”
For his young fans, the reflective young rapper offered education as the main tool to stay away from the street life that encompasses his art.
“School is the first thing, once you stay in school and make up your mind you want to be somebody, the negatives will go away,” he explained. “And stay away from the negative people.
At press time, Lil Boosie is in custody at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, and serving his two year sentence. Following its completion, he will be required to finish 5 years of probation.
November 25th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
You are full of shit and 7 kids that is a shame unless all from the same woman and you are a family. This is another reason our world is so fucked up. Lay down with whoever have a baby for a minute leave have another baby leave have another baby. Our children and especially the ones without a father are suffering and becoming degenerates in our society b/c they don’t have a strong male presence in their lives. Woman are takin over and men need to step up and take care of their responsiblities. Don’t have a child until you have a real commitment.
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November 25th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Brynnrock you said everything I was thinking.
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November 26th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Rehab?!! For smoking weed?!!
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:33 am
I feel you MissTX85, The only person in the world that ever went to rehab for weed was Smokey. Yeah, he is so full of shit that his eyes are brown. Aint this the same clown that was telling people to Suck his dick when they told him to “Keep his head up” after finding out that he would do a bid, now he wants weed rehab….LMAO this is some funny shit. BTW, Lil Boosie is a real good prison name (hey Boosie baby, come over here bitch)
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Fuck weed, This motherfucker should be locked up for rocking that wack ass Ruff Town fade!!!!!
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:39 am
The only rehab I would get for smoking weed is…..smoking MORE weed. ONE
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November 27th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
The 5-years of probation is going to be harder to serve as a rapper than the 2 years of prison time.
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September 16th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
ey true dat ma mane this post is so right!
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