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By
ITZEL LUNA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday
following a traffic stop on suspicion of being a convicted felon
in possession of a firearm.
Soulja Boy, 35, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was a
passenger during a traffic stop at 2:35 a.m., police said, and
was arrested. Way was booked into jail in the Los Angeles Police
Department’s Wilshire Division a little after 6 a.m., according
to the sheriff department's inmate database.
Additional information on what prompted the stop and who else
was in the vehicle was not immediately available, police said.
A representative for Way did not immediately respond to The
Associated Press' request for comment.
The Chicago hip-hop artist is best known for his 2007 single
“Crank That (Soulja Boy),” which went to No. 1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and brought him a Grammy nomination for best rap song.
The rapper was recently ordered to pay more $4 million in
damages in April after being found liable for sexually
assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former
assistant.
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