Soulja Boy sings 'first day out' as he celebrates his release from police custody. He was arrested in Los Angeles over the weekend on suspicion of felony weapons possession.

The rapper, whose legal name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of possession of a firearm while being a felon.

This run-in with the law comes four months following a court order to pay his former assistant over $4 million after being found liable in connection to the assistant’s 2021 lawsuit.

Rapper Soulja Boy faces new legal woes. He was arrested near his Melrose Avenue clothing store over the weekend on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed he was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm while being a felon.

Prosecutors have declined the case against rapper Soulja Boy after his arrest Sunday on suspicion of a weapons charge following a traffic stop in Melrose, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday morning during a traffic stop in Los Angeles on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at Genesee and Melrose, the LAPD said.

Soulja Boy was arrested for carrying a firearm as a convicted felon after a traffic stop in West Hollywood, California.

Soulja Boy, the rapper who was born DeAndre Cortez Way, was arrested Sunday morning for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Way was a passenger in the vehicle.

Rapper Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday in Los Angeles after police say they found a firearm during a traffic stop. According to the LAPD, officers pulled over a vehicle around 2:35 a.m. near Melrose Avenue and North Genesee Avenue.

The "Crank That" rapper spent two nights in custody after he was arrested during a traffic stop on Sunday (Aug. 3).