Rapper Lil Boosie Arrested On Two Battery Charges

Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie was arrested Wednesday (April 22) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for participating in two unrelated fights. According to local news station WAFB, the 26-year-old rapper (real name Torrence Hatch) was involved in two separate fights on two separate occasions, one in April and the other in March. On April 12, the rapper allegedly hit a man several times, while in his residence, after he questioned him about a  necklace missing from his room. As a result, the unidentified man’s injuries required three staples and 13 stitches, in addition to suffering from a mild concussion. An arrest warrant was issued for Boosie shortly after.

The other fight occurred on March 23 at Celebration Station, according to Sgt. Don Kelly of the Baton Rouge Police.The rapper is said to have punched a Celebration Station employee after he was told that he was breaking the rules at the complex’s Go Cart track. After the employee threatened to call police, Boosie left. After his arrest Wednesday, he was booked into Parish County Jail on one count each of simple battery and aggravated second-degree battery.

At press time it was unclear if Boosie was still in custody, and/or if he was granted bail.

FunkMaster Flex Threatens to Boyscott Interscope Records

New York City radio personality Funkmaster Flex went off while on the air on Hot 97 calling for a ban of all Interscope Records artists. During his on-air verbal assault, Flex explained that he was worked up about a situation with an employee from the label named Nino. He said either Nino fixes his problem, leaves the label or his boycott will continued.While not revealing too many details about the personal situation, Flex verbally threw vicious threats.

“Let me tell you something Nino, New York I’m talking to a person who makes decisions, who does things up there moving funny style,” Flex said. “Interscope Records, nothin’ is spinning …”

“50, from what I hear, your deal is up at Interscope, we got you. I’d walk out that building after that. That Eminem album is coming on Interscope. I take pride in how I’m gonna do this movement. Unfortunately, we’re not gonna be able to play those Eminem and Dr. Dre records, and I’m so sorry that this is the way this has to go down with this guy’s album coming,” he continued.

Flex did say he’d like to continue his relationships with the artists at the label, but won’t compromise if this Nino continues.

“I want us all to be friends, but Nino is not a friend of ours. I will go on with this. Nino, you got 24 hours to fix yourself or this goes some place else tomorrow. Nino is the only one I’m letting off today, tomorrow I’m going off on the whole team,” he said.

Interscope’s roster includes some of the biggest artists in the genre today, including 50 Cent, Eminem, Keyshia Cole, Common, The Game, Billy Blue and Dr. Dre among others.

Lack of radio play can really hurt some artists sales. We’ll see how this plays out.