Overview

• He was arrested as a felon in possession of a firearm during a West Hollywood traffic stop on August 3 when police discovered a gun in the vehicle’s rear seat.
• Prosecutors declined to file charges after two nights in custody, saying evidence was insufficient to connect him to the weapon.
• Both Soulja Boy and the driver denied owning the firearm, according to a charge evaluation worksheet.
• Soulja Boy has a 2014 conviction for carrying a loaded firearm and served 240 days in jail in 2019 for violating his probation.
• He still faces more than $4 million in jury-awarded civil damages from sexual assault and domestic abuse lawsuits and plans to appeal those verdicts.