Soulja Boy arrested in LA on firearm possession charges amid felony suspicion

Soulja Boy was taken into custody early Sunday following a traffic stop on suspicion of a convicted felon possessing a firearm.

The 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was a passenger in the vehicle during the stop at approximately 2:35 a.m., according to police. He was subsequently arrested and booked into the Los Angeles Police Department’s Wilshire Division jail shortly after 6 a.m., per the sheriff’s department inmate records.

Authorities have not yet disclosed what led to the traffic stop or whether others were present in the vehicle.

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.