Boosie Badazz‘s official Instagram account has been shut down for a few years now, and earlier this week the rapper pleaded with Mark Zuckerberg to lift the account’s ban.
Boosie was most not too long ago banned from the app in 2021, with CEO Adam Mosseri telling The Breakfast Club in an interview on the time that the “Wipe Me Down” rapper had violated the app’s “nudity policy.”
While Boosie had initially attacked each Mosseri and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his quite a few bans through the years, it appears the rapper has determined to play ball this time round and pleaded with each of them to let him again on-line.
“@zuck n ADAM can I get my officialboosieig Page back?” he wrote on Twitter. “I’ve been doing good n AINT been n no BS on ig. CAN U PUT ME BACK UP ? I’m tryin to get my motion back.”
@zuck n ADAM can I get my officialboosieig Page again ? I’ve been doing good n AINT been n no BS on ig ‼️CAN U PUT ME BACK UP ? I’m tryin to get my movement again
— Boosie BadAzz (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) July 6, 2023
Getting Zuck to approve of Boosie’s return could also be a protracted shot contemplating the variety of instances he’s been reduce off of IG. The Baton Rouge rapper beforehand focused Zuckerberg after he was banned for a behind-the-scenes video that confirmed him slapping a person who disrespected him.
The video, which was a consensual preplanned stunt that ended with the person being gifted $554 {dollars}, not solely resulted within the video being banned however Boosie’s account being suspended solely. The rapper then accused Zuckerberg of being racist on Twitter, nevertheless it made no distinction.
He had additionally beforehand been banned after happening an anti-gay rant that stemmed from his ideas on DaBaby being kicked off a number of festivals after he made homophobic feedback at Rolling Loud Miami in 2021.
While Boosie ultimately walked again his “racist” claims in opposition to the Meta chief, he at one level even challenged him to a boxing match to settle their variations.
“I got in my feelings,” Boosie mentioned to VladTV on the time. “I don’t know if he’s racist or not I’m telling the truth, but I wanted to take it there. I want to set up a Triller. Boosie versus Zuckerberg. Celebrity boxing match. They just showing me there’s level to shit. People can really put you in your place when you don’t own shit or you don’t have no rights to shit.”
He continued: “I reached out to Puffy. I called Puffy personally. ‘Puffy! Set up Instagram, man. Let me run that bitch. Call all the billionaires. Call Dre, everybody!’ I told Puffy call Jigga. Just like they entertaining, ain’t nobody entertaining like this Black community. We got crazy people that do the most crazy shit … I got people working on apps right now trying to get me my own social media. I’m working.”
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However, whereas Boosie seems determined to get his Instagram again, the app hasn’t all the time labored in his favor both.
Back in June, Boosie was being held on a number of gun prices, together with “felony possession of a firearm and transporting firearms across highways,” and federal court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ reportedly present the rapper earned himself that indictment on account of some ill-advised Instagram Live posts that confirmed him with a firearm.
In the posts, Boosie Badazz might be seen tucking a gun into the waistband of his denims. The posts have been primarily what bought Boosie in hassle as Federal legislation prohibits convicted felons from carrying and/or proudly owning weapons.
Right after his federal arrest, Boosie’s group issued a press release to XXL. “Boosie asks for prayers as he deals with this unfortunate circumstance in his life. He hopes that he can rejoin his family soon and knows that God got him.”
He added an apology for his actions on Twitter: “I wanna take this time to apologize to my kids. I’m sorry and I love y’all forever.” He has since been launched on bond.
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