B.G., a founding member of the favored ’90s rap group Scorching Boys, was launched from jail Tuesday (Sept. 6) after serving 12 years for gun possession and witness tampering, a Money Cash rep confirmed to Billboard.
Money Cash founder Birdman was on Instagram Stay when he greeted his New Orleans comrade with a giant hug, welcoming him residence. He additionally got here bearing presents, and B.G. was overwhelmed with feelings upon his launch.
In 2009, B.G. was arrested throughout a site visitors cease the place cops found three weapons inside his car, with two of them stolen. Two years later, he entered a responsible plea deal for 2 counts of firearm possession and one depend of conspiracy to impede justice. He obtained a 14-year federal jail sentence.
This previous weekend, B.G. celebrated his forty third birthday on Instagram, signaling his upcoming standing as a free man. “After 12 winters and 13 summers, I see the tip zone. It’s my final #Birthday being buried alive. This 12 months I’m celebrating the entire Virgo cycle, matter of truth, from this 12 months ahead I’m residing and celebrating like on a regular basis is #MyBIRTHDAY,” he wrote.
“The primary focus, is to remain centered,” the submit continued. “I’m not letting no one rob me of my productiveness, prosperity, positivity and peace of thoughts. My desires then received greater and my imaginative and prescient is clearer. 13 years was extra then sufficient time for me to vary the reckless path I used to be on.”
B.G. helped assemble The Scorching Boys within the late ’90s, which featured Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk. The crew loved success with their 1999 platinum album Guerrilla Warfare, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the breakout hits “I Want a Scorching Woman” and “We on Fireplace.” B.G.’s largest win got here from his fourth album, 1999’s Chopper Metropolis within the Ghetto, which birthed the phrase “Bling Bling” within the music of the identical title, a No. 36 hit on the Billboard Scorching 100.
