Rapper Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday morning after police found a firearm in a vehicle during a traffic stop in Los Angeles, according to authorities.

The 35-year-old artist, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was a passenger in a vehicle cops pulled over around 2:30 a.m. in Melrose, the Los Angeles Police Department told NBC Los Angeles.

Rapper Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Officers spotted a gun inside the vehicle and later arrested Way on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, police said.

It’s not yet clear why the car was stopped.

In April, a jury slapped the “Crank That” singer with a $4.25 million verdict for sexual assault claims waged

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