34 Hip-Hop Songs That Shout Out “Free Boosie”
Waka Flocka Flame
Jim Jones, "848"
Lyric: "Free my brother Gucci, and my nigga Boosie / I swear to god my life is like a fucking movie"
What else can you say? Lil Boosie is finally out of prison after five years in the pen, and there's been a whole lot of hip-hop that's come and gone in the interim. But as Boosie went away, his legend, if anything, only grew bigger, and some of hip-hop's biggest names began to routinely name-check Boosie in their songs. As with G-Unit's "Free Yayo" campaign before it—and similar ones for C-Murder, Max B and Remy Ma—"Free Boosie" became a common slogan, especially with rappers from the South. Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame, Ace Hood, Webbie, Jeezy, Yo Gotti and Lil Wayne all dropped "Free Boosie" references in their catalogues along the way, and the traction of the phrase even made it into the rhymes of younger artists like Young Thug, Lil Snupe and A$AP Ant.
With Boosie a free man for the first time in half a decade, XXL compiled a list of 34 songs where rappers advocate for Baton Rouge's finest to be released. Swerve. —Dan Rys (@danrys)