The hip-hop website worldstarhiphop.com recently interviewed Young Jeezy and the rapper said that he is supporting Boosie's defense and even got his lawyer to help him out.
He said that he is not only supporting Boosie, whose real name is Torence Hatch, because he is his friend and "brother," but he is also supporting him because of the mark that the young rapper has made on the hip-hop industry.
"The only other person that I ever felt that people loved and respected and went by every word that he said, right now, was Boosie. I think that was a big blow to hip hop," he said.
He also commended Hatch on being a positive role model in the lives of many youth. He had that Hatch's mother keeps him abreast of the status of the rapper.
Hatch is currently serving an eight-year sentence for trying to introduce contraband into a penal institution. He tried to smuggle drugs into two prisons on three occasions.
What has gotten him even more national attention is that Hatch is also awaiting a murder trial where he is accused of hiring men to kill Terry Boyd on Oct. 21, 2009. The trial date is set for April 30.
In September Hatch was featured on an episode of A&E's "Beyond Scared Straight" where he reached out to a troubled North Carolina teen who said that he was his role model. He urged the teen to change his ways and choose his friends carefully.
Hatch had his cousin to read the letter to the teen, in which he wrote, "Look at your role model. I'm facing the death penalty because my friends lied on me."
