Rapper Boosie Badazz could potentially be headed back to prison after pleading guilty to a federal gun charge Tuesday morning in federal court.

The 42-year-old, whose legal name is Torence Ivy Hatch Jr., entered a plea of guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

“I’m ready to get it over with, get it behind me, get on with my life,” said Hatch in an interview with CBS 8 after the hearing was over.

“A lot of things this case has stopped me from doing, traveling all across the world, I just wanna get it over with. Accept my guilty plea, ready to get it over with,” he said.

Hatch, who lives in Atlanta, has nine children. His fiancée was with him in the courtroom.

Sentencing has been scheduled for November 21. Hatch faces a maximum of 15 years behind bars. His defense attorney, Meghan Blanco, did not reveal any details of the plea agreement.

“I am optimistic for Mr. Hatch,” said Blanco. “He wanted nothing more than to accept responsibility and put this behind him, and now it’s my job to make sure the court understands the scope of the case and what the case is really about. And more importantly, all of the amazing things that Mr. Hatch has done for the community and continues to do, and the amazing things that he will do going forward.”

When asked what he would tell his fans, Hatch said: ” I just need prayer. I don’t need nothing else.”

The charge stemmed from a 2023 arrest while he was in San Diego to shoot a music video and perform at a Gaslamp Quarter nightclub. He was arrested in the Chollas View neighborhood in May of 2023 after police found two guns inside a vehicle he was riding in. San Diego police said at the time that Hatch was spotted in a social media video with a gun in his waistband. Police then used a helicopter to track down his vehicle, after which officers conducted a traffic stop and discovered the firearms.

Hatch was initially charged by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. His defense attorneys have stated that Hatch intended to plead guilty in the state’s case and was expected to be sentenced to probation, but the state’s case was dismissed before that plea deal could be reached and federal prosecutors took up the case.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Bencivengo — who is now slated to sentence Hatch in November — dismissed the case against Hatch last year following a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that said it was unconstitutional to prohibit convicted felons who served sentences for nonviolent drug offenses from possessing firearms.

Hatch was previously convicted in Louisiana of marijuana possession. He was also indicted in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, but was acquitted by a Baton Rouge jury in 2012.

San Diego federal prosecutors re-filed the charges against Hatch a short time after the case was dismissed. A larger panel of the 9th Circuit also overturned its earlier ruling finding that banning felons from possessing firearms does not violate the Constitution. S: CBS 8