Gucci Mane’s 1017 artist Hotboy Wes was reportedly arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on Monday (January 31).
According to KWTX, Hotboy Wes — real name Wesley Takquan Lewis — was taken in on a Hewitt Police Department robbery warrant. He was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and theft of a firearm as listed on the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office website.
Authorities spotted Hotboy Wes in a vehicle stopped at 9th and Colcord in Waco, Texas and promptly took him into custody. Official said a stolen gun was recovered from the vehicle and three other suspected gang members inside the vehicle were also arrested. He’s currently being held with a $30,000 bond.
In February 2020, Wes was accused of running the mother of his children off the road with children in the car. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of endangering a child, after witnesses told police it looked like he was trying to push her vehicle into the cement barrier. When deputies questioned Lewis, he reportedly told them he was simply trying to see his children.
Gucci Mane Welcomes Texas Rapper Hotboy Wes To New 1017 With Icy Chain
Gucci Mane announced he’d signed Hotboy Wes to 1017 Records last July with a post that read, “Follow my new artist @_hotboywes2 the hardest young n-gga outta Texas 1017 we still spinning money #SoIcyBoyz.” In an Instagram post from January 12, Hotboy Wes said he has new music on the way. Shortly before his arrest, he posted another video to his Instagram account talking about “street shit.” Find it here.
Gucci Mane is cursed for real, if I was an artist I’d stay away from him frfr. Almost 60 percent of his artist end up with FED cases not state not city but federal cases. They ain’t never going to see daylight once they get locked up.
Gucci didn’t make them to the crime. Gtfoh.
He just wanted to be the same as the rest of the 1017 crew lol.
Rich as fuck but locked up. I thought guwop would be schooling these kids on how to stay out of jail and have a career.
I agree with everything you said bro, not saying it’s Gucci’s fault, but he should probably just take the lead and talk to these kids man
If your artists get locked up, do you really have to pay them? Gucci might have created a new ponzi scheme…
Idk bro lol shits kinda funny that Gucci artists is getting knocked left & right
Gucci need to start mentoring these guys, but then again, youngsters don’t want you telling them shut these days.
Sounds like this Gucci Mane fella label might be a honey pot.. dude is with the feds?
That felony possession of a firearm is automatically day for day time in the FEDS…. Smh.. this just lets you know these youngsters dont give a fuck… this fool was signed to Gucci all he had to do was make music and money and sit the fuck down somewhere… this ninja still out there robbing people…