Latto‘s gun case is officially behind her now that it’s met all requirements of a program to clear the charges – and she’s ready to move forward with her career.
The “Big Energy” rapper’s case was dismissed from the L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday (April 25), according to TMZ. Latto had to complete a gun and safety course, 120 hours of community service and stay away from all firearms during the one-year program and she passed with flying colors.
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“I am extremely pleased with the outcome and glad my client can move forward with her flourishing career,” her attorney Jamal Tooson said.
Latto was arrested at LAX in May 2021 and charged with carrying a loaded firearm and possession of a concealed weapon. She started her 12-month diversion program in April of 2022 – but the story flew mostly under the radar until she tweeted about it last month.
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The 777 hitmaker tweeted song lyrics from “Boom, Pt. 2,” the new Mello Buckzz song she features on, writing: “Bitches PUSSC ain’t taking NUN!!!” In response to those lyrics, a fan tweeted additional lyrics to the catchy song.
“I got lok’ed up in da airport.. GODAMN forgot da gun,” the Twitter user said, to which Latto responded: “True story!!!”
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After another fan said they needed more info on what went down, Latto shared what happened. “Went to LAX w a loaded glock 17 in my Birk got locked & let out in a few hours lmaooo booked a $75k jet to my show in Alabama & still made it on time! [exhausted emoji] no cap in my rap TUH,” she tweeted.
In other Latto news, a songwriter recently revealed her mainstream breakthrough “Big Energy” was initially written for Cardi B.
Appearing as a guest on the See, The Thing Is… podcast, songwriter and producer Theron Thomas talked about some of the artists he’s collaborated with and revealed a big secret about Latto’s chart-topper.
“I wrote it for Cardi B,” he explained. “We went to Hawaii, I wrote it to that beat, and met Latto, and she was like, ‘Yeah man, you know, I want to do some crossover shit.’
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“When I meet an artist and they tell me they want to do something, it’s like, okay cool. Cardi never got to hear it. We didn’t get it to her.”
Thomas also addressed whether he wrote Latto’s bars, admitting that while he drafted a “shell” of the song, she ended up making it what it is today. “Latto changed [the] verses, the words, [and] made it better. True story.”
