Baton Rouge rapper Boosie Badazz appeared on a recent episode of CBS’ 60 Minutes and claimed he paid two lobbyists $600,000 for a potential pardon from Donald Trump, but they didn’t deliver.“This was what I was led to believe. If you come with this money, you will get a pardon… This is the way it’s done. I am paying these guys; you know, they’re gonna make it happen,” Boosie, 43, stated.Boosie Badazz, whose real name is Torrence Hatch, has an estimated net worth of $2 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, as of July 2026.According to CBS News, the contract between Boosie and the lobbyists stipulated that if he didn’t receive his pardon, he’d get half his money back. However, they later refused to pay, claiming that the contract was invalid.The rapper, who also goes by Lil Boosie, told the 60 Minutes host that once he realised that the whole thing was a scam, he confronted the lobbyists, who were “so cocky” about the whole thing. Badazz is now seeking a refund through arbitration.All you need to know about Boosie Badazz’s fortuneBoosie Badazz had a humble beginning and took up rapping at 14 to escape his unstable family background and a violent neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was born and raised. He also joined the local rap group Concentration Camp in the 1990s.By 2000, Boosie released his debut album, Youngest of Da Camp, and began living paycheck to paycheck. His finances only grew from there with the release of his sophomore album, For My Thugz, in 2002. However, his breakthrough in the rap industry came when his 2006 album Bad Azz topped the Billboard charts. He also released various mixtapes, EPs and LPs, and collaborative music.Boosie Badazz began earning more money in 2008 by launching his own record label, Bad Azz Entertainment. Five years later, he launched his clothing and accessory brand called Jewel House.He released his fourth album while behind bars after he was convicted of drug-related charges. It was called Incarcerated. A year after he was released in 2014, Lil Boosie released more albums, including Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, BooPac, and Boosie Blues Café.Perhaps his most successful year was 2019, when he released back-to-back albums, including Badazz 3.5, Bad Azz Zay, Talk Dat Sh*t, and Goat Talk.For the next three years, Boosie Badazz dropped an album annually. In 2023, he went viral for his single, Ungrateful, which came out alongside two albums. The rapper dropped two albums last year, including Goat Talk 4 and Real Music Only. This year, he has dropped a few singles, including 2 THINGS I NEED.Over the decades, he has faced various controversies and had run-ins with the law. In 2023, his gun charge was dismissed in San Diego. But he was soon arrested by federal authorities on a firearm possession charge after he appeared in a music video shoot with a loaded gun despite being a convicted felon on a 2011 drug trafficking charge.Boosie Badazz took a plea deal in 2025, the conditions of which were three years of supervised release, a $50,000 fine, and 300 hours of community service. He hired Washington, D.C., lobbyists, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, for a potential presidential pardon.In July 2026, the political news website NOTUS reported that Boosie paid $600,000 to two JM Burkman & Associates lobbyists. However, they failed to get him a pardon. Federal lobbying records obtained by The Guardian further revealed that the firm “registered to contact” the U.S. Congress, the Department of Justice, and the White House.According to NOTUS, the lobbyists told Lil Boosie’s attorneys that Trump had signed the pardon and the White House would soon announce it, which never happened. When the rapper asked for $300,000 back, as per the initial contract, the lawyers rejected it, which is now the topic of the arbitration.Meanwhile, the lobbyists are claiming they are “effectively bankrupt”, and the firm issued a statement, which read:“No provision to return half the fee was ever actually agreed to.”In an interview, Boosie Badazz said:“I was in a bad position, and they preyed on me, bro. They were chasing the money.”The Louisiana native added about the first contact his legal team had with the lobbyists:“They were real aggressive – they were talking like they had Trump on speed dial.”Meanwhile, Jack Burkman told NOTUS that he lobbied hard for Boosie Badazz, including:“A massive, highly tailored advocacy campaign across Congress, the executive branch and leading political influencers and media figures.”He added:“In 25 years, we cannot think of a single client for whom our firm has done more work than Boosie. We continue to believe that Boosie very much deserves a pardon.”Burkman later told the NY Times that the rapper “smeared us unfairly.”NOTUS reported that people in the Trump administration, including Laura Loomer and Natalie Harp, were seemingly named by the firm when asked about the pardon process.In July, after NOTUS ran their story, Boosie Badazz took to social media and asked conservative influencers and lawmakers such as Loomer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and TPUSA leader Erika Kirk to confirm whether the lobbyists contacted them for his pardon. Laura Loomer responded by writing:“I am not involved in this type of work and have no idea what you’re talking about. No offence, but I also have no idea who you are and have never heard of your case… is using people’s names without permission to get business. That’s also not how the pardon process works. You can’t pay for a pardon… not sure who told you that’s how it works.”It is noteworthy that both Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl have controversial pasts, including assault allegations, running frauds and scams, and even taking plea deals.Earlier this year, Hatch said in an interview:“I’m loved all across the world and I can’t even go overseas and make money. I was just going to take my money and walk away.”Besides his music career and record label, Boosie Badazz also owns an 88-acre property called Boosie Estate in Georgia, and also has a lake named after himself called Lake Badazz.In 2020, Torrence threatened to sue META CEO Mark Zuckerberg for $20 million after his Instagram was deactivated for violating guidelines. He claimed to have missed out on business and music opportunities because of the ban. However, the lawsuit was never actually filed.