Rapper Soulja Boy Given br 240-Day Jail Sentence The "Crank That" rapper was handed the punishment for violating probation. How he did it currently remains unknown. The probation stems from a br 2014 conviction in which Soulja br was charged with having abr loaded gun in a vehicle. Soulja Boy's legal team, via statement Due to a 2011 arrest, the rapper, br whose given moniker is br DeAndre Cortez Way, is banned br from carrying weapons. Besides jail time, Soulja will also have to dobr community service for a span of 265 days.