Louisiana-based rapper Lil’ Boosie, born Torence Hatch, has been found not guilty of first-degree murder by jury.

Boosie was accused of hiring hit man Michael Louding, also known as “Marlo Mike,” to murder another Baton Rouge rapper. Terry Boyd was murdered inside his home in 2009.

It took the jury, which consisted of 8 black jurors and 4 white jurors, only an hour to reach a verdict in the case.

“All I can do is give the glory to God because I knew he was never guilty,” Connie Hatch, Lil’ Boosie mother, told CBS 9. “He’s crying and he knew from the beginning he was never guilty.”

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