The rapper was accused of paying a 16-year-old named “Marlo” Michael Louding to shoot and a man named Terry Boyd for $2800.

Prosecutors claimed that Lil Boosie’s lyrics contained hidden admissions, while the defense stated that the rapper was simply playing up a negative image for his hip-hop persona.

The defense relied on the jury to make their decision, without calling a single witness in the case, leaving the burden of proof upon the prosecution.

The anonymous jury deliberated for a little over an hour, before they returned the not guilty verdict.

Boosie, born Torrence Hatch, is accused of hiring Michael Louding, aka Marlo Mike, to kill Terry Boyd in 2009. Though he initially denied having any connection to Lil’ Boosie, Louding later admitted his involvement in Boyd’s murder to Baton Rouge authorities.

During the pre-trial hearing, detective Alvin Howard testified to confirm Louding’s confession. According toNBC 33 TV , Louding, who is accused of six different murders in Baton Rouge, told detectives that Lil Boosie paid him $2,800 to commit the murder. But the facts of the crime were not the central focus of the hearing. Boosie’s lyrics were.

His song, “187,” in particular, is under a lot of scrutiny. Lil’ Boosie recorded the controversial track with BG, another Louisiana rapper who has had his fair share of legal trouble. “Any n___a who ever tried to play me, they dead now,” Boosie raps in his first verse. The prosecution specifically noted the use of “187,” “murk,” and “cake” as slang terms commonly used to describe murder and money.

Although the song can not be played in its entirety, nor can any verse be read line by line, Judge Mike Erwin ruled that those three specific words can be used as evidence against Boosie.

Lil’ Boosie is currently incarcerated in Angola, the largest correctional facility in the country. A vast majority of the inmates are serving life sentences. His lawyers are actively working to have their client transferred to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Henny On the Rocks 2: The Bottle features 11 tracks and boasts guest appearances from the likes of Raekwon, JD Era, Shontelle, Naledge, Chip Tha Ripper, Theory Ole, Nick D’s, and Emilio Rojas.

The S.R.C./Universal lyricist drops his new project just six months after the first Henny On the Rocks was released, which featured Chris Brown,Marcus Manchild, Ya Boy, Malik Yusef, and Nipsey Hussle.

About the project and his creative state of mind while recording, Paypa told AllHipHop.com, “H.O.T.R. 2 was really easy for me to put together, because I knew where I wanted to go. I had so much bottled up, hence the name “The Bottle” – so much stuff that I wanted to say and wanted to talk about and get off my chest.

“There were things that bothered me and I just went in and elaborated on all of it.” Paypa continued, “I had a lot of time to think while I was out on the road and on tour and that was a huge learning experience for me. The last year has been such a year of growth and development and I just wanted to pour it all out.”

Paypa also revealed how he decides who he wants to work with on a song: “It all starts with the music for me, man. I go in the studio and just pick a beat and figure out what the beat is saying and how I want to approach it, and I come up with the record. Then I sit back and figure out who would sound good on it.”

“I choose to collaborate with people that I’m fans of and admire their work,” Paypa said. “I’ve got Emilio Rojas on this tape who is an up and coming MC who’s absolutely incredible. Raekwon’s on there who is an absolute legend, and who I’m just lucky to have the opportunity to have on my mixtape.”

A recent photo making its way across the Internet shows Hopsin in the studio with producer and drummer Travis Barker, most famously known for his work with the Punk-Rock group, Blink 182.

About the collaboration, Hopsin said, “He hit me up on Twitter; he saw the “Hop Madness” video and told me he thought it was dope, and basically wanted to say that if I was down to collab, he would be interested as well and that’s really it. We exchanged numbers, and I hit him up two weeks later, and we got it going.

“I told him I had never had anything with live drums on it, so I told him what kind of patterns I was looking for and that I wanted something different.” Hopsin continued, “So we went in and laid some dope stuff down, and then I played some piano and strings over it and that was it. Travis was open to hearing what I wanted and how I wanted it done, and if I didn’t like something, he would fix and change it how I wanted. It was just a real cool experience; just me and him working on a track.”

When asked where exactly their collaboration would end up and if the two would work together again in the future, Hopsin said, “It’s more likely going to be something for my album. I have to put vocals on there ‘cause I didn’t come up with the concept yet but yeah, if the song turns out good and all that then I’m definitely going to be interested in putting it on my album.”

“I’m sure there will be future work as well if everybody loves the track and all that and it does well,” he added.

Hopsin then shed some light on a tweet he sent out last week mentioning his interest in working with rapper/actor, Childish Gambino. “I just threw it out there just so people knew. But yeah, I don’t know whether he likes my style or not, or if he’s even heard of me, but I just put it out there. I didn’t actually try and reach out to him in a legit, professional matter; I did it in a Hollywood way I guess. [laughter]

“If in the future he lets me know that he likes me or style or something, then I’d definitely be interested. The thing is, he’s cool and creative and is the kind of person who needs to be in the Rap game, even if he’s not on the same type of stuff.”

Knock Madness is Hopsin’s official introduction to many who may have seen him alongside Don Trip, Kid Ink, French Montana, and Machine Gun Kelly on the 2012 XXL Freshman Class cover. Hopsin says he’s fine with however the fans discover him, as long as they give him a chance.