Rapper Boosie Badazz has reunited with a childhood friend, Derrick, after tracking him down decades after they lost touch, offering a rare feel-good moment amid several ongoing legal disputes involving the Louisiana rapper. The reunion took place while Boosie was in Detroit performing at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre as part of his national tour, "Boosie Badazz & Friends: Blues on the River V."

Boosie first shared a video last month asking followers to review a heartfelt email he planned to send to Derrick, a friend he had grown up with in Baton Rouge before Derrick's family moved to Michigan as children. Derrick, who spotted the post, responded with amusement, and the pair subsequently met in person, sharing an emotional hug and revisiting their childhood at a trampoline park, with Derrick later saying he had waited 30 years for the reunion.