Boosie Hosts “Save Our Sons” Mentoring Event at His Georgia Estate

Rapper Boosie Badazz threw open the gates of his sprawling Palmetto, Georgia property this past weekend and welcomed a crowd of young people and families for a hands-on mentoring day. The “Save Our Sons” gathering, held at what he calls Boosie Estates, centered on steering Atlanta-area teens and young men away from violence and toward education, goals, and better choices.

Boosie, whose real name is Torrence Hatch, partnered with the Next Level Boys Academy for the event, which took place over the August 15–17, 2026 weekend. The academy, founded in 2009 by Gary L. Davis Sr., runs prevention and intervention programs for boys and young men that include mentoring, leadership development, academic support, and diversion options that can keep first-time offenders out of longer jail terms.

CBS Atlanta covered the day on site. In footage from the station, Boosie told the group:

“A lot of these kids kind of headed the wrong way, so hopefully I can get these kids some motivation by bringing them to my estate and make them think different, you know, and make them chase their dreams instead of the streets.”

He walked attendees around the property, using the estate itself as a living example of what focused effort and different decisions can build.

Boosie promoted the day himself on X, posting

“SAVE OUR SONS DAY AT BOOSIE ESTATES”

and tagging CBS Atlanta and the Next Level Boys Academy. Social media accounts and hip-hop outlets described hundreds of young men and families present, with some posts citing more than 300 attendees. Those numbers come from organizers and secondary reports rather than an independent head count, so they should be treated as estimates.

Online reaction split along familiar lines. Many praised Boosie for opening his private space and putting real time into youth mentorship. Others pointed to his earlier music and public controversies, questioning whether someone whose catalog once celebrated street life should now mentor kids away from it. Both views circulated widely alongside the event footage.

The gathering fits a larger pattern in American culture artists with complicated histories using the platform and experience they already have to reach the next generation. Boosie’s decision to host the Next Level Boys Academy at his Georgia estate does not erase past criticism, but it does put a concrete community effort in the public record. For the young men who spent the day hearing directly from him and seeing the results of different choices, the message was straightforward dreams over streets.