Rapper Boosie Badazz, whose real name is Torrence Hatch Jr., recently reunited with his favorite high school teacher. The event, which unfolded in March 2025, was a powerful display of emotion, showcasing the lasting bond between a student and the educator who helped shape his life. For Boosie, a man known for his raw lyrics and unfiltered storytelling, this reunion was a chance to step away from the spotlight of fame and reconnect with a pivotal figure from his past—a teacher who believed in him when he needed it most.
The story of Boosie begins in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it is there that he grew up with more than his share of challenges. His teenage years in McKinley High School were a time of hardship and hope with the odds stacked against him. There was light in darkness—most notably in the person of a teacher who stood out for her unwavering support. She was not a teacher reading lessons out of a book; she was a mentor who saw in Boosie a special quality, a glimmer of potential that he did not see in himself. She believed in him and that was a pillar on which he leaned as he navigated his way out of Baton Rouge’s streets and onto music stages.
Flash-forward to March of 2025 and that old link came full circle in a tear-filled reunion that left spectators and Boosie both emotional. It was a modest yet poignant moment: Boosie, a wiser man with a lifetime away from his youth, standing eyeball to eyeball with the female who put him on his path. When they hugged, time seemed to melt away. His eyes welled with unshed tears and his voice cracked with emotion as he said words he’d likely carried around with him for decades.
“You believed in me when no one else did,”
he told her, the gratitude pouring out in every syllable.
“You saw something in me that I didn’t even see in myself.”
The gesture was more than a hug and some kind words—more a spontaneous expression of appreciation. Boosie, a man generally considered to be rough and stubborn, put down his guard completely. So did his teacher. She, too, was obviously moved by emotion, her eyes reflecting the depth of the moment. This was no random catch-up; this was a reunion with meaning, a moment for Boosie to pay his respects to a lifeline figure in a trying time in his life.
It was not the first time Boosie reached back to his school days. Only a few months before this, in January of 2025, he’d spoken with a different teacher from his school days on video chat, a testament to how much he holds those who mentored him in regard. This March reunion was different—something about sharing the same space, breathing the same air—amplified the feelings. Being in close proximity to them made memories come rushing back: the support, the stern talk, the whispered words of encouragement that sustained him. Boosie’s face-to-face meeting was a “thank you” in the strongest possible sense, a gesture with decades of heft.
The reunion was recorded on video and went viral in no time, touching lives way beyond Boosie’s community. Watching him hug his teacher, viewers couldn’t help but feel the sincerity of the moment. It set off a wave of reminiscence with people recalling their own teachers—the ones who pushed them to do better, inspired them to be better, or saw them when they felt invisible.
