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NLE Choppa ‘Ok’ Following Worries Expressed by Mother and Management

“He just needed a minute, but didn't communicate it…”

NLE Choppa is safe and sound after his mother posted on social media Friday afternoon that she had not spoken to him "in hours."

Close to midnight, Angeleta Ellis Potts, mother and manager of the Memphis rapper, born Bryson Potts, took to Facebook to share that he’d been found. 

"Thank you for the PRAYERS and SUPPORT. Choppa's ok he just needed a minute, but didn't communicate it to his love [sic] ones,” she wrote. “I never intended to scare anyone with my post nor did I expect for people to think he is missing But the frustrations of being the mother of a celebrity can be a bit much and overwhelming at times."

Earlier in the day, Potts posted that she hadn’t heard from her son, which wasn’t normal. 

“I ain’t talked to this boy in hours and he usually doesn’t do this. One thing I know about my son is that he doesn’t go ghost for any reason,” she wrote. The call for prayers included photos of the mother and son

“Whatever your [sic] working on I pray GOD is guiding you. If y’all hear from him PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP ! To the fans he wants to please thanks a lot 🤦‍♀️🙏🏽😢”

When local news station FOX13 contacted the Memphis Police Department regarding Choppa’s whereabouts, a spokesperson informed them that Potts had not yet filed a missing person report. 

While the NLE artist has not broken his silence on social media since his mother shared her concerns, Choppa posted several tweets on Oct. 19 expressing his thoughts on his evolution as an artist. He retweeted messages from fans made a year ago in which they suggested he had lost his touch and longing for the "old NLE."

In one tweet, Choppa wrote, “Y’all keep asking for old NLE like the music I ain’t been giving y’all recently ain’t getting plaques! I’m tryna grow as a artist but y’all want me backtracking on BS. But bet that up. I’m on straight dirt y’all got me f**** up. One of the most streamed artists this year BUT BET.”

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