Rapper Sada Baby pleads to reduced charges in traffic case

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Detroit-area rapper who was facing charges for driving with a suspended license has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Casada Sorrell, 32, of Detroit, is also known as Sada Baby.

At a plea hearing held March 28 in the 41-A District Court in Sterling Heights, Sorrell pleaded guilty to one count of failing to display a license, according to court records, which was reduced from the initial charge of driving while unlicensed.

Court records show Sorrell had a warrant filed in 2023 for driving while unlicensed-first offense, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a fine of up to $500.

Failing to display a license is a lesser misdemeanor than driving without a license.

Casada was arrested following a traffic stop on Jan. 9, where he was pulled over by a Sterling Heights police officer after he was spotted driving with tinted windows. According to a press release from the Sterling Heights Police Department, it was determined he had a valid warrant for driving without a license after the officer ran the plates on his truck.

The press release also stated that, while being placed under arrest, officers spotted possible illegal contraband, which was taken and secured as evidence. However, the type of contraband has not been released.

At press time, charges related to the contraband had not been filed. Sterling Heights Police did not immediately return a request for comment.

Several days after the arrest, Casada took to social media to say he felt he had been profiled by the police.

“My truck got profiled because of where I was at the time of night,” he said in the video.

Call Staff Writer Brian Wells at (248) 291-7637.