Shugga, whose legal name is Halle Mona Buckingham, is the girlfriend of Memphis rapper Ricky Hampton (Finesse2Tymes). Her arrests include a September 2025 traffic stop in Smith County, Texas, that produced drug possession charges, a January 2026 stop in Rusk County, Texas, that added evidence tampering, a weapon offense, and a U.S. Marshal detainer, and a separate federal case in Georgia that ended in a 2024 guilty plea and probation.
Who Shugga Is
Buckingham performs and posts publicly as FNG Shugga, or simply Shugga. She and Hampton share a daughter, Clever, born in the summer of 2024.1iHeart. Finesse2tymes Reacts After Learning Results of His Child’s Paternity Test Most of her public profile tracks back to that relationship, and most of her legal exposure now runs through two Texas traffic stops and an older federal case out of Georgia.
January 2026 Rusk County Arrest
On January 14, 2026, around 9:39 p.m., a state trooper pulled over a Cadillac Escalade carrying Buckingham and Hampton because the vehicle had no front license plate. The trooper reported smelling marijuana, which gave probable cause to search.2KETK. Affidavit: American Rapper Finesse2tymes’ Girlfriend Arrested in Traffic Stop for Drug Possession
Officers recovered orange pills believed to be Adderall and a small bag of marijuana from the front of the vehicle. After Buckingham was handcuffed, a search found a second bag of marijuana concealed on her person. A later search of Hampton at the Rusk County Jail turned up three more Adderall pills on him.
Buckingham was booked on tampering or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair (tied to the marijuana she concealed after being cuffed), possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, a weapon offense, and a U.S. Marshal detainer indicating federal authorities wanted a hold placed on her. Her bond was set at $526,000.3Action News 5. Memphis Rapper Finesse2tymes’ Girlfriend Shugga Arrested in Texas She has since been released from the Rusk County Jail, though the precise terms of release were not detailed in available reporting.2KETK. Affidavit: American Rapper Finesse2tymes’ Girlfriend Arrested in Traffic Stop for Drug Possession
September 2025 Smith County Arrest
Roughly four months before the Rusk County stop, on September 19, 2025, Buckingham and Hampton were pulled over in a red Corvette in Tyler, Texas. Officers initiated the stop after seeing Hampton driving without a seatbelt, then reported smelling marijuana and spotting a hand-rolled cigar in the ashtray. When officers moved to search the car, Buckingham was observed reaching for a bag on the passenger-side floorboard.4KETK. Rapper Finesse2tymes Arrested in Smith County After Drugs Found in His Vehicle
Inside the bag, investigators recovered 0.7 ounces of marijuana, 12 oxycodone pills, and 7 methylphenidate pills. Buckingham was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of marijuana. Hampton was charged only with marijuana possession. Both were released on bond the following morning.5Yahoo News. Rapper Finesse2tymes Arrested in Smith County After Drugs Found in Vehicle
Her Federal Case in Georgia
Separate from Texas, Buckingham was indicted in September 2023 in the Northern District of Georgia, case number gandce-23-00278, on two counts, with the indictment including a forfeiture provision.6PACER Monitor. USA v. Buckingham, Indictment The specific nature of the federal charges is not detailed in the available court filings.
She entered a guilty plea and signed a plea agreement on August 1, 2024.7PACER Monitor. USA v. Buckingham, Guilty Plea and Plea Agreement Judge Mark H. Cohen signed the judgment and commitment order on January 15, 2025. On each of the two counts, Buckingham received three years and six months of probation, running concurrently, plus a $100 special assessment and a $5,500 fine per count, and was ordered to report immediately to probation in the district where she was released.8PACER Monitor. USA v. Buckingham, Judgment and Commitment
The dates line up closely with what happened in Texas. The federal judgment was entered on January 15, 2025. The Rusk County arrest came on January 14, 2026, while she was still serving that federal probation, and the U.S. Marshal detainer booked alongside her state charges points to federal authorities flagging the new arrest as a possible violation of her supervised release.
One earlier public reference to her federal situation came from Hampton himself. During an April 2024 exchange with rapper NBA YoungBoy, Hampton said Buckingham was “on that monitor,” a reference to electronic monitoring, and claimed “the feds got me all through shug paperwork, they tryna get her to fold on me REAL BAD but she won’t do it.”9HotNewHipHop. NBA YoungBoy Blasts Finesse2tymes Those claims about federal pressure have not been independently verified.
Where Things Stand
As of early 2026, Buckingham has been released from the Rusk County Jail following the January arrest. No upcoming court dates for her Texas state cases have been publicly reported. She remains on federal probation out of Georgia, and the new Texas charges and the Marshal detainer leave open the possibility of additional federal consequences for violating her supervised release.