Naw, of course there will be outliers. Charging him under the Hobbs Act for this crime not really the norm, and I’m sure his name played some part in it.
I just linked cases with non rappers getting the hit with the Hobbs Act and those aren't the only cases. The common denominator is they're all armed robberies. If you want to say there's a reason they hit him with it it's probably because he committed armed robbery and fired shots at a hotel parking lot. Tourism is the reason they're cracking down.
The other case he had for shooting the security guard in a club is not being handled by the feds. That's a state case. Why didn't they take that over too if they're just targeting rappers?
It's not about being a rapper but the crime he committed.