{"id":482843,"date":"2019-02-28T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=801639"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:35:11","slug":"blocboy-jb-arrested-on-drug-gun-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/blocboy-jb-arrested-on-drug-gun-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"BlocBoy JB Arrested on Drug, Gun Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB<\/a> (real name James Baker) was arrested on drug, gun and robbery charges, the Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed on Twitter<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n

Authorities issued a warrant<\/a> for Baker\u2019s arrest earlier this month. He was wanted for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and theft of property.<\/p>\n

A representative for BlocBoy JB<\/a> did not immediately return Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

According to Memphis affiliate Fox 13<\/a>, Baker turned himself in and appeared in a Shelby County, Tennessee courtroom this morning. During the hearing, the rapper\u2019s lawyers said that Baker had taken so long to surrender because he had been traveling. Baker\u2019s bond was set at $50,000.<\/p>\n

BlocBoy JB\u2019s arrest comes in the wake of a massive 2018 for the rapper, during which he notched a Top 10 hit with the Drake-featuring track \u201cLook Alive.\u201d<\/a> He also released two mixtapes, Simi<\/em> in May and Don\u2019t Think That<\/em> in October. Just days after the Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office issued their arrest warrant, BlocBoy released a new track, \u201cNo Adlibs.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, BlocBoy JB reportedly sued<\/a> the makers of Fortnite<\/em>, claiming Epic Games ripped off the signature dance move from his \u201cShoot\u201d<\/a> music video and repurposed it under a different name, \u201cHype.\u201d<\/a> BlocBoy claimed he was in the process of copyrighting the dance, and prior to filing the lawsuit, he wrote on Twitter<\/a>, \u201cEverytime somebody does my dance dey give credit to @FortniteGame but dey ain\u2019t create nothing but da game so basically dey takin money and credit for my shit dats crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB (real name James Baker) was arrested on drug, gun and robbery charges, the Shelby County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed on Twitter Thursday. Authorities issued a warrant for Baker\u2019s arrest earlier this month. He was wanted for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and theft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 17:52:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}