{"id":2444097,"date":"2019-05-12T13:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T19:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=834517"},"modified":"2019-05-12T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T19:05:49","slug":"kodak-black-arrested-on-firearms-charges-at-miamis-rolling-loud-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/kodak-black-arrested-on-firearms-charges-at-miamis-rolling-loud-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodak Black Arrested on Firearms Charges at Miami\u2019s Rolling Loud Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1083825266.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Kodak Black was arrested on firearms charges prior to the Florida rapper\u2019s scheduled set at Miami\u2019s Rolling Loud festival Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper, legal name Bill K. Kapri, was apprehended by authorities at the fest\u2019s venue Hard Rock Stadium and later booked into Miami\u2019s Federal Detention Center, a Miami-Dade police department spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article230309874.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told the <em>Miami Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.308605341246\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Just obtained photo of Bill Kapri, AKA Rapper Kodak Black after he was arrested tonight. Official statement from Marshals: after an extensive investigation conducted by the US Marshals, ATF, and Miami Dade PD North Side Gang Unit, Kapri, was arrested as he arrived\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHVzAoNStI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IHVzAoNStI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianEntin\/status\/1127384673116672001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 12, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Black will face both federal and state firearm charges, although it\u2019s unclear what incident spurred the arrest; U.S. marshals said in a statement that the rapper\u2019s arrest followed \u201can extensive investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old rapper\u2019s latest arrest comes less than a month after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2019\/04\/18\/rapper-kodak-black-busted-us-border-niagara-falls-guns-pot\/3506346002\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">apprehended by Custom and Border agents<\/a> in Niagara Falls, New York and charged with possession of guns and marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Black was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kodak-black-released-from-prison-after-serving-seven-months-713044\/\">released<\/a> from an eight-month-long prison sentence stemming from charges of marijuana possession, child neglect, grand theft of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.<\/p>\n<p>Black wasn\u2019t the only artist to miss his Rolling Loud set: Lil Wayne was a last-minute cancellation after festival police \u201cmade it mandatory that I had to be policed and checked to get on the stadium grounds. I do not and will not ever settle for being policed to do my job,\u201d the rapper tweeted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kodak-black-arrested-firearms-charges-rolling-loud-834517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodak Black was arrested on firearms charges prior to the Florida rapper\u2019s scheduled set at Miami\u2019s Rolling Loud festival Saturday. The rapper, legal name Bill K. Kapri, was apprehended by authorities at the fest\u2019s venue Hard Rock Stadium and later booked into Miami\u2019s Federal Detention Center, a Miami-Dade police department spokesperson told the Miami Herald. 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