Kodak Black Arrested on Felony Drug Charges in Florida
The rapper was allegedly pulled over for window tints before highway patrol officers say they found $75,000 in cash and 31 oxycodone tablets in his car.
Kodak Black is seen outside the Amiri show during Paris Fashion Week on June 23.
Rapper Kodak Black was detained on Friday on suspicion of oxycodone trafficking and possession of a controlled substance.
According to The Miami Herald, the rapper, whose legal name is Bill Kapri was driving a purple Dodge Durango south on Northwest 31st Avenue near West Cypress Creek Road in Fort Lauderdale at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Officers thought the Durango’s window tints “appeared to be darker than the legal limit” and the SUV’s registration tag was expired. Troopers pulled Kapri over and when they told him why they had stopped him they smelled a strong odor of raw marijuana coming from inside the Durango.
Troopers say they found a small clear bag that contained 31 white tablets that were later identified as oxycodone. A total of $74,960 in cash was also inside the SUV, and Kapri’s license also expired for over 30 days, according to the report. Kapri was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and trafficking oxycodone of less than 25 grams and taken to Broward County Jail, according to arrest records.
While the powerful painkiller is widely used to relieve pain in medicine, it has also become a popular street drug and the focal point of America’s massive opioid epidemic.
Former President Donald Trump notably pardoned the 25-year-old “Super Gremlin” rapper on the last day of his office in January 2021. According to ABC News., Black was freed halfway through a three-year federal jail sentence for fabricating documents in order to purchase guns.
“Never Judge a case based on an arrest,” Black’s attorney Bradford Cohen tweeted. “There are always additional facts and circumstances that give rise to a defense, especially in this case.” “We will get him a bond today and move forward with resolving the matter quickly,” said Cohen.
Black’s newest police contact comes just months after he was arrested on trespassing allegations in South Florida, though prosecutors ultimately decided not to press charges. Black was detained in April 2019 when crossing the US-Canada border on drug and firearms allegations.
According to CNN, Trump, who commuted Black’s sentence, referred to her as a “prominent artist and community leader” in a White House statement. Black has sold over 30 million singles.
He is scheduled to perform on the third day of Miami’s Rolling Loud music festival at Miami Gardens’ Hard Rock Stadium on July 24. At Rolling Loud’s concert in 2019, Kapri was arrested on weapons charges at the stadium before his set.