Update 8:04 a.m. EDT April 19: Kodak Black was released from jail Thursday afternoon, People magazine reported. The rapper used a stack of cash, fanned out, to hide his face from cameras and fans as he left the jail, WKBW reported.
UPDATE: Kodak Black has posted bail. He used a fan of cash to hide his face from our camera. https://t.co/AlCrhYZAor pic.twitter.com/NaRGHNG9Em
— 7 Eyewitness News (@WKBW) April 18, 2019
A court date has been scheduled for next month, CNN reported.
Original report: The Blast reported the 21-year-old rapper, whose real name is Bill K. Kapri, was arrested at the U.S.-Canada border while crossing the Queenston–Lewiston Bridge.
TMZ reported that, according to unnamed law enforcement sources, the rapper was driving a Cadillac Escalade and authorities found marijuana on him, as well as a Glock 9mm pistol that was not declared by Black or anyone else in the vehicle. Another vehicle, a Porsche, with three individuals inside was also traveling with the rapper. There were weapons and marijuana found in that car, according to TMZ.
Those specifics have been confirmed by officials in a New York State Police news release.
Black remains in the Niagara County Jail on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana, The Blast reported. He is on a $20,000/$40,000 cash bond.
The arrest meant Black was a no-show. He canceled his Boston performance at the last minute, upsetting fans. The House of Blues Boston tweeted that the show had been postponed.
Credit: Nicholas Hunt
Credit: Nicholas Hunt
This is the latest incident involving Black. A Los Angeles radio station stopped playing his music after Black appeared on Instagram Live and made insensitive comments about Lauren London, who is mourning the loss of her longtime boyfriend, Nipsey Hussle.
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