Grammy Award-winning rapper Jay Rock was arrested Thursday night close to the Watts public housing advanced the place he grew up and booked on suspicion of unlawful firearm possession, authorities mentioned.
The 39-year-old rapper, whose authorized identify is Johnny Reed McKinzie, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Division at 5:20 p.m. within the 13000 block of East a hundred and fifteenth Avenue, based on a division spokesperson.
The spokesperson mentioned he was booked on suspicion of violating California Penal Code Part 29800(a)(1), which prohibits folks with prior felony convictions, energetic felony warrants or sure misdemeanor convictions from possessing a firearm. It’s a felony cost punishable by as much as three years in jail.
Info on his subsequent courtroom look was not instantly obtainable.
McKinzie was initially arrested within the Nickerson Gardens public housing residence advanced on suspicion of trespassing and consuming in public, police sources advised NBC4. He ran from his car and police then discovered a firearm inside, the information station reported.
In a video of the incident shared on social media, the rapper could be heard saying, “You don’t even know what I used to be consuming.”
McKinzie gained a Grammy for rap efficiency in 2019 for the track “King’s Lifeless,” alongside Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake. In Might of that 12 months, he was awarded the important thing to his hometown of Watts by then-L.A. Metropolis Councilmember Joe Buscaino.
Through the ceremony, Buscaino declared Might 24 “Jay Rock Day” and mentioned McKinzie had “contributed vastly to the success of future generations by giving again,” based on reporting by the radio station Energy 106.
