Rapper DaBaby was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and marijuana in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, after giving a concert at the Bojangles Arena on Monday night, as reported by WSOC TV.
At around 11 p.m. local time, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers arrested DaBaby, who’s real name is Jonathon Lyndale Kirk, in the parking lot of the performance venue, and issued the rapper a citation for misdemeanor possession of marijuana. The CMPD dropped the weapons charge and released him from custody. The 28-year-old was issued a citation for resisting arrest.
Afterward, DaBaby gave his own press conference with WSOC TV reporter Joe Bruno. In the 90 second interview, he explained that not was was mic’d up during the time he was “resisting arrest” but that his camera crew also videotaped the entire ordeal. DaBaby announced that he plans to release this video, which includes “high quality audio,” on Tuesday.
“Seeing how they were unlawfully searching my car – before I went on stage I continued to perform for my fans, I had my outstanding video production team, the real GOATS, had them prepared… and had this right here put this on me,” DaBaby said, showing reporters his plastic bag of possessions, which appears to show a mic, “and pulled their own trick on them.”
Replying to @JoeBrunoWSOC9UPDATE- CMPD says they cited DaBaby for misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He has been released from custody @wsoctv
Just spoke to DaBaby about his arrest @wsoctv578:48 AM - Dec 24, 2019
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The rapper continued on to say that he feels the police targets him every time he comes to Charlotte. DaBaby asks to take the microphone from the WSOC TV reporter and said the CMPD likes treats him and his crew “like animals.”
“They following me, they pull us over for no reason, they search our cars, they do everything,” DaBaby said of what happens anytime he returns to his hometown to perform.
DaBaby Instagram
DaBaby also updated his Instagram stories, to share what happened with his 8.3 million followers. He wrote, “Dirty ass police department try to take me to jail every time I got a show in the city.”
DaBaby’s Instagram story
Early Tuesday morning, DaBaby started to share snippets of the video his crew took while police searched his car.
DaBaby Is Currently On Unsupervised Probation
In June, according to the CMPD, DaBaby was convicted of carrying a concealed gun, a misdemeanor, and sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation, as reported by TMZ. His initial 30 day jail sentence was suspended.
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