Grammy Award-winning rapper Jay Rock was arrested Thursday night close to the Watts public housing complicated the place he grew up and booked on suspicion of unlawful firearm possession, authorities mentioned.
The 39-year-old rapper, whose authorized title is Johnny Reed McKinzie, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Division at 5:20 p.m. within the 13000 block of East one hundred and fifteenth Avenue, in keeping with 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 court docket look was not instantly obtainable.
In a video of the incident shared on social media, the rapper could be heard saying, “You don’t even know what I was drinking.”
McKinzie gained a Grammy for rap efficiency in 2019 for the music “King’s Dead,” alongside Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake. In Could of that yr, he was awarded the important thing to his hometown of Watts by then-L.A. Metropolis Councilmember Joe Buscaino.
Through the ceremony, Buscaino declared Could 24 “Jay Rock Day” and mentioned McKinzie had “contributed greatly to the success of future generations by giving back,” in keeping with reporting by the radio station Energy 106.