PLANTATION, Fla. – Rapper Kodak Black is facing yet another criminal charge following an arrest in Plantation Thursday on charges of possession of cocaine, tampering with physical evidence and improperly stopping, standing or parking, Broward County Sheriff’s Office jail records show.
He was surrounded by a large entourage when he bonded out of jail on Thursday night.
According to his arrest report, Plantation police officers found a black Bentley with its taillights on parked on the 600 block of Northwest 47th Terrace around 2 a.m.
Authorities said the car was blocking the road when an officer approached the driver’s side door and found a man, later identified as the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Bill Kapri, asleep inside the vehicle.
After approaching the vehicle, the officer noted smelling marijuana and seeing residue, along with “cannabis wrapping paper” on the center console of the vehicle,” the report stated.
According to police, upon questioning, Kapri admitted to having “weed” in the car.
Detectives said that officers found a Styrofoam cup emitting the odor of alcohol.
After asking Kapri to step out of the car, police said they noticed his mouth was covered in white powder, and white rock-like substances were scattered on the ground, according to the affidavit.
Police wrote in the arrest report that he “reasonably believed Kapri was trying to discard illegal narcotics,” the report stated.
Police said the cocaine they recovered from the crime scene weighed just over four grams.
Kapri was transported to BSO’s Main Jail for booking, his arrest report states.
Detectives also noted in his arrest report that Kapri’s vehicle had heavy front passenger side bumper and door damage and appeared it was involved in a recent crash.
This is not the first encounter with the law for the rapper, who was most recently arrested in July 2022 in Fort Lauderdale.
During that incident, Kapri was initially arrested on July 16, 2022, on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription in addition to driving with an expired driver’s license and tags.
Kapri was also issued an arrest warrant on Feb. 26 after he failed to submit to random drug and alcohol testing on Feb. 3.
On Feb. 8, he did take a drug and alcohol test, which showed a positive result for Fentanyl, according to his arrest report.
In January 2020, then-President Donald Trump commuted a three-year federal prison sentence the rapper received for falsifying documents used to purchase weapons. At that time, Kapri had served approximately half of his sentence.
Kapri’s attorney argued that the tampering charge did not meet the criteria after he claimed that Kapri never tried to throw the white powder away or stomp on it. Kapri’s defense team also claimed the substance that police spotted around his mouth could be numerous things as no one saw him put anything in his mouth at the time of the incident.
The arrest affidavit also included an additional charged offense: a probation violation related to a federal case.
Kapri’s $5,000 bond was posted, and he bonded out of jail Thursday evening.
A South Florida native, Kapri has been no stranger to dealing with legal issues, but he has also been an advocate for his hometown of Pompano Beach, often participating in charitable events to help those in need.