Percy Onyeka
According to The Hollywood Reporter, rapper Killer Mike was arrested on Sunday at the Grammy Awards after winning all three of his nominated categories.
The rapper, whose actual name is Michael Render, was seen being brought in handcuffs to an undisclosed place at Crypto.Com Arena, the site of the Grammy Awards, in a video that one of the outlet’s reporters shared on social media.
The Hollywood Reporter quoted an arena security official saying the rapper had been detained for a reason unrelated to the awards gala.
The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on the matter.
Seemingly during the time he was detained, Killer Mike tweeted a series of emojis to represent his three awards and a clean sweep, with the words: “Thank God.”
Killer Mike won Grammys for best rap album for “Michael,” along with best rap song and performance for “Scientists & Engineers.”
“I consciously set out to make the best album in the world,” he told journalists backstage.
“I consciously set out to tell the story of a young Black boy growing up on the west side of Atlanta so that the world can see that our narrative isn’t just victimization and losing, but we can win, we can thrive and prosper.”
Techrectory with AFP
