Killer Mike was detained at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Area simply earlier than the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony was broadcast Sunday night time (Feb. 4).
The rapper, who gained three awards in the course of the Grammys Premiere Ceremony earlier than the televised present — greatest rap music and greatest rap efficiency for “Scientists & Engineers,” and greatest rap album for Michael — was detained for a misdemeanor cost, with which the LAPD shall be concerned, an area safety official informed The Hollywood Reporter. The particular cost is unknown at press time, however is claimed to don’t have anything to do with the Grammy Awards.
A video clip from the venue of Killer Mike being led away in handcuffs was posted to Twitter. Billboard has reached out to the LAPD and representatives for Killer Mike for remark.
In keeping with THR, a supply says the state of affairs us “a giant nothing,” and that Killer Mike may be launched tonight. Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy CEO, was seen speaking to safety and Killer Mike’s crew.
Earlier within the day, the 48-year-old rapper accepted his Premiere Ceremony award wins and informed the viewers, “You can’t inform me you get too outdated. You can’t inform me it’s too late.”
“For all of the folks on the market that assume you get too outdated to rap, bulls—. I don’t give a rattling in case you’re 78 rapping about what number of gals you bought within the nursing dwelling, be sure that we hold hip-hop alive,” he mentioned in the course of the Grammys pre-show held on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Killer Mike gained his first Grammy in 2003, for greatest rap efficiency by a duo or group for “The Complete World” with OutKast.
On X (previously Twitter), the Recording Academy on Sunday unintentionally posted that Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World” gained greatest rap music, however the win really went to Killer Mike’s “Scientists & Engineers,” which options Andre 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.
See the total record of winners on the 2024 Grammys as they’re introduced right here.
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