{"id":4311,"date":"2026-05-07T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7638036\/rapper-kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-on-felony-mdma-trafficking-charge-and-pleads-not-guilty\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:32:52","slug":"rapper-kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-on-felony-mdma-trafficking-charge-and-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/news\/4311\/rapper-kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-on-felony-mdma-trafficking-charge-and-pleads-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Kodak Black arrested in Florida on felony MDMA trafficking charge and pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Rapper Kodak Black<\/a> was arrested this week on a drug trafficking charge in central Florida in his latest run-in with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

The rapper, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was booked into the Orange County Jail on Wednesday on a felony charge of trafficking MDMA, the synthetic drug also known as ecstasy or molly.<\/p>\n

Kapri, 28, entered a written plea of not guilty and asked for a jury trial on Thursday. He also waived appearing in person at a future arraignment hearing in state court. His bond was set at $75,000.<\/p>\n

Kapri’s arrest followed a police encounter in Orlando in November when officers were called to a neighborhood in Orlando by residents who reported hearing gunshots. Officers encountered a bunch of people hanging out around parked luxury sports utility vehicles, including Kapri, according to a police report.<\/p>\n

An officer noticed a white substance on a $100 bill inside a Lamborghini SUV, which smelled of cannabis, giving the officer probable cause to search the vehicle. During the search, the officer found a pink bag containing a plastic bag of MDMA, $37,000 and numerous documents with Kapri’s name on them, the police report said.<\/p>\n

The pink bag matched a bag seen in a photo of Kapri that the rapper had posted to his Instagram account. The bag also contained a distinct lighter that also was in the photo, investigators said.<\/p>\n

According to the police report, everyone at the scene denied owning the bag, including Kapri, who nevertheless said the money belonged to his business and asked for it back.<\/p>\n

Ambrosia Healy and Kevin Young, who represent Kapri at Universal Music Group, didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n

Kapri has faced previous legal issues. <\/p>\n

In 2023, police in Plantation, Florida arrested Kapri<\/a> after finding him asleep at the wheel with white powder around his mouth, officials said. Although authorities said the powder initially tested positive for cocaine, a lab test later revealed it was oxycodone, for which Kapri obtained a prescription.<\/p>\n

The arrest was a violation of his probation from an unrelated case, which led to him being locked up in Miami for two months.<\/p>\n

Kapri was also arrested<\/a> in 2022 on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He was freed on bond with regular drug testing as a condition of his release. Kapri was ordered into drug rehab<\/a> for 30 days in 2023 after missing a drug test and then testing positive for fentanyl several days later, according to court records. <\/p>\n

In January 2021, then-President Donald Trump commuted a three-year federal prison<\/a> sentence the rapper had for falsifying documents used to buy weapons. Kapri had served about half his sentence.<\/p>\n

As Kodak Black, Kapri has sold more than 30 million singles, with massive hits such as \u201cSuper Gremlin,\u201d which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022.<\/p>\n

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This story has been updated to correct rapper Kodak Black’s arrest stems from November, not December, encounter with police in Florida. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Follow Mike Schneider on the social platform Bluesky: @mikeysid.bsky.social<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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