'Panda' Rapper, Desiigner Arrested for Possession of Illicit Drugs and a Loaded Gun (Photos)
U.S rapper, Desiigner was arrested in New York City after an alleged
road rage incident and was hit with felony gun and drug charges along
with four other passengers in his car.
Desiigner was arrested on Thursday night
Popular American rapper, Sidney Royel Selby, widely known as
Desiigner, was arrested for pointing a gun at another motorist outside
the Lincoln Tunnel in Midtown on Thursday night.
According to Police report on Friday, the rapper who shot to
limelight with his smash hit, "Panda", was driving into Manhattan from
New Jersey when he got into an argument with a motorist driving behind
his Cadillac Escalade at W. 42nd St. and Eighth Ave. about 9:10 p.m on
Thursday.
Desiigner being arrested by police on Thursday night (Photo: TMZ)
TMZ reported
that Desiigner allegedly flicked a lit cigarette at the other motorist,
then waved a gun at him and took off. The startled motorist took down
Desiigner’s license plate number and called 911.
The rapper and five friends riding in his car were stopped across
town at W. 42nd St. and Third Ave, as cops searched the car and found
the gun, oxycontin pills and other drugs.
Desiigner was handcuffed on weapons charges, menacing and drug
possession with intent to sell. Four other people in the car were also
arrested. Charges were pending against them.
Desiigner, a native of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is known for
his single, “Panda,” which rose to No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
in April. In February, he signed with Kanye West’s label Good Music.
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