Nipsey Hussle was arrested Wednesday (June 24) for codeine possession, according to the Los Angeles Times.
After pulling the rapper over for a traffic violation, officers allegedly found that Hussle had a warrant for driving with a suspended license.
The rapper also allowed officers to search his car, during which they found a bottle of the drug. Because Hussle couldn’t provide proof of a prescription for the codeine, he was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
During their search, the police also found a cup of ice and a soft drink, which along with codeine, make up the ingredients for what is known as “lean.”
Hussle was released after posting $1,000 bail.
(June 26, 2015)
UPDATE: Nipsey Hussle’s attorney, Mark Bledstein, has released a statement regarding the rapper’s arrest.
“My client, Ermias Asghedom, has a severe strep throat condition from performing multiple shows monthly and was prescribed cough syrup as a remedy,” Bledstein says in the statement, which was released via Hotnewhiphop.com. “He is currently in the final stages of the recording process of his new album Victory Lap, and couldn’t project his voice without treatment. The night of his arrest we was not driving but parked in front of a recording studio in Burbank when he was approached by the police. He willingly allowed the officers to search his car and told them where the cough syrup was. After running his name they found an outstanding traffic warrant that he was taken into custody for and cited out for later that night. I have contacted the courts and began the exoneration process for the cough syrup simply by providing his prescription. He is doing great and excited about his upcoming album release.”
what a great role model..idiot rapper
Role model??? Get your priorities straight if you think any rapper is a role model. Lack of intelligence amuses me.
Lol role model
yeah, back then the visions, yeah most of the time i was convinced…. shit, i’d lost it…. but there were other times….. i thought i was mainlining the secret truth of the universe….
shouldve been in the studio making music
He smashing Lauren London down so he gets a pass from me..that gotta be some bomb ass pussy if you gotta sip lean to even out…
Lmaoo word shit is prolly bomb as a mf
knew he was a junkie
niggas claim to have all this money but cant afford a fucking drivers license LOLOLOL
Sells $100 and then $1000 records…pretty sure he can afford a drivers license
cant a nigga clear his effen throat?
Awe, come on man…some body left that there. it wasnt him.haaaaaaaaaaaa.
LMFAO he needed lean for his severe strep throat, GTFOH
Listen to Nipsey Hustle cousin on soundcloud Young Hollywood Money on my mind…Fire
with all the money u drive around with a dead linsence, what a junkie of the century
You know….they gotta keep it gangsta!
Why the hell they showing a damn pic of Prodigy?????????????
he look like prodigy and snoop dogg had a child
Are you stupid?
Nipsey don’t go by this crazy worlds rules he’s above the law