Quietly visiting the Hollywood Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday afternoon, Kanye West turned himself in for booking after pleading no contest in connection with a misdemeanor battery case over a confrontation with a photographer in July of 2013.
According to TMZ, West and his lawyer entered the station at around 4:30 PM on Thursday (March 27) where the rapper had his booking photograph taken and was also fingerprinted. The site reports that Kanye spent “a grand total of 49 minutes” at the station before being released.
West pleaded no contest to the battery charge earlier this month after reportedly punching a paparazzo, Daniel Ramos, at LAX in July. Sentencing for the charge includes two years of probation, more than 20 anger management sessions, and 250 hours of community service. The producer’s no contest plea will be barred from use in any civil lawsuit that Ramos might file against West and also allowed any possible grand theft charges to be dropped in the case. While prosecutors stopped short of pursuing felony charges over the incident, city prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges against Kanye on the day of his no contest plea.
Late in 2013, Kanye explained to another group of photographer’s his frustrations on the day of the assault in July. “What I didn’t get to say on Jimmy Kimmel, that’s the day I found out that my grandfather was not gonna make it. He passed two weeks later,” he said according to Fuse. “But I’m comin’ out the airport, because you know, ‘It’s Kanye whatever, they’re gonna fuck with him and antagonize him.’ But I tried to stop his camera and stuff, then he fell down and faked it and everybody was like, ‘Oh yo, why’d you hit that guy?’ Obviously I didn’t hit the guy. But you know I’m going through shit.”
The rapper’s LAPD booking is only the latest in a string of legal trouble he’s faced in recent months. In January, West allegedly assaulted an 18-year old man in a Beverly Hills chiropractor’s office, according to TMZ. The young man apparently used a racial slur while speaking with the rapper’s fiancee, Kim Kardashian, before West punched him in retaliation. HipHopDX later reported that West was apparently negotiating an outside-of-court settlement with the assault victim.
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getting a mug shot and fingerprints taken doesn’t mean you spent an hour in jail.
Don’t you see what’s going on here? This is all a part of a publicity stunt to hype up his next album. This move should generate just enough buzz for Kanye to come out with a grimy mixtape, then a few gutter ass freestyles, and finally a more street orientated album. This is just what he needs: a little street cred. Kanye is a motherfucking genius. #salute #haaaah
think with your brain not your feet. it would be bigger news if kanye avoided jail at this point. he’s been in so much troouble that no one is phased at another article about jail or assault
Who would have ever thought in 2007 that years later Kanye would be more known for his temper and angry outbursts than Fiddy cent.
more like who would have thought kanye would still have a career and fiddy is starring in escape plan and other sucker roles
yeah what a sucker roll being in a movie with arnold and stallone
Thankfully, Kanye got out just in time before his fellow prisoners were gonna fist him like a civil rights sign and make him toss their salad with sweet and sour sauce.
Officer Ricky wouldn’t let that happen to his boy.
Sounds like a 50 Cent story from when he was in boot camp, snitches get fisted.
ross stans catching feelings all day erryday
I like how HipHopDX trolls with the pictures they choose to put up. This one has a gay guy staring at Kanye’s ass, while Kanye smiles obliviously.
Definitely special treatment. I just got out of couunty last night and it took 14-15 hours just to get booked
Niggaif you did what Kanye did and didn’t even hit the guy, you would be gone before anybody knew who you were. Special treatment my ass. That wasn’t even a crime. He coulda beat it at trial.
Youve clearly never dealt with the system. It doesnt matter if youre innocent or not or khow bad the crime you committed was you go through the process either way
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gon laugh when sum paparazzi calls him a faggot n his wife a fat slut just to get punched get paid n get this fuck-boy sent to jail
he didnt do anything anyway. no punch, nothing. stop wasting money and time
me might fuck around and start calling himself a real nigga, rapping about “I’ve done time in the pen with real killas, don’t push me”, etc. after all, 49 minutes is still more than what most of these fraudulent niggas ever spent while locked up.
Kanye is already more of a G than Rick Ross. Although Rozay spent 18 months in prison he had the keys to the cells and got to go home at night.
Lord Jamar’s Favorite rapper is Eminem.
favorite white rapper sure,
Fiddy Cent snitched on another rapper to the Feds and got him arrested.
who did fiddy get arrested? the paparazzi snitched on kanye and had him on vid
fiddy a snitchin ass nigga so if it aint kanye it someone else he gettin lock up 2nite
who did fiddy get locked up though we’ve been waiting 10+ years and no ones come forward
I hope he had the answers.