DaBaby is out of jail in Miami. HipHopDX’s 2019 Rapper of the Year was released from Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Saturday night (January 4), according to NBC Miami and FOX affiliate WSVN.
The Interscope Records artist was arrested for battery on Thursday (January 2) after allegedly getting into an altercation with a concert promoter. DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, and his crew have been accused of attacking the promoter for shortchanging him on a performance fee.
After DaBaby was apprehended, police learned there was a warrant for his arrest in Texas. He was released from jail once the warrant was withdrawn.
[This post has been updated. The following was originally published by Kyle Eustice on January 3, 2020.]
DaBaby — real name Jonathan Kirk — was officially arrested in Miami on Thursday (January 2) and now, the details surrounding his arrest have surfaced. According to the Miami-Herald, the North Carolina native was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center by Miami police on a battery charge.
He and his entourage were allegedly involved in an altercation with a Miami promoter at Cafe Iguana in Pembroke Pines. DaBaby allegedly became “enraged” after he was paid a $20,000 performance fee instead of the $30,000 he was expecting.
DaBaby and his group of friends then allegedly attacked the promoter and another man. They reportedly made off with an iPhone 7, credit cards and $80. The alleged victim told police someone doused him with apple juice. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Later, police showed up at the Brickell’s Novatel Hotel where DaBaby and his friends were identified by the alleged victims. He was taken into custody and questioned at Miami police headquarters as part of the robbery investigation.
Miami-Dade Corrections spokesman Juan Diasgranados confirmed when DaBaby arrived at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, authorities realized he had an outstanding warrant out of Dallas, Texas for “organized criminal activity.”
“Mr. Kirk will stay in our custody until further notice,” Diasgranados said.
TMZ reports the warrant comes from a fight at The Dallas/Fort Worth Airport when DaBaby and a friend allegedly attacked an employee working a food stand.
DaBaby — who is also HipHopDX’s Rapper of the Year — appeared in court on Friday (January 3) where the judge denied bond due to the aforementioned warrant.
Watch video of the fight below.
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Pat yourselves on the back America, you made this ugly, violent trash famous, hope you are proud
Where are you from? We also made hip hop famous. We came up with the internet, the smart phone and the computer. What site are you on and how?
An English man came up with the internet retard….
Two Americans, Cerf and Kahn, are actually considered to be the fathers of the internet with the proposal of TCP and IP. Berners Lee, British guy, came around later in 1990 who proposed the more recognizable form as the world wide web. You’re both right, but Americans first.
Phillip emeagwali is what you meant to say. Look him up. Peace
Nope. Wrong. Emeagwali was known for his supercomputing research which was completely unrelated to the internet. His whole Wikipedia page doesn’t even mention anything about the internet.
I was with you until you mentioned Wikipedia! ?.
Wow. Wrong and stupid. LOL. It was two Americans, jackass. Nice try though.
I agreee
DaBaby the type of guy to smoke a blunt with 2 hands
That’s the funniest shit i heard all day….I can see it…
prompter probly white
Nah he probably Cuban…they stick together and are racist
You a straight bitch dont know nothing bout cubans
That’s like saying “the guy who committed the crime, got filmed committing the crime, and is now in jail, is probably black.” Sounds great, right?
He was robbed of 10k but no one thinks of that. The promoters got less than they deserved. #freedababy
He wasn’t robbed of anything if he signed a contract. His lawyer and manager would have handled it. Now he is facing a felony. You’re as stupid as he is. Congrats.
what is with these rappers getting rich and then fcking it up by getting arrested over stupid sh!t?
Most of them didn’t think before making actions before the touched the money. What would make them do so afterwards? Lol Stupid rich!!!!
*they
Quick maths.. The promoter owes him $10k so he steals a $20 iPhone7 and $80 in cash. Now he got court fees 20k (at least), lawyer fees 50k (at least) and lost time/shows 100k?…
That shit was bad math on his part. Stay in school kids!
It was, but it’s also costing the promoter. The one that stole 10k from him. If he let that slide, then that promoter would’ve made off with 10k. Now who exactly is this going to hurt more? DaBaby who any exposure is good exposure? Or the promoter who is now losing on a lawyer, lost of time as well, and gets a bad rep for being a crook ultimately getting him less work? Quick maff isn’t always the best way to go about it.
That’s why you have contracts and lawyers. This is business, not the streets.
Is he being tried as an adult? Get it, Da Baby?
I thought he knew better
And you can bet no lessons will be learned by this dude for his foolishness
This dum dude came in the game wilding he deserves everything he gets dum ass now they gonna deal with him stupid as fuck dont like this dude
With grammar like that, you shouldn’t call people stupid. If that is what you were trying to do…
No use crying over spilled apple juice.
I know Juan Diasgranados! I went to college with him! #HamptonU! RealHU
Wait, some adults who act like they are gangsters were walking around with APPLE JUICE? LOL. No one else finds that to be hilarious? I guess they’re taking this Baby thing too far.
Lmao! Shit caught me off guard at first. Sounded like something straight out of boondocks lol.
Stupid. Just stupid. First thing this guy can think of doing in robbing someone instead of handling it professionally and now sits in jail and will have to pay the promoter much more back in legal fees and restitution. Not to mention the cost of this current case. Yes he’ll make it back in a show or two but cmon.
Since every rapper coming out this year was some form of the name baby, I’m not sure how to tell which one this is. If this is the one who’s bitch has good pussy and she’s used to being flown around the country bc of it maybe she can come down and persuade everyone to work it out
”They reportedly made off with an iPhone 7, credit cards and $80. The alleged victim told police someone doused him with apple juice.”
So, instead of getting something that was worth 10,000 (or the money itself), this happened? Lmao! An IPhone………..seven……….eighty buckaroos? Wooooooooooow (Flava Flav voice).
Who dat?
Dat dere be da baby.
Won’t lie, I dig him as a rapper. His antics make it hard to really listen to his shit tho. Only rapper worse than him is Russ I guess.
I don’t see how it affects your listening experience.
Dude is apple juice flammable?! Lemme put this blunt down.
Lemme guess yall? He didnt deserve to be arrested? Smfh
This IDIOT!!!! You have BREAD now from Doing shows and shit, All you gotta do is hire full-time Goons that will break a Jaw for $900.00 a week !! Now he’s locked up with NO RECORD company coming to help….Watch how FAB roll ! BK what up !
Is one dumb bastaad isn’t he
Maaan y’all lames on the internet hating on Baby when y’all don’t have a fraction of his success. You can’t advise someone on some shit you know nothing about. Y’all some fools and don’t even know it.
I like the guy. I think he is talented. I know about doing business and not going to jail over fuckery. My advice to him, is only perform at a reputable establishments and have contracts signed and in place. If they don’t pay, sue. Make sure you are no where near anyone being beat up by your security. There. Advice.
Some good news is while locked DaBaby’s massive bulge was was unharmed, just sniffed a little while he was sleeping
The moolie stunk so bad they released him after a few days