Dave East was reportedly taken into custody by the New York Police Department on Friday morning (May 22) and cited for marijuana possession and disorderly conduct.
According to NBC4 New York, the Harlem-bred rapper was in the backseat of an SUV that failed to signal near the Queensbridge Houses. Although the driver of the vehicle complied, East and another passenger allegedly became “combative” when asked to present identification.
Once officers searched the vehicle, they discovered six bags of marijuana. He was taken to the 114th police station and issued two summons for criminal possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct.
East shared a video of the incident to his Instagram account, which shows him being taken away in cuffs. In the background, people are yelling, “That’s just straight harassment!”
He wrote in the caption, “REST IN PARADISE SHOOTER SHIT DONT STOP FUCC NYPD TILL I SEE U AGAIN.”
East is referencing his collaborator Kiing Shooter who died earlier this month. Shooter, who was signed Nas and Jungle’s Mass Appeal offshoot Street Dreams Records, released several freestyles with East in 2017 and eventually released his own single in June 2018 called “They Say.”
His debut EP Fucc The Doubters arrived a couple of months later and also featured East, Don Q and Mac.
While no official cause of death has been revealed, the 24-year-old rapper suffered from liver problems. Fellow Hip Hop artist Big Twins was informed the Queensbridge native was hospitalized because of them. There’s speculation he possibly contracted COVID-19 while in the hospital.
“Kiing Shooter was one of the new guys coming up in Queensbridge,” Big Twins told HipHopDX at the time. “Nas just signed ‘em to Street Dream Records. He was coming with it. What’s crazy is that Alchemist just hit me three days ago, asking me, ‘Who’s this dude Shooter? He’s nice.’
“He was the one that broke through the most, getting hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and really coming with it. Me and his father go way back … we used to play basketball together and he used to date my older sister. But Shooter next up to represent the Bridge … I’m stunned today. Rest in peace Shooter.”
How dumb ass deserved to get locked up. ???
Nobody deserves to get locked up for marijuana…
Yeah I know. But do you deserve to get locked up for breaking the law on your state or city??
Rapper gets arrested for doing something illegal, blames police. Yawn.
You had illegal drugs in the vehicle lol. It ain’t NYPD’s fault
Lmao so its cops fault u disobeyed a simple thing like just showing ID, having bagged up bud and being a dumb fuck.. lmaoo call me w.e idgaf about u wanna be thugs crying when cops run down on u.. stay inside then pussy
Ok you fuckin pussy. Soft ass lil boy. Cryin ass bitch.
Why is he a pussy, and soft ass lil boy? To me, he sounds like a responsible man who has a life worth not fucking up over stupid ass shit. I mean really, you think arguing with cops, who have authority over you, is smart? Idiot shit. This is why black people are arrested so much more often. Because this is normal. I’ve had many many run ins with cops. Had OZs of weed taken in NY, trespassing, theft, ect… Mind u, I was 17 around then, but I was always completely calm, respectful, polite, ect. And guess what? They liked my respect, so they instead decided to try and teach me a lesson, rather than give me a criminal record. Respect gets respect. If I was a cop, and some asshole started cussing me out and not letting me ID him, I’d then do whatever was in my authority to fuck his day up. You wanna be a dick to me? Then cool, I’ll fuck your day up, teach u a lesson.
Pussy
For the 986637382929th time. If a cop pulls you over and asks for your ID, politely hand them your ID. I’ve been pulled over for failing to signal and same thing happened. He asks for my ID and let me go right after. Said I was running late and was sorry.
Naw man…that makes too much sense what you just said…and common sense ain’t so common. Instead Niggas wanna get pulled over, cuss out the cops, claim harassment, and try to press charges later against the biggest gang there is. That’s nigga logic for you
Just give the i.d be on your way. Why make the scene and cause reason to search? Everyone just expects it to be recorded on a phone like it will be valided somehow.
Dumb ass rapper
Rappers are some of the dumbest humans on the plant, I’m willing to bet if he wasn’t being a prick and showed his id they probably would not have searched the vehicle in the first place.
Yeah but knowing him…prolly a lil high and even a lil tipsy
That’s what happens in nyc when you’re colored and start talking all that knowing your rights and asking what’s the cause and the other stuff you see white guys do to cops on youtube, they’ll take you in slap you up and make up a reason you’re locked up
Yea but if weed is illegal there, then he don’t know his rights. He’s knows everything except the fact that weed is illegal there? Now we all know weed being illegal is dumb as shit, but that’s how it is. Illegal prostitution is stupid too but we don’t make excuses when hookers and johns get locked up. Same shit, just accept you got caught, shut your mouth and be on your way. Instead you cause a scene when youre wrong and make it something else…dumb
Is weed illegal in NY? I remember when i went in 2017 there was these weed vans just parked on the Main Street selling weed lolly’s and I could smell the dank I thought it was legal
The weed lollies aren’t containing THC. I know the vans your talking about. Marijuana is now decriminalized for personal use to some degree, but multiple baggies isn’t accepted, especially when the guy holding them is mad disrespectful to the cops. If he was nice, he likely wouldn’t have had shit done to him. But nope, he’s a dick, and gets what he deserves
The moral of the story here is simple; they need to have another constitutional ammendment to legalize posession of marijuana!! Jokes aside, nobody knows the full story, Dave could’ve been purely wrong or the cops could’ve been too harsh, but it seems like there’s this facade that the American rights system applies equally to all of its citizens when that hasn’t been the case for certain minorities for hundreds of given the amount of injustices they have suffered. If you’re one all you can do is accept that you’ll never be equal, ride clean and play your position then maybe you won’t end up in these situations.
You don’t have or deserve* any rights
We are sure the vehicle smelled like weed. When you get pulled over it’s a problem. Now he will be in front of some old ass white judge explaining. Moral of story smoke at home.
I really had hope that this cat was street’ smart .. he ain’t. Rookie mistake.
Real G’s don’t get caught.
Gets caught with 6 bags of weed in a state that prohibits it and then says harassment lol…..idiot.
Brilliant way to use the NYPD to get some promo. However the NYPD is the most dangerous gang in America. He could have got himself shot for his efforts.