Killer Mike has filed a lawsuit against a private security firm over his controversial arrest at last year’s Grammy Awards.
The Run The Jewels rapper was one of the night’s biggest winners, taking home three awards including Best Rap Album, but was later thrown out of the ceremony after being arrested backstage.
Though Mike was booked for misdemeanor battery, no criminal charges were filed against him.
In a lawsuit filed against S&S Labor Force on Monday (February 3), the Atlanta rap legend claims that he made “multiple attempts to clarify his identity and purpose for being in that secured area,” but was ignored by a security guard and restrained.
“Defendants then surrounded [Mike] with multiple security guards and wrongfully detained [Mike] and confined his movements through physical force,” the suit reads, according to Rolling Stone.
“Defendants used their position of authority to degrade, embarrass and physically hurt [Mike] in public view, subjecting him to emotional distress and public humiliation.”
The lawsuit charges S&S with false arrest and imprisonment, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.
Killer Mike is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages. S&S Labor Force have yet to comment on the complaint.
Mike previously addressed the arrest on his song “Humble Me,” rapping: “I won at the Grammys / For spitting my grammar / Did that for Atlanta / Swept up like a janitor / Got sent to the slammer / Treat me like an animal or some kind of Hannibal.”
On the God-fearing track, he added: “The Devil be doing you right when you doing it / The Devil will ruin you / Behind me Satan / I walked out the door, my head up and handcuffs with pride.”
The 49-year-old also referenced the incident in his BET Awards victory speech after winning Album of the Year for Michael.
“Technically, I was not supposed to be here,” he said. “I was put in handcuffs and I was marched out of this building. But I wanna tell you, look at God because I’m back, baby. I’m back.”
KM always talks loud and rough but he’s really a conman ass bit ch.. a single mom in a man’s body
For real…suing minimum wage security guards is some hoe shit
Well…minimum wage rent-a-cops roughing him up and doing the absolute most is some biiitxhShiit. The company that the security guards work for will be sued, not them individually. Heck, even if that was the case, STFW? They needed to calm their azzez down. All that wasn’t necessary, they just wanted to ruin his night.
I mean most of these black men now days are like that they act like women especially those in the suburbs and ATL is super sus
That was a year ago also Travis should have won but fine seek your white approval
Talking all that black man empowered shit, but when a dollar is involved, he’s fits very nicely into the victim culture. FOH FAT FUCK! The entire culture is eating itself alive. P.S it doesn’t matter who you are or why you were in te restricted area if you had no legal right to be there. CLAIM DISMISSED!! ANOTHER RIGHTFUL LOOSER!!