Kodak Black was behind bars just hours before he was set to perform at a headlining show – which made fans all the more surprised when he took the stage that same night like nothing happened.
The “No Flockin” rapper put together a Kodak Black & Friends charity concert on Monday (June 26), which featured G Herbo, Rico Cartel, iCandy and Yak’s Sniper Gang collective. But as previously reported, he was booked into Broward County Jail that same day for failing to check in for a recent drug test.
AD LOADING...
Luckily, Kodak was out within 40 minutes his lawyer told TMZ and able to take the stage without incident. The money raised from ticket sales are going to the Innocence Project, which works to free people wrongfully convicted of a crime.
You can check out a clip of his performance below:
Despite having to briefly return to jail, Kodak Black’s visit to court that day was actually successful. During the hearing, the rapper’s lawyer Bradford Cohen argued to remove his client’s strict pretrial supervision. The judge agreed to his request in exchange for increasing Kodak’s bond from $75,000 to $250,000, which is why he had to briefly return to jail.
Police took a new mugshot photo of Kodak Black before he was released from custody, but not without paying the $175,000 difference between his new bond and the original bond.
Cohen sees it as a win due to Kodak now being able to travel and tour without needing check in with pretrial services.
Kodak Black was initially arrested in July 2022 on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, as well as driving with an expired license and tags.
He was released the next day on a $75,000 bond under strict pretrial release terms to submit to drug testing while the case was pending.
When he missed a drug test earlier this year, he made up for it — but then failed that one. Kodak Black and his legal team appeared in the Broward County courtroom soon after. His lawyer claimed the rapper was out of town when he was asked to do the first test, with the second test being a mix-up.
AD LOADING...
“There’s just so much with this that’s unjust and not right about this situation,” Kodak said at the time. “Not only am I denying it, but I’m hurt about it too because my character is being assassinated and I can’t speak about all that because I don’t wanna make the story bigger than what it is.”
He added: “All the good deeds, all the good things I do never goes viral and I don’t know why.”
