Roddy Ricch didn’t make his scheduled appearance at the Governors Ball on Saturday (June 11). Instead, he was reportedly arrested on weapons possession charges hours before his set.
According to TMZ, Roddy and his team were stopped at a CITI Field security checkpoint. Authorities searched the vehicle where they discovered a loaded firearm, nine rounds of ammunition and a large magazine.
Governors Ball issued a tweet on the matter, which read, “Unfortunately Roddy Ricch is no longer performing today.”
Ultimately, Roddy and two other individuals were arrested and charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammo feeding device and unlawful possession of that device.
The arrest marks another low point in rap’s relationship with the police, particularly in New York during festival season. Last year, Fetty Wap was arrested on federal drug charges ahead of his Rolling Loud New York performance. In 2019, five New York rappers were banned from performing at Rolling Loud New York, including the late Pop Smoke, Sheff G, Casanova, Don Q and 22GZ.
Migos Pulls Out Of Governors Ball 2022 Amid Breakup Rumors
In recent weeks, Governors Ball has been forced to scramble for acts to perform. On Tuesday (June 7), Migos were no longer scheduled to perform at the festival due to “circumstances beyond [their] control.”
Rumors circulated the trio were about to split after Offset and wife Cardi B unfollowed Quavo and Takeoff on Instagram, days before the latter two released the single “Hotel Lobby” under the moniker Unc and Phew. However, a rep for Migos told Variety the reason behind the group skipping Governors Ball was due to Quavo being featured in a film that began shooting Thursday (June 9).
Lil Wayne was then scheduled to take Migos’ spot on the bill, but he couldn’t perform on Friday (June 10) due to “flight disruption” and was replaced by A$AP Ferg.
*sad news…
“With great stupidity comes very little responsibility”
I dont get it. If you are a rich rapper with a felony charge, why not pay someone with a clean record to carry a legal firearm ? I would think there would be an endless supply of ex-military who would ride with him just for the women.
Because having common sense doesn’t make you gangster to these dummies
I’m assuming that’s how it’ll play out. One of the other guys who got arrested with him will take the fall. You’d think so anyway…
Told y’all, all these autotune mumble cRappers are scared right now. They realize that most of them only got popular for one of three reasons, trapping until you’re able to buying your way into a deal and buy notoriety, corporate executives want to sponsor an idiot to dumb down the masses, collaborating with other wack rappers who suck just as much or more than you who are as popular and are doing the same thing. Once the most popular one of them starts to fall it creates a domino effect.
Guess the Pandemic is bringing out the stupid in these rappers.
It’s always weapons or drugs lol. They never learn and I don’t think they ever will.
not in any rush to put out rap records or do shows if I have to share a stage with these Troy ave type half-felons who can’t even afford security. Obviously if you feel you personally have to be armed even at an outdoor festival then you have the kind of enemies I don’t want in my life on a summer afternoon. Must be another one of Kevin Liles boy scouts. Prolly just send holograms out
Your enemy is english grammar. No amounts of security or guns can help. Sad.