Quinshon Shingles, a Brooklyn, New York resident, says he was forced to rap for New York Police Department officers in order to be released from handcuffs in 2011, according to nypost.com.
Shingles, who performs as Sauce Da Boss, says he was warned that if his raps were not deemed “hot” enough by police officers, he would not be released. Shingles is now suing the New York Police Department for illegal search and false imprisonment.
“I felt like they were humiliating me,” Shingles said to the paper. “They were all Caucasian officers, and I’m a Black man, and they had me performing for my freedom. I was really upset.”
Shingles says that he was at his cousin’s home in East New York with another male friend in December 2011. He says plainclothes officers came to the home to perform a search. Shingles’ cousin, Tyriek Fortune, was suspected of criminal offense, according to the suit, though the suit does not state the reason given for the search. The paper also reports that one of the officers at the scene, David Grieco, is under investigation for illegal entries in other homes. Fortune’s mother, Donyale Kitchens, did not allow the officers to enter the home without a warrant. Officers reportedly agreed to come back, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims that the police officers then obtained keys to Kitchens’ home from a building super. They entered the home and handcuffed Shingles, Fortune and their friend, who is unnamed in the report. The officers then searched the home, according to the lawsuit, without a warrant.
According to the lawsuit, the police officers discovered that Shingles rapped.
“They said, ‘Rap something if you want to go home,’ ” Shingles said, according to the nypost.com. “I was scared. I was nervous. I didn’t want to go to jail.”
He said he rapped a song that he wrote months before the incident. Police officers then agreed to release him from the handcuffs, according to the lawsuit. His cousin and friend reportedly remained handcuffed.
The police officers did not find any illegal activity in the home after the search, according to the nypost.com.
Kitchens and Shingles are both suing the New York Police Department for illegal search and false imprisonment.
A New York Police Department spokesperson did not comment on the matter because the spokesperson said the department had not seen the lawsuit yet, according to the nypost.com.
Fortune won an undisclosed settlement from the New York Police Departments months prior to the incident, according to nypost.com. He won the settlement after he said he was falsely arrested on charges of gun possession.
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That shoulda been Rick Ross rap name!
Kewl! Your rap name should be Isolated.
Ricky Sauce
wait…. is this the same COB nigga????
so why the fck he is complaining? cause he didn’t get paid? he got paid with his freedom. Keep it moving dude…
maybe because it was an illegal search by crooked ass police. plus it’s pretty racist. surprised they didn’t make him do a jig too.
biff, you the first fucker in the comments I seen that ain’t stupid as fuck. Props to you.
See what Im talking about. White people stereotype blacks and act like them. Racism at its finest.
but the guy raps though? i mean i could see ur arguement if he wasnt a rapper and worked a legit job earning money. but hes a bum rapper..so the sterotype applies moron.
Him & DJ Mustard should do a mixtape together
I got the perfect title: “The Condiment Convicts”
Ketchup and Liquor
lmao damn… “Shingles, who performs as Sauce Da Boss, says he was warned that if his raps were not deemed “hot” enough by police officers, he would not be released.”
just before I saw the receipt which had said $5815, I have faith that my cousin was like actualey taking home money parttime from there computar.. there neighbour has been doing this for under 17 months and resantly cleard the mortgage on there house and purchased a great GMC. Continued>>. WWW WIKI34 COM
the real Sauce Boss is the dude from Epic Meal Time!!!!!!!
LMAO. only black folks could turn something as cool as rapping for police to get off charges he was arrested for as a way to make it seem like police brutality and for ppl to pity him hahah. i wish that wuold happen to me he got a gift. what a pussy.
“i was scared i was nervous i didnt wanna go to jail’ LMAOO say bye to your rap career. what a bitch
agreed. he shoulda jus kept it moving, and he definitely fucked up his music career irrevocably
Yeah that woulda been tight man. My friends would love to hear a story about the time I rapped my way outta going to jail and catching a charge!!! LOL
seriously. he would of got more props had he came out like i got arrested but i rapped for the cops n they let me go cuz im that nice..
but no he pulled out the race card, and made himself look like a bitch in the process.
all yall are Black and dumb huh? take yo dumbass to jail and comment with like minded fools cause us REAL NIGGAS THAT STAY ON STREET not itching for that next jail dick fix will be a MAN and not lie like a bitch to anybody cause that why dont nobody like or trust ya’ll wit a nickel lying fuckheads!!!! and mos def can’t rap nor ryhme….get your fucking mind right and think ya monkey and stop volentering to go to the cage they built just for you fools who think the bing is cool just like the nigs who get shot but still do same dumb “im a man about mine” wit nine bullets in em and another wit his name cause we all know how a REAL MAN CAN FIGHT A BULLET AND HOW THEY JUST LOVE, EVEN DROOL FOR THE CHANCE TO BE LOCKED UP WITH ANOTHER HARDBODY SWEATY MAN…..youngins grow the fuck up or just go ahead a die already, jeeze or should I say yeeze!!!!
Wow, are y’all fuckin serious?
Y’all a bunch of ignant motherfuckers, ya know that? A black man and his friends get locked by fuckin police for no reason and one of them is forced to rap for freedom. Nothin fucked up here? Go suck cop dick, you bitches.
That cop might have had his own label. How you think Meek Mill got signed?
sauce da boss(LOL)..your 5 mins of fame for bullshit beginssssss..NOW..
HAHAHHAHA he might want to change is name now.