Jay Rock has been arrested for felony gun possession … and, the whole interaction with cops was apparently caught on video.
The rapper was arrested Thursday evening in Los Angeles … after the rapper was allegedly trespassing at the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts.
Watch the clip … Jay Rock’s got his hands behind his back as multiple cops mill around the scene. He’s clearly upset — yelling at officers as they drag him away.
LAPD sources tell us… officers were on foot patrol in the area, and requested backup support to handle a large crowd, where Jay Rock was present … and he was stopped for trespassing. When they tried to detain him, he allegedly tried to take off, but he was stopped and his car was searched … which is when officers allegedly found the gun — which he’s prohibited from possessing, since Jay is a former felon.
Rock was arrested just before 5:30 PM PT and booked on a charge of felon in possession of a gun, about three hours later. His car was impounded. It’s not clear if he’s still in police custody or if he’s been released.
Jay’s a big deal in the West Coast rap scene … signed to the label Top Dawg Entertainment — and, he was a member of the now-defunct hip hop group Black Hippy with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul.
Rock won a Grammy Award for his song “King’s Dead” back in 2019 … and, we caught up with him just a few months ago to talk about his old pal Kendrick as well as rappers SZA and Doechii.
We’ve reached out to Jay Rock … so far, no word back.
