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Rapper YG Arrested And His Chatsworth Home Raided
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department deputies took the rapper into custody just a couple days before his Grammys performance.
CHATSWORTH, CA — Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies arrested rapper YG on suspicion of robbery and raided his Chatsworth early Friday morning just days before he is slated to perform at the Grammy Awards in tribute to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle.
Authorities released few details about the case Friday. The 29-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keenon Jackson, has had several high profile run-ins with the law. He was repeatedly shot outside a music studio and last year, his vehicle was used in a high speed chase that involved the shooting death of a 65-year-old cyclist.
Jackson, was taken into custody after deputies went to the undisclosed address to serve the warrant about 4 a.m., said Deputy Maria Lucero of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Information Bureau.
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Bail was set at $250,000, and Jackson was tentatively scheduled to appear in court in Compton on Tuesday, Lucero said.
According to TMZ.com, he was arrested at his home, but the sheriff's department declined to confirm that.
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"Of course, YG's SUV was recently connected to a murder case," TMZ reported. "We broke the story ... the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. says it's close to cracking the case, but has asked the public for an assist. As we told you, the rapper's Escalade was involved in a high-speed chase back in July through L.A. streets -- and it ended with someone in the vehicle shooting and killing a 65-year-old man on a bicycle.
"YG told us at the time ... `I was nowhere near the scene of this incident and had been in a recording studio all day in Hollywood. I was there until after midnight on the Fourth of July and didn't learn of these events until after they happened,"' TMZ reported.
It was unclear if Friday's arrest was related to that case.
A couple of weeks after the shooting, a Hollywood Hills home leased by YG was raided and at least one person was arrested on a weapons charge, TMZ reported. The rapper was not present at the house during that raid.
City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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