A List of Every Time Rapper Offset Has Been Arrested (and Why)

Jan. 30 2020, Updated 3:11 p.m. ET

Migos rapper Offset has had a couple of run-in with regulation enforcement right through his occupation. Offset, whose real identify is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, has been arrested a couple of times. In truth, he used to be even in jail when the rap staff began rising in popularity.

But what number of times has Offset been arrested, and what for?

Offset was once detained at the Grove in January.

In January 2020, Offset was once detained via police in Los Angeles. According to TMZ, law enforcement gained a decision at round Eight p.m. claiming there was once anyone with a gun inside of of the parking garage at The Grove. When police officers arrived, they detained Offset and "members of his team," however allegedly the person with the weapon had already left the scene.

In overall, officers arrested four folks together with the rapper. 

Offset was later launched from custody just after nighttime on Jan. 30, after two of the arrest contributors admitted that the guns were theirs. He told the outlet that they mounted the mistake and it used to be all "a simple misunderstanding."

"We fixed it up," Offset informed the camera. "It wasn't me. It was the wrong man, you know."

His attorney, at the time, responded to the charges by means of claiming that Offset was being exploited for money. According to USA Today, he said it was "disgraceful and should be dismissed."

At the time, Offset was still dealing with the fallout from an arrest the previous year.

Offset faced prison charges after being pulled over in 2018.

In July 2018, the rapper used to be arrested after he was pulled over for his tinted window, in line with TMZ. Officers searched the automotive on scene and took him into custody after finding three handguns, a small quantity of marijuana, and $107,000.

Offset was arrested and booked for four different charges: ownership of a firearm by a felon, ownership of a weapon throughout against the law (both of which are felonies), possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, and an improper lane change (each of which are misdemeanors).

The price of ownership of a weapon all through a criminal offense used to be dropped, but Offset nonetheless had to struggle the possession of a firearm by a felon and the two misdemeanors in courtroom. Offset was once no longer intended to have a weapon on him at the time as a result of of an arrest in 2015.

He served prison time in 2015 after being arrested throughout a concert.

Offset and the two different individuals of the rap workforce Migos were arrested after a live performance, each and every booked with the same charges. They were charged with ownership of a schedule II controlled \substance, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in a school safety zone, and possession of a firearm right through the fee of a criminal offense.

Offset was denied bond at the time as a result of he was in violation of his probation. Migos rose to reputation in 2013 while Offset used to be serving time Georgia's Dekalb County prison.

After this incident, Offset was once charged with some other battery and inciting a revolt inside a penal facility for beginning a battle whilst he used to be detained.

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