Killer Mike, left, on the Grammys Premiere ceremony.
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Killer Mike was arrested after profitable three awards on the 2024 Grammys. Read on for the most recent on the shortage of costs levied towards him, and what music Mike has made in response.
February 5, 2024: Just after he won three Grammys, Killer Mike was arrested at Crypto.com Arena, the positioning of the awards. On Monday, Mike launched a press release explaining that there was “confusion” on what door to enter the venue earlier than he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor. He clarified, “We experienced an over-zealous security guard but my team and I have the upmost confidence that I will ultimately be cleared of all wrongdoing.” A spokesperson for him additionally said, “The situation has been overblown but we are confident that the facts of the case, when laid bare, will show that Mike did not commit the alleged offense and he will be exonerated.”
Video tweeted by The Hollywood Reporter’s Chris Gardner reveals the rapper, born Michael Render, being walked by means of the venue in handcuffs by cops. “Mike, are you serious?” somebody asks within the clip. “Yeah, I’m serious,” he replies. Mike was launched later the identical night time, his lawyer told Variety, including that the rapper “will be celebrating his sweep tonight.” A jovial Mike known as into the “Big Tigger Morning Show” on Atlanta’s V-103 the day after, the place he dismissed the incident as “nothing” (apart from having to take away his six-figure chain). “We hit a speed bump, and then we headed back to the party,” he mentioned.
A supply told Gardner the arrest was for a misdemeanor unrelated to the ceremony and is “a big nothing.” However, sources told TMZ that Render was arrested after an altercation exterior the Crypto.com Arena. Mike had simply attended the Premiere Ceremony on the close by Peacock Theater with out incident. There, he swept his nominations in Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Album, making him one of many day’s prime winners. LAPD Media Relations Division posted on Twitter that Killer Mike has been booked for misdemeanor battery and would quickly be launched. Vulture has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department in addition to representatives for Killer Mike and the Recording Academy.
June 26, 2024: Killer Mike will face no costs following his Grammy Awards arrest, TMZ reviews. They say Mike accomplished his metropolis lawyer listening to, and agreed to do group service along with his alternative of non-profit. He had beforehand been booked for misdemeanor battery following a fracas over which door he and his workforce have been supposed to make use of. “There was a lot going and there was some confusion around which door my team and I should enter. We experienced an over-zealous security guard but my team and I have the upmost confidence that I will ultimately be cleared of all wrongdoing,” Killer Mike mentioned in a press release on the time. He was confirmed proper.
Fresh off Michael profitable Album of the Year on the 2024 BET Awards, Killer Mike dropped a video for his new tune, “Humble Me.” The lyrics element his arrest on the Grammys. “I won at the Grammys / did that for Atlanta / swept up like a janitor / got sent to the slammer / treat me like an animal or some kind of Hannibal,” he says. Mike additionally repeats his assertion that almost all of his heroes have been arrested at one level or one other, and likewise mentions that the day after his arrest, his son obtained a brand new kidney.