Rapper Kodak Black faces arrest after missing drug test
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida –
Rapper Kodak Black is arrested again in South Florida after a warrant claims he missed a drug test that was a condition of bail in a drug case.
According to a warrant issued last week by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Kodak Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, failed to show up for a drug test on June 9. Kapri was arrested last July on charges of trafficking oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He was released on $75,000 bail, and regular drug testing was a condition of his release.
The 26-year-old artist must appear in court on Monday.
Kapri was sentenced to 30 days in rehab earlier this year after he missed a drug test in February and tested positive for fentanyl just days later, according to court records.
The singer’s attorney suggested at a hearing that a star-struck drug lab technician may have mixed up the sample or the paperwork. The tech who took the sample admitted it was possible. But when the judge suggested that the singer have his hair tested, the defense declined. A hair test can detect drug use back 90 days compared to the few days that urine and blood tests normally record.
In January 2021, then-President Donald Trump commuted a three-year federal prison sentence the rapper received for falsifying documents used to buy guns. Kapri had served about half of his sentence.
As Kodak Black, Kapri has sold more than 30 million singles, with huge hits like “Super Gremlin,” which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 last year.
