{"id":1231,"date":"2026-05-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/05\/07\/kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-charged-with-drug-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:30:00","slug":"kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-charged-with-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/05\/07\/kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-charged-with-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodak Black Arrested in Florida, Charged with Drug Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-554433\">\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Reading Time: <\/span> <span> 2<\/span> <span>minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a rapper. He\u2019s the inspiration for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/cardi-b-hair-hygiene-confession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardi B\u2019s<\/a> \u201cBodak Yellow\u201d hit.<\/p>\n<p>And he may be in a whole lot of trouble with the wall. <em>Again<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kodak Black has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Police accuse him of drug trafficking. But the evidence is <em>pretty thin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Kodak Black in 2022.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0507_kodakblack_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>Kodak Black attends the 2022 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2022.<span> (Photo Credit: Tommaso Boddi\/WireImage)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-mdma-has-a-very-long-scientific-name\">MDMA has a very long scientific name<\/h2>\n<p>Bill Kahan Kapri was born Dieuson Octave, but most know him by his professional moniker: Kodak Black.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, May 6, police in Florida arrested the rapper.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/07\/kodak-black-arrest-florida-orange-county-mdma-drug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a> <\/em>reports that his Orange County Corrections Department booking documents accuse him of trafficking \u201cMETHYLE.-METH (MDMA).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police records are abbreviating the medicine\u2019s very long formal name. <\/p>\n<p>Most know MDMA as ecstasy in tablet form, or as molly in crystal form.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"933\" alt=\"Kodak Black's mugshot from May 6, 2026.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0507_kodakblack_mugshot.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>On May 6, 2026, Kodak Black voluntarily surrendered to police.<span> (Photo Credit: Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rapper\u2019s attorney, Bradford Cohen, spoke to <em>TMZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike some of his pasts arrests, this was a coordinated and voluntary surrender.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest stems from a November 2025 incident.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Cohen explained, a police officer searched a vehicle that contained one single passenger. (The passenger was not Kodak.)<\/p>\n<p>The search allegedly turned up multiple items, including a bottle of prescription cough syrup. This allegedly had the rapper\u2019s fingerprint on it.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe title=\"Rapper Kodak Black booked into Orange County Jail, records show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLpjMDIWy_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">Please accept <a href=\"javascript:Cookiebot.renew()\">statistics, marketing<\/a> cookies to watch this video.<\/div> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-another-case-that-should-have-never-been-filed\">\u2018Another case that should have never been filed\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Cohen argues that the trafficking charge has a \u2018weak legal basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s actually pretty familiar when it comes to prosecutions against the rapper.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Cohen \u2014 whose job involves projecting confidence in his client\u2019s innocence \u2014 was quick to remind the world that flimsy prosecutions haven\u2019t worked out in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to yet another fruitful resolution to another case that should have never been filed,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>How will this turn out?<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Pardons Rappers Lil Wayne, Kodak Black\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hBN-YWnynJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">Please accept <a href=\"javascript:Cookiebot.renew()\">statistics, marketing<\/a> cookies to watch this video.<\/div> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Obviously, we only know what <em>TMZ <\/em>reported. <\/p>\n<p>But having allegedly touched a bottle that perhaps contained something other than the prescription syrup with which it was labeled sounds like an <em>extremely <\/em>circumstantial case. <\/p>\n<p>If the police have more evidence, they have yet to make that sort of information public.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, one struggles to imagine how any jury would convict Kodak on a basis of fact.<\/p>\n<p>Unless the court convicts Kodak solely on the basis of his previous string of arrests or his tattooed face, prosecutors have to be sitting on something compelling to make this anything but a waste of people\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes He\u2019s a rapper. He\u2019s the inspiration for Cardi B\u2019s \u201cBodak Yellow\u201d hit. And he may be in a whole lot of trouble with the wall. Again. Kodak Black has been arrested. Police accuse him of drug trafficking. But the evidence is pretty thin. Kodak Black attends the 2022 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2022. (Photo Credit: Tommaso Boddi\/WireImage) MDMA has a very long scientific name Bill Kahan Kapri was born Dieuson Octave, but most know him by his professional moniker: Kodak Black. On Wednesday, May 6, police in Florida arrested the rapper. 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