Dallas-based rapper Yella Beezy is behind bars in Texas after being arrested on drugs and weapons charges Wednesday.
The 29-year-old That’s On Me hitmaker was taken into custody for felony possession of drugs and for unlawfully having a weapon, a misdemeanor, according to TMZ.
The official police report states the rapper – real name Markies Deandre Conway – had over 400 grams of a controlled substance as well as four handguns and a rifle, TMZ said.
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Rapper Yella Beezy was behind bars Wednesday after being arrested in his home city of Dallas for felony drugs possession and unlawfully having a weapon, a misdemeanor, TMZ reported
On Tuesday night, Yella Beezy had posted video to his Instagram which appeared to show police officers searching his SUV which was parked on the side of a road.
It’s the second time in six months that he has been arrested.
In February, Yella Beezy was pulled over by law enforcement in Dallas for allegedly blowing a stop sign in his armor-plated bulletproof truck.
Following a search of his vehicle, he was arrested for unlawful possession of a weapon.
Yella Beezy claimed the incident was a set up and alleged he was the victim of police harassment.
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On Tuesday night, the 29-year-old had posted video to his Instagram which appeared to show police officers searching his SUV which was parked on the side of a road
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It’s the second time in six months that Yella Beezy has been arrested. In February, he was taken into custody in Dallas for unlawful possession of a weapon (mug shot from February)
The high-school dropout found fame in 2017 with his hit single That’s On Me.
He followed it up with What I Did (featuring Kevin Gates), Up One (featuring Lil Baby) and a remixed version of That’s On Me (featuring 2 Chainz, T.I., and Boosie Badazz), all from his 2018 mixtape Ain’t No Goin Bacc.
He had two more hit singles in 2019, Bacc At It Again (featuring Quavo and Gucci Mane) and Restroom Occupied (featuring Chris Brown), both from his 2019 mixtape Baccend Beezy.
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The high-school dropout found fame in 2017 with his hit single That’s On Me. He followed it up with his 2018 mixtape Ain’t No Goin Bacc and his 2019 mixtape Baccend Beezy (pictured 2019)
