Polo G was arrested on Wednesday (April 10) in New York on a pair of weapons prices, a spokesperson for the NYPD confirmed to Billboard on Friday (April 12).
Police relayed that the Chicago rapper — born Taurus Bartlett — was arrested and introduced into custody on prices of prison possession of a firearm in addition to prison possession of a weapon.
“On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at roughly 1209 hours, police responded to a 911 name for discovered property at 246 Spring Avenue,” the NYPD spokesperson stated through e mail. “Upon arrival, it was reported to officers that there’s a firearm on the location. A person was positioned into custody on the location with out incident.”
Primarily based on the handle given by legislation enforcement, it seems the arrest passed off at The Dominick resort in New York’s SoHo neighborhood earlier this week.
In response to TMZ, a loaded Glock 23 was found by a Dominick resort worker who alerted native authorities. Police executed a search warrant of the room and located the weapon earlier than arresting the “Pop Out” rapper. Polo G was allegedly carrying about $23,000 in money on the time of the arrest.
That is removed from Polo’s first run-in with the legislation. The rapper was arrested in August 2023 after police raided his California house and located “quite a few firearms” there. The raid adopted Polo G’s brother, Taurean Bartlett (a.ok.a. Trench Child), being recognized as a suspect in a California theft. In response to the LAPD, when the alleged sufferer arrived at Taurean’s home to movie a music video, the rapper pulled out a “handgun and demanded that the sufferer switch cash to an unknown account.”
LAPD Detectives subsequently obtained an arrest warrant for Taurean and found that he was dwelling with Polo G. When the firearms have been found on the residence, police arrested each brothers. In that incident, Polo G was booked for possession of a rifle at Van Nuys Jail.
Polo G has been working towards the discharge of his anticipated fourth album. His third LP, Corridor of Fame, arrived in 2021 and notched him his first Billboard 200 No. 1 with 143,000 equal album items earned within the first week.
Billboard has reached out to Polo G’s reps for remark.
