Rapper Kodak Black arrested on drug trafficking charge in Central Florida, court records show
South Florida rapper Kodak Black has been arrested on drug trafficking charges in the Orlando area, according to court documents.
Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff's Office on a felony charge of trafficking MDMA, according to court records obtained by CBS News Miami.
Kapri, 28, entered a written plea of not guilty and asked for a jury trial on Thursday. He also waived appearing in person at a future arraignment hearing in state court. His bond was set at $75,000.
Kapri's arrest followed a police encounter in Orlando in November when officers were called to a neighborhood in Orlando by residents who reported hearing gunshots. Officers encountered a bunch of people hanging out around parked luxury sports utility vehicles, including Kapri, according to a police report.
An officer noticed a white substance on a $100 bill inside a Lamborghini SUV, which smelled of cannabis, giving the officer probable cause to search the vehicle. During the search, the officer found a pink bag containing a plastic bag of MDMA, $37,000 and numerous documents with Kapri's name on them, the police report said.
The pink bag matched a bag seen in a photo of Kapri that the rapper had posted to his Instagram account. The bag also contained a distinct lighter that also was in the photo, investigators said.
According to the police report, everyone at the scene denied owning the bag, including Kapri, who nevertheless said the money belonged to his business and asked for it back.
Kodak Black has faced previous legal trouble including a federal prison sentence
Kapri has faced previous legal issues.
In 2023, police in Plantation, Florida arrested Kapri after finding him asleep at the wheel with white powder around his mouth, officials said. Although authorities said the powder initially tested positive for cocaine, a lab test later revealed it was oxycodone, for which Kapri obtained a prescription.
The arrest was a violation of his probation from an unrelated case, which led to him being locked up in Miami for two months.
Kapri was also arrested in 2022 on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He was freed on bond with regular drug testing as a condition of his release. Kapri was ordered into drug rehab for 30 days in 2023 after missing a drug test and then testing positive for fentanyl several days later, according to court records.
In January 2021, then-President Donald Trump commuted a three-year federal prison sentence the rapper had for falsifying documents used to buy weapons. Kapri had served about half his sentence.
As Kodak Black, Kapri has sold more than 30 million singles, with massive hits such as "Super Gremlin," which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022.
Ambrosia Healy and Kevin Young, who represent Kapri at Universal Music Group, didn't respond to an email seeking comment.
The rapper was honored with a key to the city of Pompano Beach, where he was born
Kapri was born and raised in Pompano Beach in Broward County. He was honored by the city of Pompano Beach with a key to the city back in July 2025 for efforts that city leaders said have touched thousands of lives.
The city said at the time that he had donated air conditioning units to families during sweltering Florida summers, he distributed hundreds of turkeys during the holidays and had regularly provided Christmas gifts and bicycles to local children.