A rapper known for a viral dance song was taken into custody early Tuesday after he was barricaded for hours inside a home in Plantation, according to a livestream he posted and police information.
Authorities said the standoff brought SWAT to the area of the 8600 block of Gatehouse Road, just off of Pine Island Road, before 10 p.m. Monday.
Hank VanBaalen, who identified himself as the president of the homeowner’s association, said the situation started on Sunday.
“There’s a rapper that was renting this house, and apparently he was having some kind of an episode,” he said. “They had the cops here, and then I got a call from one of my neighbors that they were back here [Monday] during the day.”
Richard Maurice Colbert
He said the rapper in question is iHeartMemphis, best known for his 2015 hit “Hit the Quan,” and that at least part of the standoff was caught on a livestream. NBC6 has obtained video of that stream, which shows the rapper, whose real name is Richard Maurice Colbert, talking to the camera and eventually, law enforcement.
“People [on the livestream] were saying, ‘just turn yourself in, man, you know, I pray for you,’ this and that,” he said. “So I don’t know what was going on, but whatever it was, it wasn’t like him because he’s obviously lived here almost a year.”
The rapper livestreamed the standoff and his eventual detainment. NBC6’s Briana Nespral reports.
At around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, Plantation Police said the subject was safely taken into custody for an active warrant for written or electronic threats to kill. Jail records show he was also booked on a charge of resisting an officer without violence.
“The subject will be evaluated at an area hospital as a precaution. No injuries occurred as a result of this incident,” police said.
A dog was also removed from the home and released to a family member, authorities said.
Video from outside the home shows a Tesla on its side, smashed through a garage door.