{"id":151017,"date":"2026-02-11T02:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151017\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T02:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:04:30","slug":"memphis-rapper-known-for-hit-the-quan-arrested-in-miami-after-swat-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151017\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis rapper known for \u2018Hit the Quan\u2019 arrested in Miami after SWAT standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MIAMI, Fl. (WMC) &#8211; A rapper known for a viral dance song was taken into custody early Tuesday after he barricaded himself for hours inside a home in Plantation, Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Plantation police say Richard Colbert, also known as iHeartMemphis and best known for his 2015 hit \u201cHit the Quan,\u201d barricaded himself inside a home on Gatehouse Road around 10 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Nearly four hours later, police took Colbert into custody on active warrants for written or electronic threats to kill.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Richard Colbert\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AB2VHEUKGVCJFDI2CUX3WRCIXE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Richard Colbert(Broward County Sheriff)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/1-in-custody-after-swat-standoff-in-plantation-video-shows-car-smashed-through-garage\/3763426\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/1-in-custody-after-swat-standoff-in-plantation-video-shows-car-smashed-through-garage\/3763426\/\">NBC Miami<\/a> spoke with Hank VanBaalen, president of the homeowner\u2019s association, who said the rapper was renting a home and was apparently experiencing some kind of episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">VanBaalen told NBC6 that Colbert was live streaming the standoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/newsletter\/\">Click here<\/a> to sign up for our newsletter!<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfpc96d0EDHinF_AovDBi4RNoKbBfRbCIJiTWqF7p1VNE6ZNA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to report a spelling or grammar error. Please include the headline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WMC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fl. (WMC) &#8211; A rapper known for a viral dance song was taken into custody early Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[16051,749,16050,16046,16049,16044,5844,123,125,124,16043,16048,16047,16052,10173,16053,16054,16045,16040,16042,16041],"class_list":["post-151017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-bartlett","tag-breaking-news","tag-collierville","tag-east-arkansas","tag-germantown","tag-i-40","tag-memphis","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-mid-south","tag-missouri-boothill","tag-north-mississippi","tag-olive-branch","tag-severe-weather","tag-southaven","tag-west-memphis","tag-west-tennessee","tag-wmc-action-news-5","tag-wmc5","tag-wmctv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}