ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Rapper Kodak Black was booked into the Orange County Jail following an arrest on a felony drug trafficking charge.<\/p>\n
The Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested Bill Kapri \u2014 known professionally as Kodak Black \u2014 on a charge of trafficking in MDMA, according to Orange County Jail records. <\/p>\n
A deputy also noticed a white substance on a $100 bill inside a Lamborghini SUV that smelled of cannabis.<\/p>\n
On Thursday afternoon, a judge set a high bond of $75,000 for the 28-year-old. The bond was set high, because of Kapri\u2019s 12 previous felony convictions. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe state would actually ask that you increase the bond because the defendant is a professional rapper,\u201d the assistant state attorney said.<\/p>\n
The defense attorney retorted, \u201cThe fact that he\u2019s a rapper doesn\u2019t give you a legal purpose to raise the bond.\u201d<\/p>\n
The judge responded, \u201cI am going to increase the bond, not for the fact that you\u2019re a rapper. I think that has no binding. But the other factors that the court considered is your prior criminal history, including 12 prior felony convictions \u201c<\/p>\n
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, the arrest stems from an incident in November of 2025, at the Children\u2019s Safety Village on Fairvilla Road. <\/p>\n
Police say they were investigating calls about gunshots and found two vehicles there. After smelling freshly burnt cannabis, the officer searched the vehicles, finding a pink bag that contained what appeared to be MDMA. According to the affidavit, the bag is the same one seen on Black\u2019s Instagram account, along with other paraphernalia, like a pair of scissors and a lighter.<\/p>\n
Police said testing by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed the substance in the pink bag was MDMA, and was considered to be a trafficking amount. That report came back on April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n
In court on Thursday, an attorney for Kapri suggested the case was flimsy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn my way here, on the train, I was typing up a motion to dismiss. The is not enough here,\u201d the defense attorney said.<\/p>\n
Ambrosia Healy and Kevin Young, who represent Kapri at Universal Music Group, didn\u2019t respond to an email from the Associated Press seeking comment.<\/p>\n
Kapri has faced previous legal issues. <\/p>\n
In 2023, police in Plantation, Florida arrested Kapri<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n The arrest was a violation of his probation from an unrelated case, which led to him being locked up in Miami for two months.<\/p>\n Kapri was also arrested<\/a> 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<\/a> for 30 days in 2023 after missing a drug test and then testing positive for fentanyl several days later, according to court records. <\/p>\n