{"id":460783,"date":"2026-02-10T20:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460783\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:21:08","slug":"hit-the-quan-rapper-iheartmemphis-arrested-for-making-threats-to-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460783\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hit The Quan’ Rapper iHeartMemphis Arrested for Making Threats to Kill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n ‘Hit The Quan’ Rapper Arrested for Deadly Threats<\/p>\n

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\n February 10, 2026
\n 8:48 AM PST\n <\/p>\n

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Rapper iHeartMemphis<\/a> — also known as iLoveMemphis — was arrested early Tuesday morning after he streamed a dramatic standoff with Florida police during an apparent mental health crisis.<\/p>\n

Plantation Police Department confirms to TMZ officers arrived at a residence Monday night, where the rapper — real name Richard Maurice Colbert — was armed and barricaded. Authorities successfully took him into custody on an active warrant for written or electronic threats to kill hours after they made initial contact.<\/p>\n

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Colbert was evaluated at a local hospital as a precaution and then booked into the clink. He is charged with making written or electronic threats to kill and for resisting an officer.<\/p>\n

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Police also say his dog — seen on his livestream — was safely removed from the home on Gatehouse Road and released to a family member.<\/p>\n

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Fans flooded social media with concerns over Colbert’s mental state as he livestreamed for hours on Monday, even at one point holding up a gun. In another part of his livestream, he told officers at his home that he’s God, and didn’t need to sleep.<\/p>\n

TMZ reached out to his family for comment … so far, no word back. However, a family member told WFOR-TV<\/a> they had been trying to help Colbert “for days.”<\/p>\n

iHeartMemphis rode to fame in 2015 with his hit song “Hit the Quan.”<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iHeartMemphis ‘Hit The Quan’ Rapper Arrested for Deadly Threats Published February 10, 2026 8:48 AM PST Rapper iHeartMemphis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[4,88,483,216,3,484],"class_list":["post-460783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-breaking-news","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-music","tag-news","tag-tmz-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}