Overview

• The rapper was taken into custody around 2:35 a.m. on August 3 after LAPD officers stopped a vehicle near Melrose and Genesee avenues and spotted a firearm.
• He remains held in the Wilshire Division jail as police have not provided information on his bail or updated his custody status.
• Authorities have not disclosed what prompted the traffic stop or offered further details about the weapon or other occupants of the vehicle.
• In April, a California jury found DeAndre Cortez Way liable for sexual battery and ordered him to pay $4 million in damages to a former assistant.
• Records show this adds to a pattern of firearms offenses dating back to his 2014 conviction for carrying a loaded gun.