Killer Mike Detained By LAPD At Grammys After Winning Three Awards – Deadline

(Updated with more details) Killer Mike may have been handcuffed and taken into custody by LAPD this afternoon after winning three awards during the 66th Grammy Awards pre-show, but the rapper is speaking out on social media.

Killer Mike is currently still being detained by the police and is undergoing questioning for a fight he was involved in earlier Sunday, law enforcement sources confirmed for Deadline. No word yet on when the rapper, real name Michael Render, will be released on what appears to be a misdemeanor.

Just over an hour after being walked out of the Crypto.com Arena on Sunday by a bevy of officers, the outspoken and acclaimed Killer Mike did offer fans and friends some timely reassurance. One half of Run the Jewels expressed himself in words worthy of a Sunday.

The LAPD’s Officer Mike Lopez could not confirm it was Killer Mike who was detained, but did say said a male was detained at about 4 pm in the DTLA vicinity of the Crypto.com Arena following a “physical altercation” this afternoon. A video by The Hollywood Reporter’s Chris Gardner (you can watch it below) shows the WME-repped Killer Mike being led out of the arena by LA police officers.

Along with many of the Grammy nominees, host Trevor Noah, and the elite of the music biz, Atlanta-based Killer Mike has been out on the West Coast for the past several days. A reality that led more than a few observers to assume the LAPD had deliberately waited to put a stain of the rapper’s big night by putting him in cuffs after his win as a form of humiliation. The irony in that incorrect assumption is that Killer Mike is the son of a police officer and sympathetic to the demands and stresses that beat cops face in modern America.

Earlier Sunday afternoon, Killer Mike surprised many by winning three of the four rap categories during the pre-show — best rap song and best rap performance for “Scientists & Engineers,” and best rap album for Michael. They were his first solo Grammy wins. He previously won in 2003 for best rap performance by a duo or group for “The Whole World,” alongside OutKast. Going into tonight’s ceremony, Travis Scott had been touted as the odds on favorite by many.

Deadline has reached out to the Recording Academy and CBS for comment and will update this post when/if we received.