Roddy Ricch busted with firearm, ammo outside Governor’s Ball: cops

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Roddy Ricch busted with firearm, ammo outside Governor’s Ball: cops

Rapper Roddy Ricch was busted with a gun – and an extended magazine – before he was set to perform at the Governor’s Ball at Citi Field on Saturday night, cops say.

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Roddy Ricch busted with firearm, ammo outside Governor’s Ball: cops​

By
Tina Moore


June 12, 2022 1:56pm
Updated

Rapper Roddy Ricch was arrested with a gun and an extended magazine in Queens on June 11, 2022, according to NYPD. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

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Grammy-winning rapper Roddy Ricch was busted with a gun – and an extended magazine – at a security checkpoint before he was set to perform at the Governor’s Ball at Citi Field on Saturday night, cops say.
The 23-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rodrick Moore, was in 2020 black Cadillac Escalade with two other men stopped at a security checkpoint around 6:20 p.m. – just hours before the event was set to begin – when an employee with a private security firm hired for the Queens concert spotted the Canik 9mm under a seat, according to police.
Authorities also found an extended magazine that contained nine rounds of ammunition, a police spokesman said.
“The reason we do this checkpoints is for expressly this purpose. We don’t want people introducing guns in this venue,” an NYPD official told The Post on Sunday.
The rapper was busted right before he was set to perform at Governor’s Ball at Citi Field.Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Governors Ball A sign announcing that Roddy Ricch’s set had been canceled due to the arrest.
Moore of Los Angeles was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device and possession of an unlawful feeding device, cops said.
Carlos Collins, 57, of NJ and Michael Figueroa, 46, Brooklyn, are also facing gun charges, cops said.

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Moore — who won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 2020 and has been nominated for a top music award 10 times — had been set to perform Saturday at the popular event.

 

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Rapper Roddy Ricch leads ‘F–k the NYPD’ chant after gun raps dismissed

Rapper Roddy Ricch performed at Hot 97’s Summer Jam on Sunday -- when he led the crowd in a “F--k the NYPD'' chant just hours after gun-possession charges against him were dropped in Queens.

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Rapper Roddy Ricch leads ‘F–k the NYPD’ chant after gun raps dismissed​

By
Gabrielle Fonrouge


June 14, 2022 12:05pm
Updated

Rapper Roddy Ricch performed at Hot 97's Summer Jam on Sunday. Instagram/akademiks

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Rapper Roddy Ricch performed at Hot 97’s Summer Jam on Sunday — when he led the crowd in a “F–k the NYPD” chant just hours after gun possession charges against him were dropped in Queens.
The Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Rodrick Moore, had been busted at a security checkpoint outside the Governors Ball festival at Citi Field on Saturday night after a security guard found a loaded Canik 9mm stashed under the front passenger seat of the black 2020 Cadillac Escalade he was in.
A large-capacity magazine that contained nine rounds of ammunition was also found, police sources said.
Moore, 23, was arrested along with two other men in the car — Carlos Collins, 57, of New Jersey and Michael Figueroa, 46, of Brooklyn — and charged with felony gun possession raps, cops said.
But the next morning, the “Die Young” performer was released and the charges against him and Collins dropped in a move that the Queens District Attorney’s Office and police refused to explain.
In a move the Queens DA’s Office and police refused to explain, the rapper was released Monday and the charges against him dropped.BlayzenPhotos / BACKGRID
Law enforcement sources said the charges were dropped because prosecutors found Figueroa had the gun in his waistband and then stashed it under the front passenger seat of the car when a security guard asked to search the vehicle.
The bust prevented Moore from performing at Governors Ball, but he took the stage at the city radio station’s Summer Jam, where he led the expletive-laden chant for a few beats before launching into a song.
The crowd obliged Moore’s chant and repeated “F–k the NYPD” a couple of times before the song began.