{"id":48784,"date":"2022-06-13T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/roddy-ricch-misses-set-at-gov-ball-due-to-gun-charges-arrest\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:13:32","slug":"roddy-ricch-misses-set-at-gov-ball-due-to-gun-charges-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/roddy-ricch-misses-set-at-gov-ball-due-to-gun-charges-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Roddy Ricch Misses Set at Gov Ball Due To Gun Charges Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ahead of his set at New York’s Governors Ball this past weekend, rapper Roddy Ricch was arrested on weapons charges Saturday (June 11) forcing him to miss the festival entirely. <\/p>\n

Fans patiently awaiting the \u201cThe Box\u201d rapper’s set first started to notice something was amiss when he was a no-show 45-minutes past his 6:30 pm slot. Soon after organizers tweeted, “Unfortunately Roddy Ricch is no longer performing today.” <\/p>\n

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Unfortunately Roddy Ricch is no longer performing today.<\/p>\n

– The Governors Ball (@GovBallNYC) June 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

According to the New York Daily News, the arrest happened when Ricch, along with his driver and bodyguard, was at Flushing Meadows Corona Park nearby. Police searched their vehicle at a security checkpoint at about 6:20 pm and found a loaded firearm, additional ammo, and a large-capacity magazine. <\/p>\n

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that the arrest had taken place on Saturday, adding that the charges were pending, as reported by Rolling Stone. <\/p>\n

The following day, Ricch and his two associates were charged with four counts, including criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammo feeding device, and unlawful possession of that device. The rapper remains in custody at Queens Central Booking awaiting arraignment on the charges. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason we do these checkpoints is for expressly this purpose. We don’t want people introducing guns in this venue, \u201dan NYPD official told New York Post on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ricch is the latest rapper in recent years to get arrested at a New York music festival. In October 2011, Fetty Wap was arrested en route to Rolling Loud on federal drug charges. At Rolling Loud in 2019, five New York-based artists’ sets were canceled last minute after they were deemed “public safety concerns.” <\/p>\n

Photo by Astrida Valigorsky \/ Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n

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