The longtime TDE rapper — whose real name is Johnny Reed McKinzie — was arrested early Thursday evening in Nickerson Gardens, a public housing complex in Watts. Per NBC 4, the LAPD said they originally stopped McKinzie for trespassing and drinking in public. When McKinzie ran from his vehicle, police caught up with him and detained him

Rapper Jay Rock was arrested Thursday evening near the Watts public housing complex where he grew up and booked on suspicion of illegal firearm possession, authorities said.

New details have emerged regarding Jay Rock’s March 13 arrest in Los Angeles, shedding light on the circumstances that led to the TDE rapper being taken into custody.