Kodak Black shot outside Hollywood nightclub
Kodak Black was one of the people shot and injured during a wild melee outside a bar in West Hollywood, early Saturday morning.
The rapper, 24, along with two other victims aged 19 and 60, were taken to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, reports NBC News.
The skirmish began outside the popular The Nice Guy lounge which was hosting an exclusive party after Justin Bieber’s performance at the Pacific Design Center in celebration of Super Bowl LVI this Sunday.
The A-list crowd included the “Peaches” singer along with his wife Hailey Bieber and Leonardo DiCaprio who was spotted talking on his phone outside the club.
Before the fight began Black along with fellow rappers Gunna and Lil Baby were outside “smiling and talking,” reported TMZ, “(and then) a fight broke out. Kodak took a swing at someone and then…you hear gunshots.”
“The fight was believed to have started with someone in Kodak Black’s entourage,” a source told Page Six exclusively. “After others jumped in, shots were fired…and then all hell broke loose.”
Sources say that the skirmish began at least half an hour after the bar had closed and the party had long finished.
The LAPD released a statement that read in part: “Preliminary investigation revealed there was a physical altercation between several individuals at the location. Gunshots were fired by an unknown suspect, who then fled south from the location.
“Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded and transported two victims to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Officers discovered there were two additional victims who self-transported to local hospitals, bringing the total shot to four. All four victims are listed in stable condition.”
The “No Flockin” rapper has had a long history of criminal charges which have included armed robbery, false imprisonment, weapons possession and sexual assault.
In March 2020, he pleaded guilty to charges of firearms possession and served time in a federal penitentiary. The following June President Trump commuted his conviction.
Earlier this year he pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree assault and battery and was sentenced to 18 months of probation. And he rang in the New Year by being arrested for trespassing in his hometown of Pompano Beach, Fla.
A rep for Kodak Black did not return our request for comment.
