Rapper Kodak Black is back in custody in Florida after surrendering to authorities Thursday, May 14, on charges of fleeing law enforcement and resisting an officer without violence, just eight days after a separate drug trafficking arrest.
According to an arrest affidavit, the charges stem from a February 27 incident in which Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies say the rapper failed to stop his vehicle for law enforcement and then fled. His real name is Bill Kapri and he was booked into Broward County’s main jail in Fort Lauderdale, where he awaits a bond hearing. Bond was set at zero dollars with both charges listed as pending trial.
His attorney, Bradford Cohen, told TMZ the latest booking was a voluntary surrender. “At this point I think everyone agrees that Kodak is consistently being targeted,” Cohen said.
The attorney framed the five-month gap between the alleged February incident and Thursday’s arrest as evidence that authorities were constructing a weak case, arguing the extended investigation timeline was itself suspicious.
The May 6 drug trafficking arrest stemmed from a November 2025 incident outside a nonprofit in Orlando, where police say they found MDMA in a bag belonging to Kapri. A warrant states investigators compared items found inside the vehicle, including a bag and lighter, to images posted on Kodak’s Instagram accounts, and that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement later confirmed the substance weighed approximately 25 grams of MDMA.
The judge in that case set bail at $75,000, citing the rapper’s 12 previous felony convictions. He later bonded out and was ordered to stay away from drugs, firearms and certain associates while the case proceeds.
Cohen had previously called the drug case a “total joke,” insisting police had no probable cause to arrest his client. The back-to-back arrests within the same calendar month raise questions about the conditions of his release and whether the courts will reconsider bail terms as both cases move toward trial.
