After being chased down by the police with a firearm in his car, Grammy Award-winning rapper Jay Rock was arrested for trespassing and drinking in public.

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.

Grammy-award winning rapper Jay Rock was arrested in Watts on Thursday by Los Angeles Police Department officers.

The Grammy winner, whose legal name is Johnny Reed McKinzie, was initially approached by officers for trespassing and drinking in public around 6pm near the Nickerson Gardens public housing ...

The rapper born Johnny Reed McKinzie was reportedly taken into custody after police found a firearm in his car during a stop on Thursday night (March 13). By Gil Kaufman Grammy-winning MC Jay Rock ...

Johnny Reed McKinzie, who goes by the moniker Jay Rock, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of illegal possession of a firearm. LAPD officers arrested the Grammy-winning rapper on ...

The report says Jay (whose real name is Johnny Reed McKinzie) was arrested for trespassing and drinking in public after running from officers. When they checked the vehicle he fled from ...

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 ...

Jay Rock is in trouble with the law. The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper and Black Hippy member, real name Johnny Reed McKinzie, was arrested Thursday for possession of a firearm in the 13000 block ...

A representative for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Pitchfork that the Top Dawg Entertainment rapper, whose legal name is Johnny Reed McKinzie, was booked for being a felon in ...