Kodak Black Arrested in Orlando on MDMA Trafficking Charge

Rapper Kodak Black, legal name Bill Kapri, was booked into the Orange County Jail on Wednesday on a felony charge of trafficking MDMA and entered a written plea of not guilty.

The charge stems from a November Orlando police encounter where officers found a pink bag that later tested positive for MDMA, about $37,000 and documents bearing Kapri’s name, according to police reports.

Kapri’s attorney Bradford Cohen said the arrest was a coordinated surrender and called the charge weak, while Kapri waived an in-person arraignment and asked for a jury trial, court records show.

Sources differ on custody and quantity: one report said his bond was set at $75,000 while other jail records showed he was being held without bond, and reports described amounts from more than 10 grams to about 25 grams.

He is scheduled to appear before a judge May 7, and court documents say trafficking in that range carries a mandatory minimum of three years in prison, up to 30 years, and a possible fine up to $50,000.