Hollywood Reporter<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYG, real name Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, was arrested the following June in 2018 after surrendering to police during an initial court appearance at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. He was charged with robbery and grand larceny, which he denied, and released on $20,000 bail.<\/p>\n
Defense lawyer Gia Marina told Rolling Stone<\/em> Monday that prosecutors dropped the charges because the alleged victim \u201cno longer wanted to pursue the case\u201d because he was out of state.<\/p>\nJackson\u2019s lead lawyer, Joe Tacopina, added that there had been an out of court settlement of a civil case brought by the victim. But this wasn\u2019t an admission of guilt, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cYG didn\u2019t steal his chain,\u201d Tacopina said. \u201cThis was a nuisance settlement. The man lost his neck chain during a scuffle. This was an out-of-court settlement that is confidential.\u201d<\/p>\n
No Selfies<\/strong><\/h2>\nProsecutors claimed Jackson was walking through the casino at around 4am on May 27, 2018, with his entourage of around a dozen people when the fan approached to ask for a selfie.<\/p>\n
When the group pushed the man away, he responded that Jackson was not a \u201cbig celebrity anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce he made that remark, the group of men turned on him and started following him,\u201d according to the arrest report. The victim told police that Jackson then ripped the man\u2019s chain off his neck, which was worth between $3,000 and $9,000.<\/strong><\/p>\nCasino surveillance video shows the rapper walking away from the confrontation with \u201ca shiny object in his hand,\u201d according to court documents.<\/p>\n
The unnamed victim sued Jackson independently and was reported by TMZ<\/em> to have been seeking $250,000 in damages.<\/p>\nOn-Stage Antics<\/strong><\/h2>\nCompton native Jackson is a self-confessed member of the Bloods street gang. This wasn\u2019t the first time his alleged behavior towards a fan has gotten him in trouble. In October 2019, he invited 17-year-old Austin Joyner on stage and encouraged him to chant \u201cFuck Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Joyner refused, Jackson pushed him, called him a racist, and ordered him off stage. Joyner later claimed he was told to leave the concert because Jackson had \u201cput a target on my back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson was also arrested in 2020 at his home in Los Angeles County on suspicion of robbery, just days before he was scheduled to perform at the Grammys. Charges in that case were also dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Clark County prosecutors have dropped a felony robbery case against gangster rapper YG just days before it was due to go to trial. The 32-year-old Scared Money star was accused of ripping a gold chain from a fan\u2019s neck at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas in May 2019. YG, real name Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":212735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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