Roddy Ricch is facing gun charges after being arrested on his way to perform at a concert Saturday night.
According to police, the 23-year-old rapper was arriving at Citi Field on Saturday evening when a private security firm operating a checkpoint noticed a firearm in the vehicle he was riding in. The Los Angeles-based Ricch was scheduled to perform at the Governors Ball Music Festival.
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A loaded firearm was recovered from the car along with nine rounds of ammunition and a large capacity magazine, police said.
Police charged Ricch, whose real name is Rodrick Moore, and two other men in the car – 46-year-old Michael Figueroa of Brooklyn and 57-year-old Carlos Collins of Eastchester, New York – with criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device and unlawful possession of the device.
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Messages seeking comment were left Sunday with Ricch’s booking agency and record company. It wasn’t immediately known if he had retained an attorney who could comment on the charges.
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