Rapper Roddy Ricch was arrested in Queens for weapons possession simply hours earlier than taking the stage on the Governor’s Ball, solely to see the costs dismissed the following day.

Ricch, 23, whose actual title is Rodrick Moore, and two different males have been in a black 2020 Cadillac going by way of a checkpoint at Citi Discipline, the place the music competition was happening, round 6:30 p.m. Saturday. when police stopped them and located a loaded firearm, NYPD officers stated.

A Canik 9mm pistol with 9 rounds loaded in its high-capacity journal was discovered beneath a passenger seat, authorities stated.

Ricch, of Los Angeles, Carlos Collins, 57, of New Jersey, and Michael Figueroa, 46, of Brooklyn have been charged with felony possession of a weapon.

Figueroa was arraigned on the costs in Queens Legal Courtroom on Sunday.

Nevertheless, the Ricch and Collins instances have been by no means recorded. A courthouse worker stated Sunday that his prices have been dismissed. The Queens district legal professional’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Figueroa was driving within the entrance passenger seat of the Cadillac, based on the felony criticism in opposition to him. “I am not able to exit but,” he advised a safety guard who requested him to get out of the car, based on the criticism. He then allegedly eliminated the gun from his waistband and hid it beneath the ground mat.

Richard’s arrest pressured the rapper’s “25 million” set on the Governor’s Ball to be canceled.

Halsey was the headlining act on Saturday night time on the three-day competition that kicked off on Friday with a present headlined by Child Cudi. Ricch was third on Saturday’s invoice amongst 20 artists.

Ricch, a Grammy-winning Atlantic Data artist, broke by way of in 2018 with the only “Die Younger,” which has thus far racked up greater than 130 million views on YouTube.

He launched his second studio album, “LIVE LIFE FAST” in December, a follow-up to his 2019 double-platinum debut album, “Please Excuse Me for Being Delinquent,” which fueled the hit tune “The Field.”

Ricch carried out with Put up Malone on Saturday Evening Dwell in Could, 4 months after Ricch needed to drop out of a musical visitor look on “Saturday Evening Dwell” as a consequence of COVID publicity.