Rapper Kodak Black arrested in Florida on drug trafficking charge
ORLANDO, Fla. - Popular Florida-born rapper Kodak Black is accused of trafficking drugs in Orlando after police used his Instagram posts to link him to MDMA found in a Lamborghini.
The 28-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was arrested Wednesday in Orange County after flying to Orlando from California and turning himself in, according to his attorney. The investigation into him began Nov. 24, when Orlando police responded to reports of gunshots at the Children's Safety Village nonprofit near Mercy Drive in west Orlando, court records show.
Police arrived around 1 a.m. and found several people gathered around two running cars. Officers searched the first car and found 56 grams of marijuana, a pill that tested positive for MDMA, better known as molly or ecstasy, and $60 in cash. Kapri walked up and began observing the search, according to his arrest warrant affidavit.
Officers then searched the second car, a green Lamborghini SUV, and found a pink bag in the back seat containing 25 grams of MDMA and $37,000. The bag also contained documents with Kapri's name on them, including a prison card and a distinctive lighter shaped like a handgun, the affidavit said.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed the bag's contents as MDMA on April 17, just a few weeks before Kapri's arrest. Orlando police then secured an arrest warrant, the agency said Thursday.
Previous Instagram posts Kapri had made appeared to show him with the same pink bag and lighter. He denied the bag or its contents were his, but tried to have officers turn over the money to him, saying it belonging to his business, according to the affidavit. Also found in the car were two rings and a pair of pink scissors that also appear to be seen in Kapri's Instagram posts.
Kapri entered a plea of not guilty Thursday, court records show.
He appeared before a judge who granted him a $75,000 bond after declining his attorneys' requests for a $10,000 bond, with the judge noting his 12 previous felony convictions. But the judge also denied prosecutors request to have Kapri surrender his passport. He is still currently in custody at the Orange County Jail.
Kapri's attorney, Bradford Cohen, said neither vehicle at the scene was personally registered to his client. The Orlando Police Department on Thursday declined to confirm whether the Lamborghini belonged to Kapri.
Another man, James Twitty, was found asleep in the Lamborghini's back seat next to a bag containing 28 grams of marijuana. He also had a gun on him, although he had a concealed gun license. Twitty was later arrested.
Prosecutors charged Twitty on April 24 in with possession of over 20 grams of marijuana and possession of a concealed firearm in commission of a felony. But those charges were dropped Wednesday, court records show, the same day as Kapri's arrest.
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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM.