Rapper Lil Baby was arrested in Las Vegas on Monday and potentially faces a weapons charge.
The “Drip Too Hard” and “Yes Indeed” host, whose real name is Dominique Jones, was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
The musician was arrested Monday around 5 a.m. after an incident in the 3100 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard, the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip. Law enforcement officials did not immediately provide additional details.
TMZ and Rolling Stone reported Tuesday that the 29-year-old was seen on video receiving a gun inside the Encore hotel.
Jones was booked into the Clark County Detention Center, posted $5,000 cash bail and released, according to a local NBC News station. He is due back in court on Oct. 1.
In a statement to The Times, Jones' attorneys said Tuesday that he has “a valid Georgia concealed carry (CCW) permit.”
“On his behalf we are actively investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding his arrest in Las Vegas,” attorneys Drew Findling and David Chesnoff said in the statement.
Open carry is legal in Nevada, but it is a mandatory permit state, meaning an applicant must meet basic requirements to obtain a permit, which are issued at the county level, according to the Concealed Carry Association of America. The Silver State does not recognize concealed carry permits issued in Georgia, California and nearly two dozen other states.
