FILE – In this June 26, 2016 file photo, Desiigner performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. Authorities say the rapper has been arrested for brandishing a handgun at another motorist and having drugs in a car. Police said Friday, Sept. 9, that the “Panda” performer was pulled over Thursday night in midtown Manhattan following a road rage dispute in the Lincoln Tunnel. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn rapper has been released without bail on misdemeanor charges after a gun charge was dropped.
The Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/2ctLBdP ) Sidney Royel Selby III — whose stage name is Desiigner — was released Saturday after appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on menacing and drug possession charges.
The newspaper said Desiigner’s lawyer said claims about a gun were bogus and no weapon was found.
On Friday, New York City police said the “Panda” performer was pulled over Thursday night in midtown Manhattan after a road rage dispute in a tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey.
Police had said another driver claimed the 19-year-old rapper waved a handgun while exiting the tunnel.
Desiigner emerged from court saying, when “you’re doing right … keeping it positive, they can’t lock you down.”
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